31975R2363

17 . 9 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 243/7

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2363 /75 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 September 1975 fixing the export levies on starch products manufactured from rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1052/68 (5), as COMMUNITIES, last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 980/75 (6) ;

Whereas the production refund on broken rice Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European intended for the manufacture of starch is defined in Economic Community ; Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1955/75 ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ No 2007/75 for the new Member States the amounts 67/ EECC ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ to be considered respectively as import levy and tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­ production refund shall be the levy and the produc­ tion ( EEC) No 668 /75 (2 ) ; tion refund for the product in question respectively, minus the applicable compensatory amount ; Having regard to Council Regulation ' (EEC) No 1 955/75 (3) of 22 July 1975 on production refunds in Whereas the export levy must be fixed once a week ; the cereals and rice sectors, and in particular Article 6 whereas it is altered only if application of Article 1 (2) (2) thereof ; (a) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2007/ 75 entails an increase or a reduction of more than 0-8 unit of account/ metric ton of basic product ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas, pursuant to Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) — in the case of currencies which are maintained in No 1955/ 75, an export levy may be introduced for relation to each other, at any given moment, products falling within subheadings 1 1 .08 A II of the within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange Common Customs Tariff when world market prices based on their effective parity ; for broken rice exceed the threshold prices less the — for other currencies , an exchange rate based on the production refund ; arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 2007/75 (4), the relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Commission laid down detailed rules for the applica­ tion of the export levy on starch products ; whereas Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is to the world market price of broken rice and to the introduced when it is found that the import levy for broken rice is at least 3 units of account/ metric ton import levies that an export levy should be introduced for the product listed in tfie Annex, less than the amount of the production refund valid in the current month and that the average of the levies in the immediately following fortnight is at least 3 units of account/ metric ton less than the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : average of the production refund valid in that fort­ night ; Article 1

Whereas the export levy must be equal , per metric ton The export levies provided for in Article 6 (2) of Regu­ of basic product, to the difference between the produc­ lation (EEC) No 1 955/75 are hereby fixed as shown in tion refund valid on the day on which this export levy the table annexed to this Regulation for the product is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the listed therein . seven days preceding the day it comes into force ; whereas this difference must then be multiplied for Article 2 the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­ cients relating to these products shown in column 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September 1975 . (>) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 . (-') OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975 , p . 18 . (>) O") No L 200, 31 . 7. 1975, p. 1 . (5 ) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . (■») OJ No L 203 , 1.8.1 975, p . 7. (b) OJ No L 95, 1 7 . 4. 1 975, p . I .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 September 1975 .

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

ANNEX

Export levies in u.a./ metric ton CCT Nomenclature in simplified wording heading No Other Member Denmark Ireland United Kingdom States

1 1.08 A II Rice starch 18.70 18-70 18-70 18-70