CELEX: 31977R0694
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 694/77 of 31 March 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

1 . 4. 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 84/79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 694/77
                                                        of 31 March 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 ( 1 ), 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                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that             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              The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                   Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                   those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                   in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                 Annex to this Regulation .
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
 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 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
( 3 ) OJ No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 1 .                         1977 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels , 31 March 1977 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 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                  9000
                                           — 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                                               9500
                                        b) Long grain                                               12000
                               C. Broken rice                                                        2500
             NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306/ 76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2. 1976).