CELEX: 31978R0448
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 448/78 of 2 March 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

3 . 3 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 61 / 13
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 448 /78
                                                     of 2 March 1978
                                  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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            to destination ;
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                 period ;
tion of the market in rice ('), as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 11 58/77 (2), and in particular the first          Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
thereof,
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         relation to each other, at any given moment,
Committee ,                                                           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 (3), 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 (4) lays down
 the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                                         A rticle 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 1413 /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
 (!) OJ   No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No  L 136, 2. 6. 1977, p. 13 .
 (3) OJ  No  L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March
 (4) OJ  No  L 154, 15 . 6. 1976, p. 11 .                          1978 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 March 1978 .
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                               Vice-President
                                                                       ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 2 March 1978 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                 30-00
                                                      — Other third countries                                    —
                                                   b) Long grain
                                                      for export to :
                                                      — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 6000
                                                      — Other third countries                                    —
                                       B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                             I. Semi-milled rice :
                                                   a) Round grain                                                —
                                                   b) Long grain                                                 —
                                            II . Wholly milled rice :
                                                   a) Round grain
                                                      for export to :
                                                      — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                          destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                          sion Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (')                  37.00
                                                      — Other third countries                                    —
                                                   b) Long grain
                                                      for export to :
                                                      — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                          destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                          sion Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (')                  75.00
                                                      — Other third countries
                                       C. Broken rice                                                             --
             (') OJ No L 25, 17 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
              NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).