CELEX: 31977R0889
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 889/77 of 28 April 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

29 . 4 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 107/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 889/77
                                                          of 28 April 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 :
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
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
(•) O ) No L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , p . 1 .
(-') O'l No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p . 36 .
(3 ) Oj No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 28 April 1977.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 April 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                         broken rice
                                                                                                          / 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                    90-00
                                          — Other third countries
                              B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                   L Semi-milled rice :
                                       a) Round grain
                                       b) Long grain
                                  II . Wholly milled rice :
                                       a) Round grain                                                95-00
                                       b) Long grain                                               1 20-00
                              C. Broken rice                                                         25-00
            NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 306/76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2. 1976).