31974R2530

5 . 10 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 271 / 27

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2530 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 October 1974 altering the export levies on rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN account must be taken of the existing situation and COMMUNITIES , the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of rice on the Community market on the one hand Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and prices for rice and products processed from it on Economic Community ; the world market on the other ; whereas the same Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ Article provides that it is also important to ensure 67/ EEC ( J ), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ equilibrium and the natural development of prices tion of the market in rice as last amended by Regula­ and trade on rice markets and furthermore , to take tion ( EEC) No 1129 / 74 (2 ); into account the economic aspect of the proposed Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the 2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general Community market ; rules to be applied in the event of the rice market being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 (3) thereof ; Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of Regulation No 359/ 67/EEC the specific factors set out Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 must Committee ; also be taken into account ; Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC provides that the necessary measures may be taken if Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world the cif price of one or more products is appreciably market situation or the specific requirements of higher than the threshold price and if that situation is certain markets make this necessary ; likely to continue thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the following should be used to calculate the levies : Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that the cif price may be regarded as appreciably higher — for currencies the exchange rates for which are than the threshold price when it exceeds it by at least kept at any given moment within a band of 2 % ; whereas this excess may be regarded as being 2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual likely to continue where an imbalance between supply parity ; and demand is established and where this imbalance — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the is likely to persist having regard to foreseeable produc­ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each tion and market price trends ; of these currencies against the Community curren­ Whereas the high level of prices in international trade cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a could impede importation of rice into the Commu­ specified period ; nity or provoke exportation from the Community ; Whereas the situation described above can be said to Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined above to the present situation on the market in rice, exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies in the Community an export levy should be intro­ and in particular to quotations or prices for these duced for this product ; products within the Community and on the world market, that the export levies should be altered as Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice shown in the Annex to this Regulation , and products processed from it and given the market situation for these products, an export levy must also be fixed for all products processed from rice ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1974 /75 marketing year by Regulations ( EEC) No 1718 /74 (4) Article 1 and (EEC) No 1935/74 (5) and amended by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 2518 / 74 (6) ; The export levy referred to in the first indent of Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737 / 73 is Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 hereby altered as shown in the Annex for the products specifies that when the export levy is being fixed listed therein . 1 ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 . 2) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 . Article 2 *) OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 . «) OJ No L 181 , 4. 7 . 1974, p. 7. *) OJ No L 203 , 25 . 7. 1974, p. 22. This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 October <) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels , 4 October 1974 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 October 1974 altering 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 12-000 seeds ( J ) 10.06 A I b ) Long grained paddy rice, excluding officially certified seeds (*) 8-000 Í0.06 A II a ) Round grained husked rice 12-000 10.06 A II b ) Long grained husked rice 8-000 10.06 B I a ) Round grained semi-milled rice 12-000 10.06 B I b ) Long grained semi-milled rice 12-000 L0.06 B II a) Round grained wholly-milled rice 12-000 10.06 B II b) Long grained wholly-milled rice 12-000 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 11.02 F VI Pellets of rice 12-000

(') 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).