CELEX: 31973R0020
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 20/73 of the Commission of 4 January 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 5 / 14                                Official Journal of thie European Communities                               5 . 1 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 20/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 4 January 1973
                                           fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         where the proportion of broken rice in the rice ex­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          ported exceeds that maximum ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC de­
pean Economic Community ;                                              fines the specific criteria to be taken into account
Having regard to Council Regulation No                                 when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
359/67/EEC ( 1) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                      being calculated ;
ganisation of the market in rice, as last amended by                   Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Regulation (EEC ) No 2429/72 (2), and in particular                    requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
the first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of                       sary to vary the refund for certain products accord­
Article 17 (2) thereof;
                                                                       ing to destination ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC
provides that the difference between quotations or                     Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in                  whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­
ducts within the Community may be covered by an                        teria to the present situation on the market in rice
export refund ;                                                        and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/67/                     broken rice within the Community and on the
EEC (3 ) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                     world market that the refund should be fixed at the
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                   amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (4 ), provides that when                     tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of                       agement Committee for Cereals ;
the existing situation and the future trend with re­
gard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides                                                Article 1
that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and
the natural development of prices and trade on the                     The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account                     Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
the economic aspect of the proposed exports and                        those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, expor­
the need to avoid disturbance of the Community                          ted in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in
market ;                                                               the Annex to this Regulation .
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC ( 5), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (6), lays down the                                               Article 2
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 January
percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                        1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 4 January 1973 .
                                                                                • For the Commission
                                                                                  The Vice-President
                                                                           Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA
 (!)  OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
 ( 2) OJ No L 264 , 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1
 ( 3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 34 .
 ( 4) OJ No 311 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p . 13 .
 (5 ) OJ No 241 , 5 . 10. 1967, p. 6 .
 ( #) OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 31
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                                                             ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 4 January 1973 fixing the exports refunds on rice
                                                         and broken rice
                                                                                              (u.a./lOO kg)
              CCT                                                                            Amount of
            heading                                      Description of goods                  refund
               No
        10.06              Rice :
                           A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                I
                               II. Husked rice :
                                    a) Round grained                                           0-100
                         '          b) Long grained                                            0-100
                           B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                I. Semi-milled rice :                                          -
                                    a) Round grained                                          0-100
                                    b) Long grained                                           0-100
                               II. "Wholly milled rice :
                                    a) Round grained                                          0-100
                                    b ) Long grained                                          0-100
                           C. Broken rice                                                     0-100
        The amount by which the refunds may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719/
        67/EEC is 0-20 u.a./ 100 kg.