CELEX: 31983R0694
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 694/83 of 25 March 1983 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

26. 3 . 83                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 81 /9
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 694/83
                                                     of 25 March 1983
                                  fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
COMMUNITIES,                                                     defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                 when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
                                                                 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 necessary
                                                                 to vary the refund for certain products according to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     destination ;
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
                                                                 Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the first             month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)            period ;
thereof,
                                                                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                 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 within
                                                                     a band of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on
                                                                      their central rate,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
                                                                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
provides that the difference between quotations or
                                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
prices on the world market for the products listed in                 these currencies recorded for a given period in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those
                                                                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
products within the Community may be covered by an                    in the previous indent ;
export refund ;
                                                                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                 criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for           broken rice within the Community and on the world
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing          market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when               the Annex hereto ;
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the         are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Community market on the one hand and prices for                  Committee for Cereals,
rice and broken rice on the world market on the
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­
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 disturb­
ances of the Community market ;                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies           of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced             those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                   in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                   hereto.
(') OJ  No L  1 66, 25.  6. 1976, p. 1 .                                                  Article 2
(J) OJ  No L  291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No L  166,  25.  6. 1976, p. 36.
(4) OJ  No L  154,  15.  6. 1976, p. 11 .                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1983 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 25 March 1983 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 1983 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                           broken rice
                                                                                                   (ECU / tonne)
                     CCT
                                                                                                 Amount of
                   heading                                   Description                           refund
                     No
             ex 10.06             Rice :
                                  B. I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                          b) Husked rice :
                                             1 . Round grain                                         —
                                             2. Long grain
                                                 for export to :
                                                 — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and
                                                     the communes of            Livigno     and
                                                     Campione d'ltalia                             103,00
                                                 — Other third countries                             —
                                      II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                          a) Semi-milled rice :
                                             1 . Round grain                                         —
                                             2. Long grain                                           —
                                          b) Wholly milled rice :
                                             1 . Round grain                                         —
                                             2. Long grain
                                                 for export to :
                                                 — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the
                                                     communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                     d'ltalia    as    well  as    destinations
                                                     mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (')               128,75
                                                 — Zone I                                          145,00
                                                 — Other third countries                             —
                                     III. Broken rice                                                —
             (') OJ No L 317 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
             NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).