NoL110/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.4.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1083/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of26April1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
percentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceinthericeex­
portedexceedsthatmaximum;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo366/67/EECde­
finesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccord­
ingtodestination;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceaweek;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurrencies
whicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffersfrom
theofficialparity,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcri­
teriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandonthe
worldmarketthattherefundshouldbefixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnextothisRegulation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforCereals;1HECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC(*)of25July1967onthecommonor­
ganizationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
theAct(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheAcces­
sionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity,signedatBrusselson22January
1972,andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraphofArticle17(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthosepro­
ductswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulationNo366/67/
EEC(4)of25July1967layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds,asamendedby
RegulationNo1019/67/EEC(5),providesthatwhen
refundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenof
theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithre­
gardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarket
ontheother;whereasthesameArticleprovides
thatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibriumand
thenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeonthe
ricemarketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccount
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsand
theneedtoavoiddisturbanceoftheCommunity
market;
WhereasRegulationNo669/67/EEC(6),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1057/68(7),laysdownthe
maximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedinrice
forwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifiestheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
RegulationNo359/67/EECwiththeexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph1(c)ofthatArticle,expor­
tedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
(*)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(»)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(»)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5. Article2
(*)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.34.
(*)OJNo311,21.12.1967,p.13.
(•)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6.
(7)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27April
1973.

27.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL110/15
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26April1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof26April1973fixingtheexportrefundsonrice
andbrokenrice
(u.a./100kg,)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
I
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrained—
b)Longgrained—
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milledrice:
a)Roundgrained—
b)Longgrained—
11.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrained—
b)Longgrained
TheamountbywhichtherefundsmaybeincreasedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulationNo719/
67/EECis0-20u.a./100kg.