CELEX: 31981R0633
Language: en
Date: 1981-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 633/81 of 11 March 1981 fixing the export levies on rice

No L 67/ 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              12. 3 . 81
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 633/81
                                                     of 11 March 1981
                                              fixing the export levies on rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76
COMMUNITIES,                                                     specifies that when the export levy is being fixed
                                                                 account must be taken of the existing situation and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities
Economic Community,                                              of rice on the Community market on the one hand,
                                                                 and prices for rice and products processed from it on
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                    the world market on the other ; whereas the same
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              Article provides that it is also important to ensure
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of         equilibrium of supplies and trade on rice markets and
Accession of Greece (2),                                         furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
                                                                 of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
Having regard to       Council Regulation ( EEC) No              bances on the Community market ;
1432/76 of 21 June     1976 laying down general rules to
be applied in the      event of the rice market being            Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of
disturbed ('), and in   particular Article 4 (3) thereof,        Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 the specific factors set
                                                                 out in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1432/76
                                                                 must also be taken into account ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                 Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world
                                                                 market situation or the specific requirements of
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1418 / 76             certain markets make this necessary ;
provides that measures may be taken when the quota­
tions or prices on the world market for one or more              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the
products reach the level of Community prices ;                   following should be used to calculate the levies :
whereas that situation is likely to continue and to
                                                                 — for currencies the exchange rates for which are
deteriorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to
                                                                      kept at any given moment whithin a band of
disturb the Community market ;                                        2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual
                                                                      parity ;
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1432/76 specifies that
                                                                 — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the
the quotations or prices on the world market shall be
regarded as having reached the level of Community                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each
prices when they approach or exceed the threshold                     of these currencies against the Community curren­
price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration                cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a
of that situation may be regarded as being likely to                  specified period ;
continue where an imbalance between supply and                   Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
demand is established and where this imbalance is
                                                                 above to the present situation on the market in rice,
likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­          and in particular to quotations or prices for these
tion and market price trends ;                                   products within the Community and on the world
                                                                 market, that the export levies should be fixed as shown
Whereas the high level of prices in international trade          in the Annex to this Regulation ,
could impede importation of rice into the Community
or provoke exportation from the Community ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the situation described above can be said to
exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies
in the Community an export levy should be intro­                                           Article 1
duced for certain categories of rice ;
                                                                 The export levy referred to in the first indent of
Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly             Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1432/76 is hereby
milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1980 / 81          fixed as shown in the Annex for the products listed
                                                                 therein .
marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 2121 / 80 (4) ;
                                                                                           Article 2
(') OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17 .
(') OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p . 39 .                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 March
h OJ No L 206, 8 . 8 . 1980, p. 23.                               1981 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 11 March 1981 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 11 March 1981 fixing the export levies on rice
                                                                                              (ECU/tonne)
                  CCT
                 heading                                   Description                         Levies
                   No
            ex 10.06       Rice :
                           B. Other :
                              I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                    a) Paddy rice :
                                        1 . Round grain                                        30-40
                                        2. Long grain                                            7-20
                                    b) Husked rice :
                                        1 . Round grain                                        38-00
                                        2. Long grain                                            9-00
                               II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                      a) Semi-milled rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                                       9-39
                                           2. Long grain                                         —
                                      b) Wholly milled rice :
                                           1 . Round grain                                      10-00
                                           2. Long grain                                         —
                               III . Broken rice                                                21-00