CELEX: 31979R2753
Language: en
Date: 1979-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2753/79 of 6 December 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

7. 12. 79                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 311 /27
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2753/79
                                                   of 6 December 1979
                                 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 (*), as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1 552/79 (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 within
 Committee,
                                                                    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 indent ;
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 set out in
of the existing situation and the future trend with             the Annex hereto ;
 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 disturbances of the Community market ;                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /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 export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception
                                                                of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76               exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                Annex hereto.
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
being calculated ;
                                                                                        Article 2
(•) OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.
(2) OJ  No  L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 9.
(3) OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December
(«) OJ  No  L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                         1979 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
             Done at Brussels, 6 December 1979.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                           Vice-President
                                                                     ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 6 December 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                   broken rice
                                                                                                             (ECU / tonne)
                   CCT                                                                                      Amount of
                 heading                                               Description                            refund
                    No
                  10.06              Rice :
                                     A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                          II . Husked rice :
                                                a) Round grain                                                  —
                                                b) Long grain
                                                   for export to :                                          I
                                                   — Austria,      Liechtenstein,  Switzerland   and    the I
                                                       communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia              88 00
                                                   — Other third countries                                      —
                                                   — Portugal and zone I                                     10000
                                     B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :                                 l
                                           I. Semi-milled rice :                                            I
                                                a) Round grain                                                  —
                                                b) Long grain                                                  —
                                         II . Wholly milled rice :                                          I
                                                a) Round grain                                                 —
                                                b) Long grain                                               I
                                                   for export to :                                          I
                                                   — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes
                                                       of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia as well as destina
                                                       tions mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regu­
                                                       lation (EEC) No 192/75 (!)                            11000
                                                   — Other third countries                                   12700
                                     C. Broken rice                                                            —
           (') OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
           NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).