CELEX: 31975R0100
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 100/75 of the Commission of 16 January 1975 fixing the export levies on rice

17 . 1 . 75                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 12/ 17
                                   REGULATION ( EEC) No 100/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 16 January 1975
                                                      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 11 29/74 (-);                                            exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
                                                                         Community market ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
  2737/73 (-') 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
                                                                              2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
  than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least
  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 ,
  exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                 and in particular to quotations or prices for these
  in the Community an export levy should be intro­                       products within the Community and on the world
                                                                         market, that the export levies should be fixed as
  duced for this product ;
                                                                         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 lor the 1974 / 75
  marketing year by Regulations ( EEC) No 1 7 1 <S / 7 4 ( 1 )           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  and ( EEC) No 1935/ 74 ( s ), as amended by Regulation
  (EEC) No 25 1 8 / 74 (b) ;                                                                      Ar! ich  1
  Whereas Article ? of Regul ition ! I ! ( i No 27^7/ 73
  specifies that when the import kw is being tixed                       The export levy referred to in the first indent of
  account must be taken ol the existing situation and                    Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/ 73 is
  the future trend wilh R .t '. uvl lo prices , md availabilities        herebv fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                                         listed therein .
    ') OJ No 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
   -1 ) 0 | No 1. 1 28 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p . 20 .                                                  A ) tick 2
    >)  0"| No I. 2X2,   9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
   -»)  O'l No I. 181 ,  4. 7 . 1974, p . 7 .
   >)   O'l No L  203 ,  2 v 7 . 1974, |X 22 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 January
   ")   O'l No I. 2 70 , v 10 . 1974, p . I.                              1 975 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 12/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                                          17 . 1 . 7.5
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 16 January 1975 .
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                                        ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 16 January 1975 fixing the export levies on rice
                 CCT heading No                                        Description of goods                                   u.a. / 100 kg
            10.06 Ala )                    Round grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                                                                                                                 9.000
                                           seeds ( J )
            10.06 A I b )                  Long grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                           seeds ( x )                                                                           3.000
            10.06 A II a )                 Round grained husked rice                                                             9.000
            10.06 A II b )                 Long grained husked rice                                                              3.000
            10.06 B I a )                  Round grained semi-milled rice                                                        9.000
            10.06 B I b )                  Long grained semi-milled rice
            10.06 B II a )                 Round grained wholly-milled rice                                                      9.000
            10.06 B II b )                 Long grained wholly-milled rice
            10.06 C                        Broken rice                                                                           9.000
            11.01 F                        Rice flour
            11.02 A VI                     Rice groats and meal                                                                  9.000
            11.02 E II e) 1                Flaked rice                                                                            9.000
            11.02 F VI                     Pellets of rice                                                                        9.000
             (') Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and
                 officially labelled as ' basic seed ', ' certified seed , first generation ', ' certified seed , second generation ' confor­
                 ming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ( OJ No
                 125 , 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed
                 produced in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973, p. 12).