CELEX: 31977R0450
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 450/77 of 3 March 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 59 / 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               4. 3 . 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 450/77
                                                      of 3 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 ('), 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 4 March
(3 ) OJ No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p. 11 .                          1977 .
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4 . 3 . 77                      Official Journal of the European Communities
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 3 March 1977.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
                                                            ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 3 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                 70.00
                                           — 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                                              8500
                                        b) Long grain
                                           for export to :
                                           — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 7500
                                           — Other third countries                                  120 00
                               C. Broken rice                                                         2500
              NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 306/76 (OJ No L 38, 13 . 2. 1976).