CELEX: 31976R0366
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 366/76 of 19 February 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

20 . 2. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 44/31
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 366/76
                                                    of 19 February 1976
                                   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,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 3 59/                    Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 67/ EEC of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
 tion of the market in rice ( 1), as last amended by Regu­       period ;
 lation (EEC) No 668/75 (2), 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 :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
 Committee,                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 provides that the difference between quotations or                  on their effective parity ;
 prices on the world market for the products listed in
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those               — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 products within the Community may be covered by                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 an export refund ;                                                  of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                     in the previous subparagraph ;
 67/ EEC of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules
                                                                                                    «
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
 fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last amended          Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 by Regulation (EEC) No 478/75 (4), provides that                criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 when refunds are being fixed account must be taken              and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 of the existing situation and the future trend with             broken rice within the Community and on the world
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken          market, that the refund, should be fixed as shown in
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and                the Annex to this Regulation ;
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 natural development of prices and trade on the rice             ment Committee for Cereals,
 market and, furthermore, to take into account the
 economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need
 to avoid disturbance of the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (5), as amended                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (6), lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the                                    Article 1
 percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                  The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
                                                                 Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC                    those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account           in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                Annex to this Regulation .
being calculated ;
(>) 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.
(<) 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 20 February
(<) OJ  No  L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 31 .                          1976 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
            Done at Brussels, 19 February 1976.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 19 February 1976 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 :
                                                    for export to :
                                                    — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                      5000
                                                    — Portugal                                                    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, Switzerland and Liechtenstein as well as
                                                        destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                        sion Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/75 (')                      30.00
                                                    — Other third countries
                                                 b) Long grain :
                                                    for export to :
                                                    — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein as well as
                                                        destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                        sion Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (')                       6300
                                                    — Libya                                                     11700
                                                    — Other third countries
                                     C. Broken rice
           (') OJ No L 25, 17 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
           N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund, the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed.
                  The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 306/76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2. 1976).