31973R0662

No L 63 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 3 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 662/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 March 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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ on 13 February 1973 ; pean Economic Community ; Whereas it follows from' applying the rules and Having regard to Council Regulation No other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­ 247/73 to the offer prices and today's quotations ganization of the market in rice, as last amended known to the Commission that the levies at pres­ by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the ent in force should be altered as shown in the Accession of new Member States to the European Table annexed to this Regulation ; 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 ; Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice The import levies to be charged on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and ( b) of Regulation No were fixed by Regulation (EEC ) No 247/73 (4) and 359/67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the subsequent amending Regulations ; 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 9 March 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 , 8 March 1973 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

i 1 ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 . (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 . ( 4 ) OJ No L 30, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 7.

9 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 63 / 11

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 8 March 1973 fixing the levies on rice and broken rice

(,u.a.llOO kg)

CCT AASM / Third 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 R. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I. Semi-milled rice : a) Round grained 0-732 0 b ) Long grained 1-138 0 II . "Wholly milled rice : a) Round grained 0-780 0 b) Long grained 1-220 0 C. Broken rice 0-900 0-275

(') 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 .