CELEX: 31975R1239
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1239/75 of the Commission of 15 May 1975 fixing the export levies on rice

16 . 5 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 125/9
                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 1239/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 15 May 1975
                                                fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly
COMMUNITIES,                                                       milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1974/75
                                                                   marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 1718 /74 (5)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              and (EEC) No 1935/74 (6), as amended by Regulation
Economic Community ;                                               (EEC) No 2518 /74 (7);
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/
67/ EEC ('), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­               Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­             specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
tion (EEC) No 476/75 (2 ) ;                                        account must be taken of the existing situation and
                                                                   the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       of rice on the Community market on the one hand
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                  and prices for rice and products processed from it on
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market                the world market on the other ; whereas the same
being disturbed, as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                Article provides that it is also important to ensure
477/75 (4), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ;              equilibrium and the natural development of prices
                                                                   and trade on rice markets and furthermore , to take
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       into account the economic aspect of the proposed
Committee ;                                                        exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
                                                                    Community market ;
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC
provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
tions or prices on the world market for one or more                Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
products reach the level of Community prices ;                      Regulation No 359/67/ EEC the specific factors set out
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­           in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 must
                                                                    also be taken into account ;
riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb
the Community market ;
                                                                    Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that                  market situation or the specific requirements of
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be               certain markets make this necessary ;
regarded as having reached the level of Community
 prices when they approach or exceed the threshold
 price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration             Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
 of that situation may be regarded as being likely to               following should be used to calculate the levies :
 continue where an imbalance between supply and
 demand is established and where this imbalance is                  — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­                  kept at any given moment within a band of
 tion and market price trends ;                                           2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                          parity ;
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
 could impede importation of rice into the Commu­                   — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
 nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
                                                                          of these currencies against the Community curren­
 Whereas the situation described above can be said to                     cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
 exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                   specified period ;
 in the Community an export levy should be intro­
 duced for certain categories of rice ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
 Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice                above to the present situation on the market in rice,
 and products processed from it and given the market                 and in particular to quotations or prices for these
 situation for these products, an export levy must also              products within the Community and on the world
 be fixed for products processed from rice ;                         market, that the export levies should be fixed as
                                                                     shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 (')  OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975 , p. 31 .                            (5 ) OJ No L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p. 7 .
 (3 ) OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973, p. 13.                             (6) OJ No L 203 , 25 . 7 . 1974, p. 22.
 (4 ) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975, p. 33 .                             ( 7) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 125/ 10                                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                                                  16 . 5 . 75
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                                             hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                                                listed therein .
ment Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                                                   Article 2
                                 Article 1
The export levy referred to in the first indent of                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May
Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 is                                                  1975 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 15 May 1975 .
                                                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                                                  P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                                                      ANNEX
                       to the Commission Regulation of 15 May 1975 fixing the export levies on rice
                                                                                                                                                 (UM. / 100 kl>)
                  CCT heading No                                                    Description of goods                                          Levies
             10.06 Ala)                           Round grain paddy rice, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                2000
             10.06 A I b)                         Long grain paddy rice, excluding officially certified seeds (')                                   —
             10.06 A II a)                        Round grain husked rice                                                                         2000
              10.06 A lib)                        Long grain husked rice                                                                            —
             10.06 B I a)                         Round grain semi-milled rice                                                                      —
             10.06 B I b)                         Long grain semi-milled rice                                                                       —
              10.06 B II a)                       Round grain wholly milled rice                                                                    —
             10.06 B lib)                         Long grain wholly milled rice                                                                     —
             10.06 C                              Broken rice                                                                                     0-500
              1 1 .0 1 F                          Rice flour                                                                                        —
              11.02 A VI                          Rice groats and meal                                                                            0-500
              11.02 E II €) 1                     Flaked rice                                                                                     0-500
              11.02 F VI                          Pellets of rice                                                                                 0-500
             (') 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 ' conforming 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).