CELEX: 31973R0247
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 247/73 of the Commission of 30 January 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

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                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 247/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                              of 30 January 1973
                                                   fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1555/71 (9),
COMMUNITIES,                                                                or whether adjustments need to be made by applying
                                                                            the corrective amounts provided for in Commission
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                          Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 of 26 July 1971 lay­
pean Economic Community ;                                                   ing down detailed rules for fixing cif prices and
                                                                            levies on rice and broken rice and the corrective
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/                              amounts relating thereto ;
EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the                          Whereas, furthermore, in the case of round-grained
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of                       and long-grained husked rice and round-grained and
new Member States to the European Economic Com­                             long-grained wholly milled rice, the cif price is calcu­
munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­                                lated on the basis of quotations or prices on the
nity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in                         world market relating, for each type of rice, to the
particular Article 11 ( 2) thereof ;                                        products specified in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                            No 1613/71 ; whereas, for this calculation, the con­
Whereas Article 11 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                              version rates resulting from Commission Regulation
provides for charging an import levy on paddy rice,                         No 467/67/EEC ( 10) of 21 August 1967 fixing the
husked rice, semi-milled rice, wholly milled rice and                       conversion rates, the processing costs and the value
broken rice ; whereas, in the case of husked rice,                          of the by-products for the various stages of rice
wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levy is equal                       processing, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
to the difference between the threshold price and the                        1499/72 ( n ), should be used where appropriate ;
cif price ; whereas, in the case of paddy rice and
semi-milled rice, the levy should be derived from the
levies applicable to the corresponding husked rice                          Whereas, when these conversions are being effected,
and wholly milled rice ;                                                    the Commission must take account of the fact that
                                                                            certain offers are for rice containing a higher percen­
                                                                            tage of broken rice than that allowed for the stan­
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly                         dard quality fixed by Regulation No 467/67/EEC
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the
                                                                            whereas no adjustment is made, however, if the
 1972/73 marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No                              prices for husked rice and semi-milled or wholly .,
 1408/72 ( 4) and No 1500/72 (5 ) ;                                          milled rice taken into consideration are lower than
                                                                             those provided for in the last subparagraph of Article
Whereas, for the purpose of calculating cif prices,                         4 of Regulation No 467/67/EEC ;
the Commission must take account of the factors
indicated in Article 16 of Regulation No 359/67/
EEC and in Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 ( 6), as                              Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 363 /72 (7 ), and in                          Commission to take account of the fact that certain
particular the most favourable purchasing opportuni­                         offers are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a
ties on the world market which are sufficiently repre­                       product put up in bags and, if this is the case, to ad­
sentative of the real trend of the market, account                           just such offers by applying the rates or amounts
being taken in particular of the need to prevent­                            fixed by the abovementioned Regulation to make
sudden variations likely to cause abnormal distur­                           the offers comparable to offers for delivery cif or re­
bances on the Community market ; whereas the                                 lating to a product presented in bulk ;
 quality of the goods offered must also be taken into
 account, whether this quality corresponds to the
 standard quality fixed in Regulation 362/67/EEC (8 ),                       Whereas the cif price is calculated for Rotterdam on
                                                                             the basis of the abovementioned factors, offers made
                                                                             for other ports being adjusted, account being taken
 (')  OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .                                     of the corrections necessitated by the difference in
 (2 ) OJ No   L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .                                transport charges in relation to Rotterdam ;
 (3)  OJ No   L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 5 .
 (4)  OJ No   L 150, 4 . 7. 1972 , p . 10 .
 ( 5) OJ No   L 158 , 14 . 7. 1972, p . 23 .
 ( 6) OJ No   L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p . 28,                                   (9 ) OJ No L 164 , 22 . 7 . 1971 , p . 11 .
 (7)  OJ No   L 46, 22 . 2 . 1972 , p . 9 .                                  ( ,0) O J No 204, 24 . 8 . 1967, p . 1 .
 (8)  OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 27 .                                    (") Oj No L 158 , 14.7. 1972, p. 22.
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Whereas, if the conditions provided for Article 1 (3 )                Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­
of Regulation (EEC) No 1613 /71 obtain, the cif                       tion No 359/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for
price may be calculated on the basis of offers for                    in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
delivery during the following month or may be                         Customs Tariff ;
retained unaltered for a limited period ;
                                                                      Whereas levies are fixed once a week and are altered
                                                                      in the intervening period to take account of vari­
Whereas, in order that account may be taken of the                    ations in threshold prices or in the factors used to de­
interests of the Associated African States and Mad­                   termine cif prices ; whereas, in the case of husked
agascar and of the Overseas Countries and Terri­                      rice, wholly milled rice and broken rice, the levies
tories, the levy relating to them must, pursuant to                   are altered only if variations in the factors used to
Regulation (EEC) No 540/70 ( x ), be reduced by a                     calculate the levy entails an increase or a reduction
fixed amount and by an amount corresponding to                        of at least 0-10 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes
45 °/o of the levy relating to third , countries ; whereas            in the amount of the levy in force ;
the levy must be further reduced in the case of semi­
milled and wholly milled rice ; whereas, under Ar­                    Whereas it follows from applying all the abovemen­
ticle 2 of Regulation (EEC ) No 540/70, the charging                  tioned provisions that the levies should be fixed as
of this levy is subject to conditions, some of which                   shown in the Table annexed to this Regulation ;
are set out in Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 430/
72 (2 ) of 29 February 1972 on implementing meas­                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ures concerning imports of rice and broken rice
                                                                                                Article 1
originating in the Associated African States and
Madagascar or in the Overseas Countries and Terri­                    The import levies to be charged on the products
tories ;                                                              listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a) and ( b) of Regulation No
                                                                      359/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1553/7 1 (3)                    annexed to this Regulation.
of 19 July 1971 altered the definitions given in An­                                            Article 2
nex A of Regulation 359/67/EEC and incorporated
in supplementary notes Nos 2 and 3E to Chapter 10                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 of the Common Customs Tariff :                                        1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 Januarv 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
 (») OJ No L 68 , 25 . 3 . 1970 , p . 1 .
 (-) OJ No L 52 , 1 . 3 . 1972 , p . 41 .
 ( :! ) OJ No L 164 , 22 . 7 . 1971 , p . 5 .
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                                                                      ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 30 January 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                                 (u.aJIQO 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                                                1-592           0-636
                                                  b) Long grained                                                3-896            1-903
                                             II . Husked rice :
                                                  a) Round grained                                                1-990           0-795
                                                  b) Long grained                                                4-870            2-379
                                         R. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                              I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                  a) Round grained                                               6-441            2-889
                                                  b) Long grained                                               13-321            6-674
                                             II. Wholly milled rice :
                                                  a) Round grained                                               6-860            3-081
                                                  b) Long grained                                               14-280            7-162
                                         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.