CELEX: 31973R1160
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1160/73 of the Commission of 3 May 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

No L 118/30                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 4. 5 . 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1160/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 3 May 1973
                                           fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
COMMUNITIES,                                                        the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
                                                                    on 13 February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                           Whereas it follows from applying the rules and
                                                                    other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No                              1121 /73 to the offer prices and today's quotations
359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                    known to the Commission that the levies at pres­
ganization of the market in rice, as last amended                   ent in force should be altered as shown in the
by the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the                    Table annexed to this Regulation ;
Accession of new Member States to the European
Economic Community and the European Atomic
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1972, and in particular Article 11 (5 ) thereof ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                                                  Article 1
Committee ;
                                                                    The import levies to be charged on the products
Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice                   listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a) and (b) of Regulation No
were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1121 /73 (4) ;                    359/67/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 4 May
the official parity, on the effective rate or the                   1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 3 May 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(*) OJ No 174, 31.7. 1967, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
 (») 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 3 May 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                                Cu.a.llOO 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                                                 0                 0
                                                 b) Long grained                                                  0                 0
                                            11 . 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                                                4-067             1-585
                                            II. Wholly milled rice :
                                                 a) Round grained                                                 0                 0
                                                 b) Long grained                                                4-360             1-706
                                         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.
       M Thi« levy is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/70 .