NoL359/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.12.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3029/78
of21December 1978
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefundshouldbefixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice(*),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1260/78(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
naturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeontherice
marketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneed
toavoiddisturbanceoftheCommunitymarket; HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(4)laysdown
themaximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedin
riceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifies
thepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated;
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1979.(1)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL156,14.6.1978,p.11.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.

22.12.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL359/37
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof21December1978fixingtheexportrefundsonneeand
brokenrice
(u.a./tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrain—
b)Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,SwitzerlandandPortugal 84.00
—Otherthirdcountries —
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milled rice:
a)Roundgrain—
b)Longgrain—
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrain—
b)Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein andSwitzerland 10500
—ZonesI,II,III,VandVIaswellasdestinations
mentionedinArticle3ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No192/75(!) 13500
—ZoneIVb) 16500
—Otherthirdcountries —
C.Brokenrice —
('OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977).