CELEX: 31977R1719
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1719/77 of 28 July 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

29 . 7 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 189/31
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1719/77
                                                          of 28 July 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
                                                                     to destination ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
                                                                     month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       period ;
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­
  tion of the market in rice ('), and in particular the first
  sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
  thereof,                                                           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                              relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                         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 (2), 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                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that              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 1361 /76 (3 ) 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               The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                    Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                    those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                    in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                  Annex to this Regulation .
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 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 36 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
 3 ) OJ No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 1 .                           1977 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 28 July 1977.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                               Vice-President
                                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 28 July 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                  6000
                                                      — Other third countries                                     —
                                                   b) Long grain
                                                      for export to :
                                                      — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                  8000
                                                      — 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 1 92/ 75 (')               9000
                                                      — 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 192/75 (')                 100.00
                                                      — Other third countries                                    —
                                       C. Broken rice                                                           2500
          (') OJ No I. 2S , 17 . I. | 97<i , p. I.
          NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).