CELEX: 31981R0874
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 874/81 of 1 April 1981 fixing the export levies on rice

2. 4. 81                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 88/25
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 874/81
                                                    of 1 April 1981
                                           fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76
COMMUNITIES,                                                  specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
                                                              account must be taken of the existing situation and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
Economic Community,                                           of rice on the Community market on the one hand,
                                                              and prices for rice and products processed from it on
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   the world market on the other ; whereas the same
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization            Article provides that it is also important to ensure
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of      equilibrium of supplies and trade on rice markets and
Accession of Greece (2),                                       furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
                                                               of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   bances on the Community market ;
1432/76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules to
be applied in the event of the rice market being               Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
disturbed (3), and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof,        Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 the specific factors set
                                                               out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                   must also be taken into account ;
Committee,
                                                               Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
                                                               market situation or the specific requirements of
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76              certain markets make this necessary ;
provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
tions or prices on the world market for one or more            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
products reach the level of Community prices ;                 following should be used to calculate the levies :
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to
deteriorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to              — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
disturb the Community market ;                                      kept at any given moment whithin a band of
                                                                    2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 specifies that                  parity ;
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be          — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
regarded as having reached the level of Community                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
 prices when they approach or exceed the threshold                  of these currencies against the Community curren­
 price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration             cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
 of that situation may be regarded as being likely to               specified period ;
 continue where an imbalance between supply and
 demand is established and where this imbalance is             Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
 likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­       above to the present situation on the market in rice,
 tion and market price trends ;                                 and in particular to quotations or prices for these
                                                                products within the Community and on the world
 Whereas the high level of prices in international trade        market, that the export levies should be fixed as shown
 could impede importation of rice into the Community            in the Annex to this Regulation,
 or provoke exportation from the Community ;
 Whereas the situation described above can be said to           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
 in the Community an export levy should be intro­                                         Article 1
 duced for certain categories of rice ;
                                                                The export levy referred to in the first indent of
 Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly           Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76 is hereby
 milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1980/81
                                                                fixed as shown in the Annex for the products listed
 marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2121 /80 (4) ;           therein .
 (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                                                     Article 2
 (J) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 39.
 b) OJ No L 206, 8. 8. 1980, p. 23.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 April 1981 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 1 April 1981 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 1 April 1981 fixing the export levies on rice
                                                                                               (ECU/tonne)
                   CCT
                 heading                                    Description                         Levies
                    No
             ex 10.06       Rice :
                            B. Other :
                               I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                     a) Paddy rice :
                                         1 . Round grain                                        22-58
                                         2. Long grain                                           1-00
                                     b) Husked rice :
                                         1 . Round grain                                        28-22
                                         2. Long grain                                           1-25
                               II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                       a) Semi-milled rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                                      —
                                           2. Long grain                                         —
                                       b) Wholly milled rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                                      —
                                           2. Long grain                                         —
                                III . Broken rice                                               14-06