NoL28/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.2.82
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No278/82
of4February1982
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated ;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingto
destination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastoncea
month;whereasitmaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefundshouldbefixedassetoutin
theAnnexhereto;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforCerealshas
notdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1418/76of21June1976onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinrice('),aslastamendedbytheActof
AccessionofGreece(2),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthefourthsubparagraphofArticle17(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixing
theamountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthatwhen
refundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthe
existingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbrokenriceonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
riceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketonthe
other;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevel­
opmentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,
furthermore ,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspect
oftheproposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddisturb­
ancesoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(4)laysdown
themaximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedin
riceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifies
thepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL291,19.11.1979,p.17.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
0OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5February
1982.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof4February1982fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
refund
ex10.06 Rice:
B.I.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
b)Huskedrice:
1.Roundgrain
2.Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerlandand
thecommunes ofLivignoand
Campioned'Italia
—Otherthirdcountries80-00
II.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
a)Semi-milledrice:
1.Roundgrain
2.Longgrain—
b)Whollymilledrice:
1.Roundgrain
2.Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,the
communesofLivignoandCampione
d'Italiaaswellasdestinations
mentionedinArticle3ofCommission
Regulation (EEC)No192/75(')
—ZoneI100-00
150-00
—Otherthirdcountries —
III.Brokenrice —
(')OJNoL25,17.1.1975,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977).