CELEX: 31974R2530
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2530/74 of the Commission of 4 October 1974 altering the export levies on rice

5 . 10 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 271 / 27
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2530/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 4 October 1974
                                                 altering the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        account must be taken of the existing situation and
COMMUNITIES,                                                          the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 of rice on the Community market on the one hand
Economic Community ;                                                  and prices for rice and products processed from it on
                                                                      the world market on the other ; whereas the same
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           Article provides that it is also important to ensure
67/EEC ( J ), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 equilibrium and the natural development of prices
tion of the market in rice as last amended by Regula­                 and trade on rice markets and furthermore , to take
tion (EEC) No 1129/74 (2);                                            into account the economic aspect of the proposed
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general                     Community market ;
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market
being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ;            Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
                                                                      Regulation No 359/ 67/EEC the specific factors set out
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;
                                                                      in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 must
                                                                      also be taken into account ;
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC
provides that the necessary measures may be taken if                  Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
the cif price of one or more products is appreciably                  market situation or the specific requirements of
higher than the threshold price and if that situation is              certain markets make this necessary ;
likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to
disturb the Community market ;                                        Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
                                                                      following should be used to calculate the levies :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that
the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher                   — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least                     kept at any given moment within a band of
2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being                          2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
likely to continue where an imbalance between supply                        parity ;
and demand is established and where this imbalance
                                                                      — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­
tion and market price trends ;                                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
                                                                            of these currencies against the Community curren­
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade                     cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
could impede importation of rice into the Commu­                            specified period ;
nity or provoke exportation from the Community ;
Whereas the situation described above can be said to                  Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies                above to the present situation on the market in rice,
in the Community an export levy should be intro­                      and in particular to quotations or prices for these
duced for this product ;                                              products within the Community and on the world
                                                                      market, that the export levies should be altered as
Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice                  shown in the Annex to this Regulation ,
and products processed from it and given the market
situation for these products, an export levy must also
be fixed for all products processed from rice ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 1718 /74 (4)                                            Article 1
and (EEC) No 1935/74 (5) and amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2518 /74 (6) ;                                          The export levy referred to in the first indent of
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73                      Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737 / 73 is
specifies that when the export levy is being fixed                     hereby altered as shown in the Annex for the products
                                                                       listed therein .
 1) OJ   No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
 2) OJ   No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                                                     Article 2
 *) OJ   No  L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 .
 «) OJ   No  L 181 , 4. 7 . 1974, p. 7.
 *) OJ   No  L 203 , 25 . 7. 1974, p. 22.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October
 <) OJ   No  L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .                             1974 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels , 4 October 1974 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                                     ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 4 October 1974 altering 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
                                                                                                                           12-000
                                          seeds ( J )
             10.06 A I b )                Long grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified
                                          seeds (*)                                                                         8-000
             Í0.06 A II a )               Round grained husked rice                                                        12-000
             10.06 A II b )               Long grained husked rice                                                          8-000
             10.06 B I a )                Round grained semi-milled rice                                                   12-000
             10.06 B I b)                 Long grained semi-milled rice                                                    12-000
             L0.06 B II a)                Round grained wholly-milled rice                                                 12-000
             10.06 B II b)                Long grained wholly-milled rice                                                  12-000
             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
             11.02 F VI                   Pellets of rice                                                                  12-000
             (') 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
                 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).