CELEX: 31973R0169
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-26
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 169/73 of the Commission of 25 January 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 21 / 14                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              26. 1 . 73
                                    REGULATION (EEC) No 169/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 25 January 1973
                                            fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                      percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
pean Economic Community ;                                               where the proportion of broken rice in the rice ex­
                                                                        ported exceeds that maximum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No
359/67/EEC ( x ) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                      Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC de­
ganisation of the market in rice, as last amended by                    fines the specific criteria to be taken into account
the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the Acces­                   when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
sion of. new Member States to the European                              being calculated ;
Economic Community and the European Atomic                              Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                      requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
1972, and in particular the first sentence of the                       sary to vary the refund for certain products accord­
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 ( 2) thereof ;                        ing to destination ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC
                                                                        Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
provides that the difference between quotations or
                                                                        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­
ducts within the Community may be covered by- an                        teria to the present situation on the market in rice
export refund ;                                                         and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/67/                      broken rice within the Community and on the
EEC (4 ) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                      world market that the refund should be fixed at the
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                    amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5), provides that when                       tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of                        agement Committee for Cereals ;
the existing situation and the future trend with re­
gard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
rice on the Community market on the one hand and
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market                                             Article 1
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides
                                                                        The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and
the natural development of prices and trade on the
                                                                        Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
                                                                        those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, expor­
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account                      ted in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in
the economic aspect of the proposed exports and                         the Annex to this Regulation.
the need to avoid disturbance of the Community
market ;                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6 ), as amended                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 ( 7 ); lays down the                      1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 25 January 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
 (*) 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 .
 (4) OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34.
 (5) OJ No   311, 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13.
 («) OJ No   241 , 5 . 10. 1967, p. 6.
 (7) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 31.
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                                                            ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 25 January 1973 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                                           0-100
                                    b) Long grained                                            0-100
                             B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                 I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                                                               0-100
                                    a) Round grained
                                    b) Long grained                                            0-100
                     -
                                II. Wholly milled rice :
                                    a) Round grained                                           0-100
                                                                                    \
                                    b) Long grained                                            0-1-00
        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.