30.3.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL82/15
REGULATION (EEC)No838/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of29March1973
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;THECOMMISSION 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.
Article2(*)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(8)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.34.
(8)OJNo311,21.12.1967,p.13.
(•)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6.
(r)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30March
1973.

NoL82/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.3.73
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29March1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29March1973fixingtheexportrefundsonrice
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
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrained
b)Longgrained
TheamountbywhichtherefundsmaybeincreasedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulationNo719/
67/EECis0·20u.a./100kg.