26.2.82 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL55/59
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No444/82
of25February1982
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingto
destination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefundshouldbefixedassetoutin
theAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinrice('),aslastamendedbytheActof
AccessionofGreece(2),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixing
theamountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthatwhen
refundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthe
existingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbrokenriceonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
riceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketonthe
other;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevel­
opmentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,
furthermore ,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspect
oftheproposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddisturb­
ancesoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(4)laysdown
themaximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedin
riceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifies
thepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.0OJNoL291,19.11.1979,p.17.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.b)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26February
1982.

NoL55/60 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.82
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25February1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25February1982fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
refund
ex10.06 Rice:
B.I.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
b)Huskedrice:
1.Roundgrain—
2.Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerlandand
thecommunesofLivignoand
Campioned'Italia 8000
—Otherthirdcountries —
II.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
a)Semi-milledrice:
1.Roundgrain—
2.Longgrain—
b)Whollymilledrice:
1.Roundgrain—
2.Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,the
communesofLivignoandCampione
d'Italiaaswellasdestinations
mentionedinArticle3ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No192/75(') 10000
—ZoneI 170-00
—Otherthirdcountries —
III.Brokenrice —
(')OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977).