31973R1429

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 Article 1 Committee ; The import levies to be charged on the products listed Whereas the import levies on rice and broken rice in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/ were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 121 /73 (4) and 67/EEC are hereby fixed as shown in the Table subsequent amending Regulations ; 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 .

No L 144/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 5 . 73

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 4·076 1·590 b) Long grained 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.