2.8.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL212/17
REGULATION (EEC)No2044/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of1August1974
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceis
beingcalculated ;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceaweek;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,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/EECC)of25July1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedbythe
Act(:)annexedtotheTreaty(-')ontheAccessionof
newMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community ,signedatBrusselson22January1972,
andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthefourthsub­
paragraphofArticle 17(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article 1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulationNo366/
67/EEC(4)of25July1967layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds,asamendedby
RegulationNoI019/67/EEC(3),providesthatwhen
refundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthe
existingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbrokenriceonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
riceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketonthe
other;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevel­
opmentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,
furthermore ,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspect
oftheproposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddistur­
banceoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereasRegulationNo669/67/EEC(6),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)NoI057/68(7),laysdownthe
maximumpercentageofbrokenriceallowedinrice
forwhichanexportrefundisfixedandspecifiesthe
percentagebywhichthatrefundistobereduced
wheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo366/67/EEC
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ArticleI
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle 1of
RegulationNo359/67/EECwiththeexceptionof
thoselistedinparagraph I(c)ofthatArticle,exported
inthenaturalstate,arehereinfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
(')O)No174,31.7.1967,p.I.
(-)O'jNoI.73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(•'')O")NoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(')O'lNo174,31.7.1967,».34.ArtnIt2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon2August
ll>~4.r)0|No311,21.12.1967,p.13.
(■')0|No241,5.10.196~\p.6.
(')OJNoL1^9,25.7.1968,p.31

NoL212/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.8.74
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1August1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof1August1974fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
'u.a./100kgJ
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsAmountof
refund
10.06 Rice:
A.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
[
Π.Huskedrice:
a)Roundgrained—
h)Longgrained—
BSeini-milledorwhollymilledrice■
LSemi-milled rice:
a)Roundgrained—
b)Longgrained—
II.Whollymilledrice:
a)Roundgrained—
b)Longgrained—
C.Brokenrice —
TheamountbywhichtherefundsmaybeincreasedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulationNo719'
^7/FECis0-20u.a.'100kg.