CELEX: 31973R1121
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1121/73 of the Commission of 30 April 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1121/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 30 April 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,
                                                                        the Commission must take account of the fact that
and wholly milled rice ;
                                                                        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 last                 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1613/71 requires the
                                                                        Commission to take account of the fact that certain
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1057/73 ( 7 ), and
 in particular the most favourable purchasing oppor­                    offers are for delivery cost and freight or relate to a
tunities on the world market which are sufficiently                     product put up in bags and, if this is the case, to ad­
 representative of the real trend of the market,                        just such offers by applying the rates or amounts
 account being taken in particular of the need to pre­                  fixed by the abovementioned Regulation to make
vent sudden variations likely to cause abnormal                         the offers comparable to offers for delivery cif or re­
disturbances on the Community market ; whereas                          lating to a product presented in bulk ;
the 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 .
( 8) OJ   No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 28 .                              (») OJ No L 164, 22 . 7 . 1971 , p. 11 .
( 7) OJ   No L 105 , 20 . 4. 1973 , p . 10 .                            ( 10) OJ No 204, 24 . 8 . 1967, p. 1 .
( 8) OJ   No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 27 .                               ( u ) 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 ( 1 ), 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 1553/71 (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 May
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 April 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
 (*) OJ No L 68, 25 . 3 . 1970, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 52, 1 . 3. 1972, p. 41 .
 (s) OJ No L 164, 22 . 7. 1971 , p. 5 .
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                                                                         ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice
                                                                                                                                   (u.a. /100 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
                                               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                                                4·478            1.811
                                               II. "Wholly milled rice :
                                                    a) Round grained                                                  0                0
                                                    b) Long grained                                                4·800            1.948
                                           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
            product* originating in the AASM and OCT.
        (2) This levy is applicable only to imports fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 540/70.