CELEX: 31977R1102
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1102/77 of 26 May 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

27 . 5 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 132/21
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1102/77
                                                        of 26 May 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 :
 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 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
 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 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
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                  The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 with the exception of
                                                                  those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1431 /76               in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account           Annex to this Regulation .
 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 .
(3 ) OJ No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p . 11 .                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1977.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 26 May 1977.
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                Vice-President
                                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 May 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                  9500
                                                       — 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                                                9500
                                                    b) Long grain
                                                       for export to :
                                                       — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 12000
                                                       — Other third countries                                  1 5000
                                       C. Broken rice                                                             2500
           (') O J No L 25 , 17 . 1 . 1975, p . 1 .
            NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306/ 76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2. 1976).