24.12.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL354/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3154/76
of23December 1976
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefund,shouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
141$/76of21June1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice('),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation (EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(2),providesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetaken
oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarket
ontheother;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
itisalsoimportanttoensureequilibriumandthe
naturaldevelopment ofpricesandtradeontherice
marketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneed
toavoiddisturbanceoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulationNo669/67/EEC(3),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1057/68(4),laysdownthe
maximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedinrice
forwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifiesthe
percentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation (EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
(')OJN6L166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24
December1976.(3)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6.
(4)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31.

NoL354/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.12.76
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23December1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof23December1976fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
fi/.ii./metricton)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06.Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
i
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein 6000
—Otherthirdcountries —
b)Longgrain:
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein 7000
—Otherthirdcountries •—
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milled rice:
a)Roundgrain—
b)Longgrain—
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrain 8500
b)Longgrain:.
forexportto:
—Austria,SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein aswellas
destinations mentioned inArticle3ofCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No192/75(') 7500
—Otherthirdcountries 120.00
C.Brokenrice 1500
(')0|NoI.25,17.I.IV75,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation (EEC)No306/76(OJNoL38,13.2.1976).