27.10.84 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL283/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2998/84
of25October1984
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingto
destination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No974/71(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No855/84(6),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,andtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefundshouldbefixedassetoutin
theAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1025/84(2),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixing
theamountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthatwhen
refundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthe
existingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbrokenriceonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
riceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketonthe
other;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevel­
opmentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,
furthermore ,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspect
oftheproposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddisturb­
ancesoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(4)laysdown
themaximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedin
riceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifies
thepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1984.
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL107,19.4.1984,p.13.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.0OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
4OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

NoL283/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.10.84
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25October1984.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25October1984fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
refund
ex10.06 Rice:I
B.I.Paddyrice;huskedrice:l
b)Huskedrice:I
1.Roundgrain—
2.Longgrainl
forexportto:I
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,SwitzerlandandI
thecommunes ofLivignoandI
Campioned'ltalia 108,00
—Otherthirdcountries —
II.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:l
a)Semi-milledrice:\
1.Roundgrain—
2.Longgrain—
b)Whollymilledrice:\
1.Roundgrain—
2.Longgrainl
forexportto:I
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,theI
communesofLivignoandCampioneI
d'ltaliaaswellasdestinationsI
mentionedinArticle5ofCommissionI
Regulation (EEC)No2730/79(') 135,00
—ZoneI —
—Otherthirdcountries —
III.Brokenrice —
(■)OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.
5.1977),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3634/83(OJNoL360,23.12.1983).