31978R1208

No L 147/ 32 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 6 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1208 / 78 of 2 June 1978 fixing the export levies on starch products manufactured from rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the products mentioned in Article 1 by the coeffi­ COMMUNITIES, cients relating to these products shown in column 4 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 (6), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2560/77 (7) ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the production refund on broken rice Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No intended for the manufacture of starch is defined in 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 ; tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 11 26/78 (2), Whereas the export levy must be fixed once per week ; whereas it is altered only if application of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2007/75 2742/75 of 29 October 1975 on production refunds in entails an increase or a reduction of more than 0-8 the cereals and rice sectors (3), as last amended by unit of account per tonne of basic product ; Regulation (EEC) No 11 27/78 (4), and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof, Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, Whereas, pursuant to Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) within a band of 2-25 % , at a rate of exchange No 2742/75, an export levy may be introduced for based on their effective parity ; products falling within subheading 11.08 A II of the Common Customs Tariff when world market prices — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on th( for broken rice exceed the threshold prices less the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each production refund ; of these currencies recorded for a given period, ir relation to the Community currencies referred tc Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 2007/75 (5), the in the previous subparagraph ; Commission laid down detailed rules for the applica­ tion of the export levy on starch products ; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that a levy is Whereas it follows from applying all these provisions introduced when it is found that the import levy for to the world market price of broken rice and to the broken rice is at least three units of account per tonne import levies that an export levy should be introducec less than the amount of the production refund valid for the product listed in the Annex, in the current month and that the average of the levies in the immediately following fortnight is at least three units of account per tonne 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 tonne of The export levies provided for in Article 6 (2) of Regu­ basic product, to the difference between the produc­ lation ( EEC) No 2742/75 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 listed therein . is fixed and the average of the levies applicable on the seven days preceding the day it comes into force ; whereas this difference must then be multiplied for Article 2 (>) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 June 1978 (2) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5 . 1978 , p. 23 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57 . (4 ) OJ No L 142, 30 . 5 . 1978 , p. 24. (6) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65 . (5) OJ No L 203 , 1 . 8 . 1975, p. 7 . (7) OJ No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 2 June 1978 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 2 June 1978 fixing the export levies on starch products manufactured from rice

(u.a./tonne)

CCT heading Description Export levy No

11.08 A II Rice starch 20 1 1