CELEX: 31974R0863
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 863/74 of the Commission of 10 April 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

11 . 4 . 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 101 /23
                                  REGULATION ( EEC) No 863/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 10 April 1974
                                          fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         when the export refund On rice and broken rice is
  COMMUNITIES,                                                           being calculated ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community ;                                                   Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                         requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
. Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                            sary to vary the refund for certain products according
  67/ EEC ( ! ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                  to destination ;
  tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the
  Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the Accession of                 Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
  new Member States to the European Economic                             whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
  Community and the European Atomic Energy
  Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
  and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­                Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
  paragraph of Article 1 7 (2) thereof ;                                 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
  Committee ;                                                                  relation to each other, at any given moment,
  Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359 / 67/ EEC                            within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
  provides that the difference between quotations or                           on their effective parity ;
  prices on the world market for the products listed in
  Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
  products within the Community may be covered by                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
  an export refund ;                                                           of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                               relation to the Community currencies referred to
  Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                              in the previous subparagraph ;
  67/ EEC (4 ) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules
  for granting expert refunds on rice and criteria for                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
  fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                       criteria to the present situation on the market in rice,
  Regulation No 1019/ 67/ EEC (5 ), provides that when                   and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
  refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                   broken rice within the Community and on the world
  existing situation and the future trend with regard to                 market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
  prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the               shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
  Community market on the one hand and 'prices for
  rice and broken rice on the world market on the
  other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
   important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                          ment Committee for Cereals ,
  opment 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 distur­
   bance of the Community market ;
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
   Whereas Regulation No 669/ 67/ EEC (6), as amended
   by Regulation ( EEC) No 1057/ 68 ( 7), lays down the
   maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                                               Article 1
   for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the
   percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
   whe,re the proportion of broken rice in the rice                       The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
   exported exceeds that maximum ;                                        Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC with the exception of
                                                                          those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
   Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/ 67/ EEC                        in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
   defines the specific criteria to be taken into account                 Annex to this Regulation .
   (!)  OJ No   174, 31 . 7 . 1967; p . 1 .
   (2 ) OJ No   L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
   (3 ) OJ No   L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                                                      Article 2
    4   OJ No   174; 31 . 7 . 1967 , p . 34 .
   (5)  OJ No   311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p . 13 .
   (6)  OJ No   241 , 5 . 10 . 1967 , p . 6 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April
   (>)  OJ No   L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 31 .                           1 974 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 10 April 1974.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 10 April 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                      broken rice
                                                                                                   ( u.a. / 100 kg)
           CCT                                                                                    Amount of
         heading                                    Description of goods                             refund
            No
     10.06              Rice :
                        A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                             I
                            II. Husked rice :
                                a ) Round grained
                                b ) Long grained
                        B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                             I. Semi-milled rice :
                                a) Round grained
                                b) Long grained
                           II. Wholly milled rice :
                                a ) Round grained
                                b) Long grained
                        C. Broken rice
    The amount by which the refunds may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719/
    67/EEC is 0.20 u.a./ 100 kg.