CELEX: 31970R0540
Language: en
Date: 1970-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 540/70 of the Council of 20 March 1970 on the treatment to be accorded to rice and broken rice originating in the Associated African States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territories

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25.3.70                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 68/ 1
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 540/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 20 March 1970
               on the treatment to be accorded to rice and broken rice originating in the Associated
                      African States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Territories
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       tion in the levy thus established to favour imports of
                                                               rice and broken rice from these sources;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43               Whereas it must be possible to apply those measures
thereof;                                                       until 31 January 1975, the date on which the Con­
                                                               vention of 29 July 1969 will expire if it enters into
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;             force not later than 1 January 1971 ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­              Whereas the Associated States have been consulted,
liament1;
Whereas the Convention of Association between the              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
European Economic Community and the Associated
African States and Madagascar, signed on 29 July                                       Article 1
 1969, provides that, for those agricultural products
covered by a common organization of the market                 The levy on imports of rice or broken rice origina­
which the Associated States have an economic in­               ting in the Associated African States and Madagas­
terest , in exporting, the Community shall determine           car or in the , Overseas Countries and Territories
the treatment to be accorded to imports of products            shall be equal, per 100 kilogrammes of product, to
originating in these States, this treatment to be more         the levy on imports of rice or broken rice from third
favourable than the general treatment applied to like          countries, reduced:
products originating in third countries;                       (a) for husked rice :
Whereas the Decision to be adopted by the Council                   - by 45% , and
on the Association to the Overseas Countries and                    - by 0-30 unit Of account;
Territories with the European Economic Community
must make identical provision for agricultural pro­            (b) for paddy rice:
ducts originating in those Countries and Territories;               - by 45% , and
Whereas Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC2 of 25                    - by 0-24 unit of account;
July 1967 on the common organization of the mar­
ket in rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               (c) for fully milled rice:
No 2463/693, introduced a system of levies on im­                   - by the amount for the protection of the indus­
ports into the Community;                                              try referred to in Article 14 (3) of Regulation
                                                                      No 359/67/EEC,
Whereas the Community's obligation towards the                     - by 45% of the levy thus reduced, and
Associated States, Countries and Territories may be
fulfilled by introducing a special import system un­               - by 0-39 unit of account;
der which the import levy on rice and broken rice
                                                               (d) for undermilled rice:
originating in those States, Countries and Territories
would be reduced in certain circumstances ; whereas                 - by the amount for the protection of the indus­
provision should also be made for a further reduc­                    try referred to in Article 14 (3 ) of Regulation
                                                                      No 359/67 /EEC converted on the basis of the
                                                                      conversion rate between fully-milled rice and
  OJ No C 139, 28.10.1969, p. 51 .                                    undermilled rice referred to in the third in­
  OJ No 174, 31.7.1967 , p. 1 .
  OJ No L 312, 12.12.1969, p. 3.                                      dent of Article 19(a) of that Regulation,
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      - by 45% of the levy thus reduced, and                     States and Madagascar or the Overseas Countries
      - by 0-37 unit of account;                                 and Territories.
<e) for broken rice:                                             2. However, if the applicant so requests when ap­
      - by 45% , and                                             plying for the licence referred to in Article 10 ( 1 ) of
                                                                 that Regulation, the levy applicable on the day of
      - by 0-22 unit of account.                                 exportation shall be applied to such imports effected
                                                                 during the period of validity of the licence.
                          Article 2
                                                                                         Article 4
 1 . The provisions of Article 1 shall not apply un­
less, at the time of exportation, the cif export price            If, in any one year, imports into the Community of
for a given lot, increased by the levy applicable to             rice and broken rice originating in an associated
imports of rice or broken rice originating in the As­            State, country or territory exceed annual average im­
sociated African States and Madagascar or in the                 ports into the Community from that source over the
Overseas Countries and Territories, is not less than:            last three years for which statistics are available,
- for husked rice, milled rice and broken rice, the              plus 5% , application of the provisons of Article 1
    threshold price for each of these products less              shall be totally or partially suspended for products
    0-30, 0-39 and 0-22 unit of account respectively;            from that source in accordance with the procedure
- for paddy rice, the threshold price for husked rice            laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/67/
                                                                 EEC. In this event, the Commission shall submit a
    adjusted on the basis of the conversion rate, pro­
    cessing costs and the value of the by-products to            report to the Council which shall, acting in accor­
    be taken into consideration for the purpose of               dance with the voting procedure laid down in Ar­
    converting from the husked stage to the paddy                ticle 43 (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the
                                                                 Commission, decide on the treatment to be accorded
    stage, less 0-24 unit of account;
                                                                 to the imports in question.
- for undermilled rice, the threshold price for milled
    rice adjusted on the basis of the conversion rate,                                   Article 5
    processing costs and the value of the by-products
    to be taken into consideration for the purpose of            Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation
    converting from the round-grained, milled stage              shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
    to the round-grained, undermilled stage, less 0-37           laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/67/
                                                                 EEC.
    unit of account.
                                                                                         Article 6
2. To permit the necessary control to be effected,
the documents accompanying the goods must indi­                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June
cate the cif price at which the product is sold, the             1970 .
date of exportation and any other information which              It shall apply until 31 December 1970.
will make it possible to identify the product. This
document must be countersigned by the competent                  It shall, however, continue to apply until 31 January
authorities of the exporting State, country or terri­            1975 to products originating in the Associated Afri­
tory.                                                            can States and Madagascar or in the Overseas Coun­
                                                                 tries and Territories-if the Convention of Association
                          Article 3
                                                                 signed at Yaounde on 29 January 1969 and the De­
1 . The provisions of Article 13 (2) of Regulation               cision to be substituted for the Council Decision of
No 359/ 67/ EEC shall not apply to the levies refer­             25 February 19641 on the Associatioh of the Over­
red to in Article 1 to be charged on imports of rice             seas Countries and Territories with the Community
and broken rice originating in the Associated African            enter into force not later than 1 January 1971 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 March 1970.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                       P. HARMEL
                                                                1 OJ No 93, 11.6.1964, p. 1472/64.