31975R0928

11 . 4 . 75 No L 90 / 9 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 928 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 April 1975 fixing the export levies on rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the threshold prices for husked rice, wholly COMMUNITIES , milled rice and broken rice were fixed for the 1974 /75 marketing year by Regulations (EEC) No 171 8 /74 (5) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and ( EEC) No 1935/74 (6), as amended by Regulation Economic Community ; ( EEC) No 2518 /74 ( 7);

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 67/EEC ('), of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ specifies that when the export levy is being fixed tion of the market in rice , as last amended by Regula­ account must be taken of the existing situation and tion ( EEC) No 476 / 75 (2 ) ; the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No of rice on the Community market on the one hand 2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general and prices for rice and products processed from 4t on the world market on the other ; whereas the same rules to be applied in the event of the rice market being disturbed , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No Article provides that it is also important to ensure 477/75 (4 ), and in particular Article 4 ( 2) thereof ; equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on rice markets and furthermore , to take Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary into account the economic aspect of the proposed Committee ; exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market ; Whereas Article 21 of Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC provides that measures may be taken when the quota­ Whereas for the products listed in Article 1 (c) of tions or prices on the world market for one or more Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC the specific factors set out products reach the level of Community prices ; in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2737/ 73 must whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­ also be taken into account ; riorate , thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb the Community market ; Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/73 specifies that market situation or the specific requirements of the quotations or prices on the world market shall be certain markets make this necessary ; regarded as having reached the level of Community prices when they approach or exceed the threshold Whereas , if the levy system is to operate normally , the price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration following should be used to calculate the levies : of that situation may be regarded as being likely to continue where an imbalance between supply and demand is established and where this imbalance is — for currencies the exchange rates for which are likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­ kept at any given moment within a band of tion and market price trends ; 2-25 % , a conversion rate based on their actual parity ; Whereas the high level of prices in international trade could impede importation of rice into the Commu­ — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the nity or provoke exportation from the Community ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each of these currencies against the Community curren­ Whereas the situation described above can be said to cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies specified period ; in the Community an export levy should be intro­ duced for certain categories of rice ; Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined Whereas in view of the relationship between the rice above to the present situation on the market in rice , and products processed from it and given the market and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world situation for these products , an export levy must also be fixed for products processed from rice ; market , that the export levies should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; (') OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967 , p . 1 . (-') OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975 , p . 31 . (5 ) OJ 'No L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p . 7 . (•>) OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p . 13. (b) OJ No L 203 , 25 . 7 . 1974, p . 22 . (4) O'l No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975, p . 33 . ( 7) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p . 1 .

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whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation hereby fixed as shown in the Annex for the products listed therein . are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Cereals ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION Article 2 Article I

The export levy referred to in the first indent of This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 April Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/ 73 is 1 975 .

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

Done at Brussels , 10 April 1975 . For the Com miss ion

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 10 April 1975 fixing the export levies on rice

(it.a. / 100 kg)

CCT heading No Description of goods Levies

10.06 A I a) Round grain paddy rice , excluding officially certified seeds (') 2-000 — 10.06 A I b) Long grain paddy rice , excluding officially certified seeds (') 10.06 A II a) Round grain husked rice 2-000 — 10.06 A II b) Long grain husked rice — 10.06 B I a) Round grain semi-milled rice — 10.06 B I b) Long grain semi-milled rice — 10.06 B II a ) Round grain wholly milled rice — 10.06 B II b) Long grain wholly milled rice 10.06 C Broken rice 0-500 1 1.01 F Rice flour — 1 1.02 A VI Rice groats and meal 0-500 1 1.02 E II e) I Flaked rice 0-500 1 1.02 F VI Pellets of rice 0-500

(') 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 ' conforming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ No 1 25, 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).