CELEX: 31974R1544
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1544/74 of the Commission of 20 June 1974 fixing the export levies on rice

21 . 6. 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 166/31
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1544/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 20 June 1974
                                                    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
                                                                       equilibrium and the natural development of prices
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           and trade on rice markets and furthermore, to take
 67/EEC ( J ), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 into account the economic aspect of the proposed
 tion of the market in rice as last amended by the Act                 exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
 of Accession (2) ;                                                    Community market ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 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
                                                                       also be taken into account ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                           Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
 Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                        market situation or the specific requirements of
 provides that the necessary measures may be taken if                  certain markets make this necessary ;
 the cif price of one or more products is appreciably
 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 ;                                        — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that                         kept at any given moment within a band of
 the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                        2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
 than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least                    parity ;
 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                    — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
 likely to continue where an imbalance between supply                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
 and demand is established and where this imbalance                         of these currencies against the Community curren­
 is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­                  cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
 tion and market price trends ;                                             specified period ;
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade
 could impede importation of rice into the Commu­                      Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
                                                                       above to the present situation on the market in rice,
 nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;
                                                                       and in particular to quotations or prices for these
 Whereas the situation described above can be said to
                                                                       products within the Community and on the world
 exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                market, that the export levies should be fixed as
 in the Community an export levy should be intro­                      shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 duced for this product ;
 Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 and products processed from it and given the market                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                       ment Committee for Cereals ,
 situation for these products, an export levy must also
 be fixed for all products processed from rice ;
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1973 /74
 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 1962/73 (4)
                                                                                                Article 1
and No 2024/73 (5) ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73                       The export levy referred to in the first indent of
specifies that when the export levy is being fixed                     Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 is
account must be taken of the existing situation and                    hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products
the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities              listed therein .
(!) OJ   No  L  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                                                       Article 2
(2) OJ   No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ   No  L 282, 9. 10. 1973, p. 13.
(4) OJ   No  L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June
(5  OJ  No   L 206, 27. 7 . 1973, p. 30 .                              1974 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 20 June 1974.
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                     ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 20 June 1974 fixing the export levies on rice
                CCT heading No                                       Description of goods                                 u.a./100 kg
            10.06 A I a)                 Round grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified                            8-000
                                          seeds (')
            10.06 A I b)                 Long grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                         seeds (*)                                                                          10 000
            10.06 A II a)                Round grained husked rice                                                          12-000
           10.06 A 11 b)                 Long grained husked rice                                                            8-000
            10.06 B I a)                 Round grained semi-milled rice                                                     15-000
           10.06 B I b)                  Long grained semi-milled rice                                                      10-000
           10.06 B II a)                 Round grained wholly-milled rice                                                   15-000
           10.06 B II b)                 Long grained wholly-milled rice                                                    10-000
           10.06 C                       Broken rice                                                                        12-000
           11.01 F                       Rice flour
           11.02 A VI                    Rice groats and meal                                                               12-000
           11.02 E II e) 1               Flaked rice                                                                        12-000
          11.08 A II                     Rice starch
           (l) 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
               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).