CELEX: 31979R1445
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1445/79 of 12 July 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 176/ 14                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              13 . 7. 79
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1445/79
                                                      of 12 July 1979
                                fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  sary to vary the refund for certain products according
COMMUNITIES,                                                    to destination ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Economic Community,                                             month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
                                                                period ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
tion of the market in rice (J), as last amended by Regu­        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (2), and in particular the first
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
thereof,                                                             relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         their effective parity ;
Committee,
                                                                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
provides that the difference between quotations or                   of these currencies recorded for a given period in
prices on the world market for the products listed in                relation to the Community currencies referred to
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    in the previous indent ;
products within the Community may be covered by
an export refund ;                                              Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
                                                                March 1979 (5) laid down the coefficient for
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules               ECU ;
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that            Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken               criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
of the existing situation and the future trend with              and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken          broken rice within the Community and on the world
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                 market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market              the Annex hereto ;
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
natural development of prices and trade on the rice              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
market and, furthermore, to take into account the                ment Committee for Cereals,
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need
to avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in
rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies
the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                                      Article 1
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
                                                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account           exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                Annex hereto.
being calculated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                        Article 2
requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July
(1) OJ No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.                             1979 .
(2) OJ No  L 156,  14. 6. 1978, p. 11 .
(3) OJ No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 36.
H   OJ No  L 154,  15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                          (5) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 12 July 1979 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                          Vice-President
                                                                      ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 12 July 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 :
                                                      — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland             10900
                                                      — Other third countries
                                       B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                             I. Semi-milled ride :
                                                   a) Round grain
                                                   b) Long grain
                                            II . Wholly milled rice :
                                                   a) Round grain
                                                   b) Long grain
                                                      for export to :
                                                      — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                          destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                          sion Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (')              136.00
                                                      — Other third countries
                                       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).