NoL311/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.11.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2744/76
of11November 1976
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
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
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 .
Article2
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(3)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12
November 1976. (4)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11November1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof11November1976fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(u.a.'nittt7<ton)
CCI
heading
NoDescription otgoodsAmountot
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
j
11.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein 60*00
—Otherthirdcountries —
b)Longgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein 7000
—Otherthirdcountries —
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milied rice: <
a)Roundgrain— ■
b)Longgrain—
11.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,Switzerland amiLiechtenstein .iswellas
destinations mentioned inArticle\ofCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No192/75(') X500
b)Longgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,Switzerland andLiechtenstein aswellas
destinations mentioned inArticleΛofCommis­
sionRegulation (LLC)No192/75(') 75-00
—Otherthirdcountries —
C.Brokenrice 15-00
)0|N..I:-yI-!Ι'ΓνpI
X/>:The/ones,nvthosedefinedinRegulation (ITC)No306//(O|NoI.W,11.I