NoL21/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.1.73
REGULATION (EEC)No169/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of25January1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
maximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedinrice
forwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifiesthe
percentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceinthericeex­
portedexceedsthatmaximum;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo366/67/EECde­
finesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccord­
ingtodestination;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceaweek;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcri­
teriatothepresentsituationonthemarketinrice
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforriceand
brokenricewithintheCommunityandonthe
worldmarketthattherefundshouldbefixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforCereals;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC(x)of25July1967onthecommonor­
ganisationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
theAct(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheAcces­
sionof.newMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity ,signedatBrusselson22January
1972,andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraphofArticle17(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthosepro­
ductswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby-an
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);laysdowntheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
RegulationNo359/67/EECwiththeexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph1(c)ofthatArticle,expor­
tedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon26January
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25January1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(*)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL.73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.34.
(5)OJNo311,21.12.1967,p.13.
(«)OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6.
(7)OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31.

26.1.73 OfficialjournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL21/15
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25January1973fixingtheexportrefundsonrice
andbrokenrice
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
I
II.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrained0-100
b)Longgrained0-100
B.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
I.Semi-milledrice:
a)Roundgrained0-100
b)Longgrained0-100
-II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrained
\0-100
b)Longgrained 0-1-00
TheamountbywhichtherefundsmaybeincreasedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulationNo719/
67/EECis0-20u.a./100kg.