31974R2158

No L 226/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 8 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2158 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 14 August 1974 fixing the export levies on rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of rice on the Community market on the one hand COMMUNITIES , and prices for rice and products processed from it on the world market on the other ; whereas the same Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Article provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ and trade on rice markets and furthermore , to take 67/ EEC ('), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ into account the economic aspect of the proposed tion of the market in rice as last amended by the Act exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the of Accession (2 ) ; Community market ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of 2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the rice market Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC the specific factors set out being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ; in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 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 Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359 / 67/ EEC market situation or the specific requirements of provides that the necessary measures may be taken if certain markets make this necessary ; the cif price of one or more products is appreciably Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the higher than the threshold price and if that situation is following should be used to calculate the levies : likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market ; — for currencies the exchange rates for which are kept at any given moment within a band of Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/ 73 specifies that 2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least parity ; 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the likely to continue where an imbalance between supply arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each and demand is established and where this imbalance of these currencies against the Community curren­ is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­ cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a tion and market price trends ; specified period ; Whereas the high level of prices in international trade Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined could impede importation of rice into the Commu­ above to the present situation on the market in rice, nity or provoke exportation from the Community ; and in particular to quotations or prices for these Whereas the situation described above can be said to products within the Community and on the world exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies market, that the export levies should be fixed as in the Community an export levy should be intro­ shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; duced for this product ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ and products processed from it and given the market ment Committee for Cereals , situation for these products, an export levy must also be fixed for all products processed from rice ; Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1973 / 74 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 1 962/73 (4 ) Article 1 and No 2024/ 73 (5 ) ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/ 73 The export levy referred to in the first indent of specifies that when the export levy is being fixed Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73 is account must be taken of the existing situation and hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities listed therein .

(') OJ No L 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 , Article 2 (*) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 . (J ) OJ No L 282 , 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 . («) OJ No L 201 , 21 , 7 . 1973 , p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 August (5 ) OJ No L 206, 27 , 7 . 1 973 . p. 30 , I ^ 74 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 14 August 1974 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 14 August 1974 fixing the export levies on rice

CCT heading No Description of goods u. a. / 100 kg

10.06 A I a ) Round grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified 8-000 seeds (') 10.06 A 1 b ) Long grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified seeds (') 10-000 10.06 A II a) Round grained husked rice 10-000 L0.06 A II b ) Long grained husked rice 8-000 10.06 B I a ) Round grained semi-milled rice 11-000 10.06 Bib ) Long grained semi-milled rice 10-000 10.06 B II a ) Round grained wholly-milled rice 11-000 10.06 B II b ) Long grained wholly-milled rice 10-000 10.06 C Broken rice 12-000 11.01 F Rice flour — 11.02 A VI Rice groats and meal 12-000 11.02 E II e ) 1 Flaked rice 12-000 11.08 All Rice starch

(') Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and officially labelled as ' basic seed ', ' certified seed , first generation ', ' certified seed , second generation ' confor­ ming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ( OJ No 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed produced in Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106 , 20 . 4 . 1973 , p. 12).