CELEX: 31973R1429
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1429/73 of the Commission of 30 May 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

31 . 5. 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 144/9
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1429/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 30 May 1973
                                        fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
COMMUNITIES,                                                     rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
                                                                 dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           February 1973 ;
 Economic Community ;
                                                                Whereas it follows from applying the rules and other
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 3 59/                    provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1121 /73
67/EEC (1 ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­              to the offer prices and today's quotations known to
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the               the Commission that the levies at present in force
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of            should be altered as shown in the Table annexed to
new Member States to the European Economic                       this Regulation ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
 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                The import levies to be charged on the products listed
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 121 /73 (4) and              in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/
subsequent amending Regulations ;                                67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table
                                                                 annexed to this Regulation .
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies should   be    calculated    on   the  basis of an
                                                                                         Article 2
exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
which are floating or whose central rate differs from            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1973.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(») OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
I2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. .5 .
(*) OJ No L 115, 1 . 5. 1973, p. 7.
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                                                                    ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                               (u.a./100 kg)
           CCT                                                                                                  Third          AASM/
         heading                                        Description of goods                                  countries      OCT (l) (•)
            No
      1006                             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                                                 4·076            1·590
                                           II. Wholly milled rice :
                                               a) Round grained                                                   0                0
                                               b) Long grained                                                 4·370            1·711
                                       C. Broken rice                                                            0                 0
     (M 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.
     It This levy is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/70.