CELEX: 31983R1056
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-30
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1056/83 of 29 April 1983 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

30. 4. 83                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 116/71
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1056/83
                                                       of 29 April 1983
                                  fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                  when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
                                                                  being calculated ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                              Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                  requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                  to vary the refund for certain products according to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     destination ;
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
 of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of         Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the first             month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
 sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)            period ;
 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 Committee,                                                           relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                       their central rate,
 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
                                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                     these currencies recorded for a given period in
 products within the Community may be covered by an                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
 export refund ;                                                      in the previous indent ;
                                                                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                  criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for           broken rice within the Community and on the world
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing           market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
 the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when               the Annex hereto ;
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the          are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Community market on the one hand and prices for                   Committee for Cereals,
rice and broken rice on the world market on the
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­
opment 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 disturb­
ances of the Community market ;                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies            of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced              those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                   in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                   hereto .
(') OJ  No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                                                    Article 2
(2) OJ  No  L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 36.
(4) OJ  No  L 154,  15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1983 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 29 April 1983 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Poul DALSAGER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1983 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                         broken rice
                                                                                                   (ECU / tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                                 Amount of
               heading                                     Description                             refund
                   No
          ex 10.06            Rice :
                              B.   I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                        b) Husked rice :
                                           1 . Round grain
                                           2. Long grain
                                               for export to :
                                               — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and
                                                   the     communes       of    Livigno     and
                                                   Campione d'ltalia                               103,00
                                               — Other third countries
                                   II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :                      l
                                        a) Semi-milled rice :                                   \
                                           1 . Round grain                                           —
                                           2. Long grain
                                        b) Wholly milled rice :                                 l
                                           1 . Round grain
                                           2. Long grain
                                               for export to :
                                               — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the
                                                   communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                   d'ltalia    as    well    as    destinations
                                                   mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (')                 128,75
                                               — Zone I                                            145,00
                                               — Other third countries                               —
                                  III . Broken rice                                                  —
          (') OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
          NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).