31.1.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL24/15
REGULATION (EEC)No223/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of30January1975
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceaweek;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relation,toeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandontheworld
marketthattherefundshouldbefixedattheamounts
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/
67/EEC(')of25July1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1129/74(2),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulationNo366/
67/EEC(3)of25July1967layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds,asamendedby
RegulationNo1019/67/EEC(4)providesthatwhen
refundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthe
existingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbrokenriceonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
riceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketonthe
other;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevel­
opmentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,
furthermore ,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspect
oftheproposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddistur­
banceoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulationNo669/67/EEC(5),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1057/68(6)laysdownthe
maximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedinrice
forwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifiesthe
percentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo366/67/EEC
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
RegulationNo359/67/EECwiththeexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
(•)'OJNo'174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL128,10.5.1974,p.20.
(3)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.34.
(4)OJNo311,21.12.1967,p.13.
(5)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31January
1975. (6)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31.

NoL24/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.1.75
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30January1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30January1975fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(u.a.HOQkg)
CCT
heading
NoI
DescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
I
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrained—
b)Longgrained—
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milledrice:
a)Roundgrained—
b)Longgrained—
II.Whollymilledrice:
a).Roundgrained—
b)Longgrained 0
C.Brokenrice: —
TheamountbywhichtherefundsmaybeincreasedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulationNo719/
67/EECis0-20u.a./100kg.
N.B.Ifnoamountisfixedfortherefund,thecorrectiveamountforsuchrefundisnotfixed.