CELEX: 31975R2914
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2914/75 of the Commission of 6 November 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 289 /28                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               7. 11 . 75
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2914/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 6 November 1975
                                  fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
COMMUNITIES,                                                       being calculated ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Economic Community ;                                               requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                   sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                        to destination ;
67/ EEC ( 1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­            Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
tion (EEC) No 668/75 (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 ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Committee ;                                                        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
provides that the difference between quotations or                     relation to each other, at any given moment,
prices on the world market for the products listed in                  within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                      on their effective parity ;
products within the Community may be covered by
an export refund ;                                                — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
                                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                        of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                  relation to the Community currencies referred to
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                   in the previous subparagraph ;
fixing the amount of such refunds, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 478/75 (4) provides that when                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the               criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
existing situation and the future trend with regard to             and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the           broken rice within the Community and on the world
Community market on the one hand and prices for                    market that the refund should be suppressed ;
rice and broken rice on the world market on the
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­             are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,                 ment Committee for Cereals,
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
bance of the Community market ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (5), as amended
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1057/68 (6) lays down the
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                                          Article 1
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 No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
                                                                   those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC                     in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account            Annex to this Regulation.
(>) OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 72, 20. 3 . 1975, p. 18 .                                                    Article 2
(3) OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34.
(4) OJ No   L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 34.
(5) OJ No   241 , 5. 10. 1967, p. 6.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 November
(6) OJ No   L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 31                              1975 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 6 November 1975 .
                                                                              For the Commission «
                                                                                P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 6 November 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                      broken rice
                                                                                                 (u.a. / metric ton)
                CCT
                                                                                                   Amount of
               heading                                   Description of goods                          refund
                 No
               10.06           Rice :
                               A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                    I
                                   II . Husked rice :
                                        a) Round grain
                                        b) Long grain                                                 2500
                               B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice
                                    I. Semi-milled rice :
                                        a) Round grain
                                        b) Long grain
                                   II . Wholly milled rice :
                                        a) Round grain
                                        b) Long grain                                                 3500
                               C. Broken rice
           N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund, the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .