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No174/34 OFFICIALJOURNALOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES 31.7.67
REGULATION No366/67/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of25July1967
layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixingthe
amountofsuchrefunds
marketsinthecountriesofdestinationoronthe
basisofthespecialconditionswhichapplytoimports
incertainofthesecountries;
Whereastoavoiddistortionsofcompetitionbetween
Communitytraders,theadministrative conditions
underwhichtheyoperatemustbeidentical
throughouttheCommunity ;
WhereastoensureCommunitytraderssufficient
stabilityintheamountoftherefund,theperiodfor
whichtheamountsmayremainunchangedshouldbe
fixedatoneweek,subjecttoanyalterationswhich
maybemadeintheinterveningperiodpursuantto
thesecondsentenceofthefourthsubparagraph of
Article17(2)ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC;
Whereastheredoesnotappeartobeanyjustification
forgrantingarefundonpaddyriceorhuskedrice
importedfromthirdcountriesandre-exportedto
thirdcountriesunlesscertainconditionsarefulfilled;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC1of25July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,andinparticular
Article17(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasexportrefundsonproductssubjecttothe
commonorganisationofthemarketinricemustbe
fixedinaccordancewithcertaincriteriawhichwould
makeitpossibletocoverthedifferencebetween
quotationsandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarket,while
respectingthegeneralaimsofthecommon
organisation ;whereastothisendthesupplysituation
withintheCommunityandthepricesituationonthe
worldmarketandwithintheCommunityforriceand
brokenricemustbetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,inviewoftheconsiderablefluctuationsin
quotationsforriceandbrokenriceontheworld
marketovertimeandthedisparitybetweentheprices
atwhichtheseproductsareofferedbyvarious
countriesonthatmarket,arefundshouldbefixed
which,forthepurposeofcoveringthedifference
betweenworldpricesandpricesrulingwithinthe
Community ,particularlyinviewofcostsincurredin
placingtheseproductsonthemarket,wouldtakethe
differencebetweenrepresentative priceswithinthe
Communityandthemostfavourablequotationson
theworldmarketintoaccount;
WhereasArticle17(2)ofRegulationNo354/67/EEC
providesthattheamountoftherefundmaybevaried
accordingtothedestinationoftheproductsand
whereasitshouldbevariedonthebasisofthe
distancesseparatingtheCommunitymarketfromHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationlaysdownrulesforfixingand
grantingexportrefundsontheproductslistedin
Article1ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC.
Article2
Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhen
refundsarebeingfixed:
(a)theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardto:
—pricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarket;
—pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworld
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whereappropriate,pursuantto.Article8of
RegulationNo359/67/EEC.
3.Thecompensatory amountshallbegranted
onlyifstocksreachaminimumlevel.(b)theaimsofthecommonorganisationofthe
marketinrice,whicharetoensureequilibrium
andthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtrade
onthismarket;
(c)theheedtoavoiddisturbancesontheCommunity
market;and
(d)theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports.Article5
Article3 Wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary
therefundontheproductsreferredtoinArticle3
maybevariedaccordingtodestination .
Article6RefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
RegulationNo359/67/EEC,withtheexceptionof
thoselistedinArticle1(c)ofthatRegulation,shall
befixedinaccordancewiththefollowingspecific
criteria:
(a)pricesfortheseproductsrulingonthevarious
representativeexportmarketsoftheCommunity ;
(b)themostfavourablequotationsrecordedonthe
variousmarketsofimportingthirdcountries;and
(c)marketingcostsandthemostfavourable
transportchargesfromtheCommunitymarkets
referredtoin(a)toportsorotherpointsof
exportintheCommunityservingthesemarkets,
..aswellascostsincurredinplacingthegoodson
theworldmarket.1.Therefundontheproductsreferredtoin
Article3shallbepaiduponproof:
—thattheproductshavebeenexportedfromthe
Community ,and
—thattheproducts,asfaraspad.dyriceandhusked
riceareconcerned,areofCommunityorigin,
exceptwhereArticle8applies.
2.WhereArticle5applies,therefundshallbepaid
undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
provideditisprovedthattheproducthasreached
thedestinationforwhichtherefundwasfixed.
Exceptionmaybemadetothisruleinaccordance
withtheprocedurereferredtoinparagraph3,
providedconditionsarelaiddownwhichoffer
equivalentguarantees .
3.Additionalprovisionsmaybeadoptedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
26ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC.Article4
Article71.Therefundmaybeincreasedbya
compensatory amountinrespectofstocksofpaddy
riceharvestedwithintheCommunityandhuskedrice
obtainedtherefrominhandattheendofamarketing
yearandformingpartofthatyear'scropwhichare
exportedinthenaturalstateorintheformofwholly
milledriceorsemi-milledricebetweenthebeginning
ofthefollowingmarketingyearanddatesstilltobe
determined .
Before1JulyofeachyeartheCouncil,actingin
accordancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddownin
Article43(2)oftheTreatyonaproposalfromthe
Commission ,shall,ifnecessary,determinethe
productstowhichtheprovisionsofthepreceding
subparagraphshallapply.
2.Thecompensatoryamountshallbeequalto:
—thedifferencebetweenthetargetpricevalidfor
thelastmonthofthemarketingyearandthat
validforthefirstmonthofthenewmarketing
yearinthecaseofhuskedrice;
—thatdifferenceadjustedbytheconversionratein
thecaseofpaddyrice.
Thisamountshallhoweverbereducedbythe
amountofthecarry-overpaymentalreadygranted,TherefundsontheproductsreferredtoinArticle3
shallbefixedonceaweek.
Article8
Noexportrefundshallbegrantedonpaddyriceand
huskedricewhichisimportedfromthirdcountries
andre-exportedtothirdcountries,unlessthe
exporterproves:
—thattheproducttobeexportedandtheproduct
previouslyimportedareoneandthe.same,and
—thatthelevywascollectedonimportation .

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Article9 Insuchcasestherefundoneachproductshallbe
equaltothelevycollectedonimportationwherethis
levyislowerthantherefundapplicableontheday
ofexportation ;therefundshallbeequaltotherefund
applicableonthedayofexportationwherethelevy
collectedonimportationishigherthanthisrefund.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1September1967.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1967.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.HOECHERL