NoL5/14 OfficialJournalofthieEuropeanCommunities 5.1.73
REGULATION (EEC)No20/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of4January1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC(1)of25July1967onthecommonor­
ganisationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2429/72(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthefourthsubparagraph of
Article17(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthosepro­
ductswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulationNo366/67/
EEC(3)of25July1967layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds,asamendedby
RegulationNo1019/67/EEC(4),providesthatwhen
refundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenof
theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithre­
gardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarket
ontheother;whereasthesameArticleprovides
thatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibriumand
thenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeonthe
ricemarketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccount
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsand
theneedtoavoiddisturbanceoftheCommunity
market;
WhereasRegulationNo669/67/EEC(5),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1057/68(6),laysdownthe
maximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedinrice
forwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifiesthe
percentagebywhichthatrefundistobereducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceinthericeex­
portedexceedsthatmaximum ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo366/67/EECde­
finesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccord­
ingtodestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceaweek;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcri­
teriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandonthe
worldmarketthattherefundshouldbefixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforCereals;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
RegulationNo359/67/EECwiththeexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph1(c)ofthatArticle,expor­
tedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5January
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4January1973.
•FortheCommission
TheVice-President
CarloSCARASCIA MUGNOZZA
(!)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL264,23.11.1972,p.1
(3)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.34.
(4)OJNo311,21.12.1967,p.13.
(5)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6.
(#)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof4January1973fixingtheexportsrefundsonrice
andbrokenrice
(u.a./lOOkg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
I
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrained 0-100
'b)Longgrained 0-100
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milledrice:-
a)Roundgrained0-100
b)Longgrained0-100
II."Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrained 0-100
b)Longgrained 0-100
C.Brokenrice 0-100
TheamountbywhichtherefundsmaybeincreasedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulationNo719/
67/EECis0-20u.a./100kg.