NoL41/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.2.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No298/79
of15February1979
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
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)No1260/78(2),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetaken
oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarket
ontheother;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
itisalsoimportanttoensureequilibriumandthe
naturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeontherice
marketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneed
toavoiddisturbanceoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(4)laysdown
themaximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedin
riceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifies
thepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16February
1979.(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL156,14.6.1978,p.11.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15February1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationofISFebruary1979fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(u.a./tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:I
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:I
II.Huskedrice:I
a)Roundgrain—
b)LonggrainI
forexportto:I
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,SwitzerlandandPortugal 90-00
—Otherthirdcountries —
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:\
I.Semi-milled rice:I
a)Roundgrain—
b)Longgrain—
II.Whollymilledrice:I
a)Roundgrain■—
b)LonggrainII
forexportto:II
—Austria,Liechtenstein andSwitzerland 112-00
—ZoneIa) 170-00
—ZoneIVandZoneVII —
—OtherthirdcountriesaswellasdestinationsII
mentionedinArticle3ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No192/75(1) 145-00
C.Brokenrice —
(')OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation (EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977).