CELEX: 31974R2528
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2528/74 of the Commission of 4 October 1974 fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice

No L 271 /22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                5 . 10 . 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2528 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 4 October 1974
                                      fixing the import levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        for fixing cif prices and levies on rice and broken rice
COMMUNITIES,                                                          and the corrective amounts relating thereto ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;                                                  Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round-grained
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           and long-grained husked rice and round-grained and
67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   long-grained wholly milled rice, the cif price is calcu­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­                lated on the basis of quotations or prices on the world
                                                                      market relating, for each type of rice, to the products
tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (2), and in particular Article 11
                                                                      specified in Article 4 of Regulation ( EEC) No
(2) thereof ;                                                         1613 /71 ; whereas , for this calculation , the conversion
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                          rates resulting from Commission Regulation No 467/
Committee ;                                                           67/ EEC ( 10) of 21 August 1967 fixing the conversion
                                                                      rates, the processing costs and the value of the
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC                      by-products for the various stages of rice processing,
provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice,                   as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 808 / 74 (")
husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and
                                                                      should be used where appropriate ;
broken rice ; whereas , in the case of husked rice ,
wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal
to the difference between the threshold price and the                 Whereas, when these conversions are being effected,
cif price ; whereas, in the case of paddy rice and semi­              the Commission must take account of the fact that
milled rice, the levy should be derived from the levies               certain offers are for rice containing a higher percen­
applicable to the corresponding husked rice and                       tage of broken rice than that allowed for in the
wholly milled rice ;                                                  standard quality fixed by Regulation No 362/ 67/ EEC
                                                                      and , in that case to adjust the offers so as to conform
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                  with the value of one kilogramme of broken rice as
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1974/ 75
                                                                      fixed by Regulation No 467/ 67/ EEC , as amended by
marketing year by Regulation ( EEC) No 171 8 /74 (3 )
                                                                      Regulation ( EEC) No 1808 / 74, whereas no adjustment
and ( EEC) No 1 935/74 (4) and amended by Regulation                  is made, however, if the prices for husked rice and
(EEC) No 251 8 /74 (5 ) ;                                             semi-milled or wholly milled rice taken into considera­
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices , the              tion are lower than those provided for in the last
Commission must take account of the factors indi­                     subparagraph of Article 4 of Regulation No 467/
cated in Article 16 of Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC and                 67/ EEC ;
in Regulation ( EEC) No 1613/71 (6), as last amended
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 057/73 (7), and in particular
                                                                      Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1613 /71 requires the
the most favourable purchasing opportunities on the                   Commission to take account of the fact that certain
world market which are sufficiently representative of
                                                                      offers are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a
the real trend of the market, account being taken in                  product put up in bags and , if this is the case, to
particular of the need to prevent sudden variations                   adjust such offers by applying the rates or amounts
likely to cause abnormal disturbances on the Commu­
                                                                      fixed by the abovementioned Regulation to make the
nity market ; whereas the quality of the goods offered
                                                                      offers comparable to offers for delivery cif or relating
must also be taken into account, whether this quality
                                                                      to a product presented in bulk ;
corresponds to the standard quality fixed in Regula­
tion No 362/ 67/ EEC (s), as last amended by Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 1555/71 (9), or whether adjustments                    Whereas the cif price is caluclated for Rotterdam on
need to be made by applying the corrective amounts                    the basis of the abovementioned factors , offers made
provided for in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        for other ports being adjusted , account being taken of
 1613/71 of 26 July 1971 laying down detailed rules                   the corrections necessitated by the difference in trans­
                                                                      port charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
(')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1 967, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p. 7 .                              Whereas , if the conditions provided for Article 1 ( 3 ) of
(••) 0| No  L 203 , 2.5 . 7 . 1974, p. 22 .                           Regulation ( EEC) No 1613 / 71 obtain , the cif price
(5)  OJ No  L 270 , .5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .                            mav be calculated on the basis of offers for delivery
(b)  OJ No  L 168 , 27. 7 . 1971 , p. 28 .
(7)  OJ No  L 105, 20 . 4. 1973 , p. 10 .
(8)  OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 27 .                                ( i0 ) O | No 20-4 , _-t .   ~ :■ !
H    OJ No  L 164, 22 . 7 . 1971 , p. 11 .                            (") O) No 1. INS , 12 . 7 . 1974, p. . W.
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during the following month or may be retained unal­                if variations in the factors used to calculate the levy
tered for a limited period ;                                       entail an increase or a reduction of at least 010 unit
                                                                   of account per 100 kilogrammes in the amount of the
Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the                 levy in force ;
interests   of   the     Associated      African  States  and
Madagascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
tories, the levy relating to them must, pursuant to                levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Regulation (EEC) No 540/70 ('), be reduced by a fixed              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
amount and by an amount corresponding to 45 % of                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
the levy relating to third countries ; whereas the levy                 within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
must be further reduced in the case of semi-milled
                                                                        on their effective parity ;
and wholly milled rice ; whereas, under Article 2 of
Regulation (EEC) No 540/70, the charging of this levy              — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
is subject to conditions, some of which are set out in                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 430/72 (2) of 29                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
February 1972 on implementing measures concerning                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
imports of rice and broken rice originating in the                      in the previous subparagraph ;
Associated African States and Madagascar or in the                 Whereas it follows from applying all the abovemen­
Overseas Countries and Territories ;
                                                                   tioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1553/71 (3 ) of                shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ;
 19 July 1971 altered the definitions given in Annex A
of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC and incorporated in                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
supplementary notes Nos 2 and 3E to Chapter 10 of
the Common Customs Tariff ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion No 359/67/ EEC, the nomenclature provided for                 The import levies to be charged on the products listed
in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common                    in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/
Customs Tariff ;                                                    67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
                                                                   annexed to this Regulation .
Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered
in the intervening period to take account of variations                                     Article 2
in threshold prices or in the factors used to determine
cif prices ; whereas, in the case of husked rice, wholly           This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October
 milled rice and broken rice, the levies are altered only           1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 4 October 1974 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 68 , 25 . 3 . 1970, p. 1 .
 (-') OJ No L 52, 1 . 3 . 1972, p. 41 .
 (3 ) OJ No L 164, 22. 7 . 1971 , p. 5 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 4 October 1974 fixing the import levies on rice and
                                                                    broken rice
                                                                                                                               Iu.a. / 100 kg)
            CCT                                                                                                 Third            A ASM /
           heading                                   Description of goods                                     countries      OCT (») C)
             No
      10 06                              Rice :
                                        A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                             I. Paddy rice :
                                                 a ) Round grained                                                0                 0
                                                 b) Long grained                                                  0                 0
                                            II . Husked rice :
                                                 a ) Round grained                                                0                 0
                                                 b ) Long grained                                                 0                 0
                                         B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                             f. Semi-milled rice :
                                                 a ) Round grained                                                0                 0
                                                 b ) Long grained                                                 0                 0
                                            If. Wholly milled rice :
                                                 a ) Round grained                                                0                 0
                                                 b) Long grained                                                  0                 0
                                         C. Broken rice                                                           0                 0
     (') Regulation ( EEC) No 521 /70 provides that the levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas departments of
         products originating in the AASM and OCT.
     (•) This levy Is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/70.