CELEX: 31974R2940
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2940/74 of the Commission of 21 November 1974 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 311 /30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            22. 11 . 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2940/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 21 November 1974
                                                 fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      of rice on the Community market on the one hand
COMMUNITIES,                                                        and prices for rice and products processed from it on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               the world market on the other ; whereas the same
Economic Community ;                                                Article provides that it is also important to ensure
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                         equilibrium and the natural development of prices
67/ EEC ('), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                and trade on rice markets and furthermore, to take
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­              into account the economic aspect of the proposed
tion (EEC) No 1 1 29/74 (2) ;                                       exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Community market ;
2737/73 (3 ) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                  Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                 Regulation No 359/67/ EEC the specific factors set out
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;          in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 must
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        also be taken into account ;
Committee ;
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                     Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
provides that the necessary measures may be taken if                market situation or the specific requirements of
the cif price of one or more products is appreciably                certain markets make this necessary ;
higher than the threshold price and if that situation is            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to             following should be used to calculate the levies :
disturb the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that                  — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                      kept at any given moment within a band of
than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least                  2 25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                       parity ;
likely to continue where an imbalance between supply                — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
and demand is established and where this imbalance                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­                of these currencies against the Community curren­
tion and market price trends ;                                           cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                  specified period ;
could impede importation of rice into the Commu­
nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;                    Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
Whereas the situation described above can be said to                above to the present situation on the market in rice,
                                                                    and in particular to quotations or prices for these
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
in the Community an export levy should be intro­                    products within the Community and on the world
duced for this product ;                                            market, that the export levies should be fixed as
                                                                    shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice
and products processed from it and given the market                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
situation for these products, an export levy must also              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
be fixed for all products processed from rice ;                     ment Committee for Cereals,
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1974/75
marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 1718/74 (4)                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and ( EEC) No 1935/74 (5), as amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 251 8 /74 (6) ;                                                                     Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73
specifies that when the export levy is being fixed                  The export levy referred to in the first indent of
account must be taken of the existing situation and                 Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73 is
the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities           hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                                    listed therein .
 ')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 2)  OJ No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                                                   Article 2
 J)  OJ No  L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973, p. 13 .
 <)  OJ No  L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p. 7 .
 5)  OJ No  L 203 , 25 . 7 . 1974, p. 22.                           This     Regulation   shall  enter into  force on     22
 *>) OJ No  L 270, 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .                            November 1974 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 November 1974.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                      ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 21 November 1974 fixing the export levies on rice
                 CCT heading No                       Description oi good»                    u.a. /100 kg
             10.06 A I a )       Round grained paddy rice , excluding officially certified      12-000
                                 seeds (')
             10.06 A 1 h )        Long grained paddy nee. excluding officially certified
                                  seeds ( l )                                                     8000
             10.06 A 11 a )      Round grained husked rice                                      12-000
             10.06 A 11 b)       Long grained husked rice                                         8-000
             10.06 B 1 a)        Round grained semi-milled rice                                 12-000
             J 0-06 B I b}       Long grained semi-milled net                                   10-000
             10.06 B 11 a )      Round grained wholly-milled nee                                12-000
             10.06 B 11 b )      Long grained wholly-milled rice                                10-000
             10.06 C             Broken rice                                                    12-000
             11.01 F             Rice flour
             11.02 A VI          Rice groats and meal                                           12-000
             11.02 E 11 e ) 1    Flaked rice                                                    12-000
             11.02 F VI          Pellets of rice                                                12-000