CELEX: 31979R1908
Language: en
Date: 1979-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1908/79 of 30 August 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 221 /32                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               31 . 8 . 79
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1908/79
                                                   of 30 August 1979
                                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 last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 552/79 (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 within
Committee,                                                          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 indent ;
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 set out in
of the existing situation and the future trend with             the Annex hereto ;
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
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 disturbances 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                                        Article 1
 rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies
jthe percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception
                                                                 of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                 Annex hereto.
 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 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 9 .
 (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
b) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                             1979 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 30 August 1979 .
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                            Vice-President
                                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                   broken rice
                                                                                                               (ECU / tonne)
                    CCT
                                                                                                              Amount of
                  heading                                                Description                            refund
                     No
                   10.06              Rice :
                                      A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                           II . Husked rice :
                                                  a) Round grain
                                                  b) Long grain
                                                     for export to :
                                                     — Austria,      Liechtenstein,  Switzerland  and     the
                                                         communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia             10900
                                                     — 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
                                                  b) Long grain
                                                     for export to :
                                                     — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes
                                                         of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia as well as destina­
                                                         tions mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regu­
                                                         lation (EEC) No 192/75 (')                            13600
                                                     — Other third countries
                                      C. Broken rice
             (1) OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .