26.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL139/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1091/78
of25May1978
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,'atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies ,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefundshouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No709/78(-'),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation (EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article 1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds('),providesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetaken
oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilities ofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarket
ontheother;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
itisalsoimportanttoensureequilibriumandthe
naturaldevelopment ofpricesandtradeontherice
marketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneed
toavoiddisturbanceottheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1361/76(4)laysdown
themaximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedin
riceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifies
thepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Artidi-1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle 1of
Regulation (EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26May
1978.(')0|NoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(-)O|NoL94,N.4.I97,s,p.9.
(/)O)No1.166,2v6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNo1.154,15.b.I976,p.II.

NoL139/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities26.5.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25May1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25May1978fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(it.a.tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionotgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrain
b)Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein
—Otherthirdcountries
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milled rice:
a)Roundgrain
b)Longgrain
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrain
b)Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein andSwitzerland aswellas
destinations mentioned inArticle3ofCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No192/75(')
—Otherthirdcountries
C.Brokenrice60.00
75.00
(')OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation (EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977).