CELEX: 31967R0669
Language: en
Date: 1967-09-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 669/67/EEC of the Commission of 28 September 1967 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of export refunds on rice

274                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
 No 241 /6                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                       5.10.67
                                 REGULATION No 669/67/EEC OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 28 September 1967
                  laying down certain detailed rules for the application of export refunds on rice
 THE    COMMISSION       OF     THE   EUROPEAN      COM­         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 MUNITIES,                                                       are in accordance . with the Opinion of the
                                                                 Management Committee for Cereals ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the1
 European Economic Community ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation No
 359/67/EEC 1 of 25 July 1967 on the common                                                Article 1
 organisation of the market in rice, and in particular
 Article 17 (6) thereof;                                         For the 1967/68 marketing year the export refund
                                                                 fixed in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of
                                                                 Article 17 ( 2) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC in
Whereas the market demand in certain countries for               respect of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of
rice containing a substantial percentage of broken               that Regulation falling within heading No 10.06B of
 rice makes it necessary to enable Community traders             the Common Customs Tariff shall apply to rice
to have access . to those markets ; whereas to this end          containing not more than 5% by weight of broken
 an adequate refund should be granted on rice                    rice .
containing up to 40% of broken rice; whereas,
however, in order to prevent speculation, the amount
of such refund should be progressively reduced in                                          Article 2
proportion to the percentage of broken rice;
                                                                 The export refund on rice containing more than 5%
                                                                 of broken rice shall be subject to the reductions
Whereas administrative procedures' and particularly              shown in the Annex .                          -
supervision should be simplified as far as possible
especially in order to forestall objections that might
result from too rigid a system of reductions ;                                             Article 3
                                                                 The destination zones to ' ,be used when varying
Whereas in pursuance of the first subparagraph of                export refunds on the products listed in Article
Article 17 (2) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and                   1 ( 1 ) ( a) and (b ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC shall
Article 5 of Council Regulation No 366/67/EEC2                   be those adopted for export refunds on the products
laying down general rules for granting export- refunds           listed in Article 1 ( a) and (b) of Council Regulation
on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of such               No 120/67/EEC of 13 June 19673 on the common
refunds,2 the export refund on rice and broken rice              organisation of the market in cereals .
may. be varied according to use . or destination ;
whereas to this end it would be more convenient to
group third countries of destination into a number of                                      Article 4
zones as has been done for cereals ; whereas the zones
used for cereals may also be used for rice and broken            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
rice ;                                                          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                European Communities .
1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p . 1 .
2 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967,, p. 1 .                                 3 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels, 28 September 1967.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                     The President
                                                                        Jean REY
                                               ANNEX
                                                                      ' % reduction
                      Percentage of broken rice                          of refund
                     Over 5 and up to 10                                      2
                     Over 10 and up to 15                                     4
                     Over 15 and up to 20                                     6
                     Over 20 and up to 30                                    15
                     Over 30 and up to 40                                   30
                     Over 40                                               100