NoL269/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.10.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2315/77
of20October1977
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
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(!),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1158/77(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
naturaldevelopment ofpricesandtradeontherice
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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21October
1977.(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(-')OJNoL136,2.6.1977,p.13.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.h)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20October1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof20October1977fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(u.a./tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein 6000
—Otherthirdcountries —
b)Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein 8000
—Otherthirdcountries -
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
LSemi-milled rice:
a)Roundgrain—
b)Longgrain—
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein andSwitzerland aswellas
destinationsmentionedinArticle3ofCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No192/75i1) 9000
—Otherthirdcountries —
b)Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein andSwitzerland aswellas
destinations mentionedinArticle3ofCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No192/75(') 10000
—Otherthirdcountries —
C.Brokenrice 2500
(')OJNoL25.17.1.1975,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977).