CELEX: 31977R2538
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2538/77 of 17 November 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

18 . 11 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 294/21
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2538/77
                                                    of 17 November 1977
                                  fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                  sary to vary the refund for certain products according
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            to destination ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                  period ;
tion of the market in rice (1 ), as amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1 1 58/77 (2), and in particular the first         Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 thereof,
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         relation to each other, at any given moment,
 Committee,
                                                                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                      on their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 provides that the difference between quotations or               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                     of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 products within the Community may be covered by                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
 an export refund ;                                                   in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules               criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for             and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that             broken rice within the Community and on the world
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                market, that the refund should be fixed as shown in
of the existing situation and the future trend with               the Annex to this Regulation ;
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Cereals,
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the
 natural development of prices and trade on the rice
 market and, furthermore, to take into account the
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need
 to avoid disturbance of the Community market ;                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1 361 /76 (4) lays down
 the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                                         Article 1
 rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies
 the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                   The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
                                                                  those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                 in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account           Annex to this Regulation.
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
 being calculated ;
                                                                                          Article 2
0)   OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 136, 2. 6. 1977, p. 13.
0   OJ   No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on              18
(<) OJ   No  L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                          November 1977.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 17 November 1977.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                           Vice-President
                                                                   ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 17 November 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                 broken rice
                                                                                                            (u.a. / tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                                          Amount of
                heading                                           Description of goods                     refund
                   No
                 10.06              Rice :
                                    A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                         II . Husked rice :
                                               a) Round grain
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 3000
                                                  — Other third countries
                                               b) Long grain
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 6000
                                                  — Other third countries
                                    B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                          I. Semi-milled rice :
                                               a) Round grain
                                               b) Long grain
                                        II. Wholly milled rice :
                                               a) Round grain
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                      destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                      sion Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (!)                  3700
                                                  — Other third countries
                                               b) Long grain
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                      destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                      sion Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/75 (l)                 7500
                                                  — Other third countries
                                    C. Broken rice
          (') OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
          iVo . The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).