17.12.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL347/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3084/76
of16December 1976
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefund,shouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice('),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation (EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(2),providesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetaken
oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarket
ontheother;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
itisalsoimportanttoensureequilibriumandthe
naturaldevelopment ofpricesandtradeontherice
marketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneed
toavoiddisturbanceoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulationNo669/67/EEC(3),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1057/68(4),laysdownthe
maximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedinrice
forwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifiesthe
percentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation (EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17
December1976.(3)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6.
(4)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof16December1976fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(u.a./metricton)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
I
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein
—Otherthirdcountries
b)Longgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein6000
7000
8500
7500
1500—Otherthirdcountries
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milled rice:
a)Roundgrain
b)Longgrain
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrain
b)Longgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein aswellas
destinations mentionedinArticle3ofCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No192/75(')
—Otherthirdcountries
C.Brokenrice
(')OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation(EEC)No306/76(OJNoL38,13.2.1976).