CELEX: 31973R3164
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3164/73 of the Commission of 22 November 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

No L 322/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            23 . 11 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3164/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 22 November 1973
                                           fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                     in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
67/EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                   provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2365/73
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                   to the offer prices and today's quotations known to
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of                the Commission that the levies at present in force
new Member States to the European Economic                           should be altered as shown in the Table annexed to
Community and the European Atomic Energy                             this Regulation,
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 1 1 (5) thereof ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2365/73 (4) and                    The import levies to be charged on the products listed
subsequent amending Regulations ;                                    in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/
                                                                     67/ EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                  annexed to this Regulation .
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                                           Article 2
     relation to each other, at any given moment,
     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based              This    Regulation    shall enter into   force on      23
     on their effective parity ;                                     November 1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 22 November 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(!)  OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(3)  OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(4)  OJ No   L 245, 1 . 9 . 1973, p. 7.
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                                                                       ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 22 November 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                                   (u.a.1100 kg)
              CCT                                                                                                 Third            AASM/
             heading                                  Description of goods                                       countries      OCT (!) («)
               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 :
                                               I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                  a) Round grained                                                  0                  0
                                                  b) Long grained                                                   0                  0
                                              II. 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.