17.9.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL254/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2254/76
of16September1976
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
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
naturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeontherice
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;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
(')OJNoL166,2.S.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(3)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17
September1976. (<)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16September1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof16September1976fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(u.a./metricton)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
I
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrain—
b)Longgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein 6000
—Otherthirdcountries —
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milled rice:
a)Roundgrain—
b)Longgrain—
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrain 8500
b)Longgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein aswellas
destinations mentionedinArticle3ofCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No192/75(') 7500
—Otherthirdcountries —
C.Brokenrice —
(>)OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.I.
N.B.Ifnoamountisfixedfortherefund,thecorrectiveamountforsuchrefundisnotfixed.
ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation (EEC)No306/76(OJNoL38,13.2.1976).