CELEX: 31975R0417
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 417/75 of the Commission of 20 February 1975 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 47/ 16                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              21 . 2 . 75
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 417 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 20 February 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 1129/74.( 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 ,
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
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 171 8 /74 (4 )                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and (EEC) No 1935/74 (5), as amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2518 / 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
(3   OJ No   L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
(4)  OJ No   L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p . 7.
(5 ) OJ No   L 203 , 25 . 7 . 1 974, p . 22 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 February
( 6) OJ No   L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p . 1 .                              1975 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
            Done at Brussels, 20 February 1975.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                            P.. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 20 February 1975 fixing the export levies on rice
                                                                                                                       (u.a. /100 kg)
               CCT heading No                                     Description of goods                                  Levies
           10.06 A I a)                 Round grain paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                                                                                                        3.000
                                        seeds (1)
           10.06 A I b)                 Long grain paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                        seeds (*)                                                                        1.500
           10.06 A II a)                Round grain husked rice                                                         3.000
           10.06 A II b)                Long grain husked rice                                                           1.500
           10.06 B I a)                 Round grain semi-milled rice                                                    3.000
           10.06 B I b)                 Long grain semi-milled rice                                                       —
           10.06 B II a)                Round grain wholly milled rice                                                  3.000
           10.06 B II b)                Long grain wholly milled rice                                                     —
           10.06 C                      Broken rice                                                                     5.000
           11.01 F                      Rice flour                                                                        —
           11.02 A VI                   Rice groats and meal                                                            5 - 000
           11.02 E II c) 1              Flaked rice                                                                     5.000
           11.02 F VI                   Pellets of rice                                                                 5.000
           (') 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
               12S, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on die equivalence of seed
               produced in Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (OJ No L 106, 20. 4. 1973, p. 12).