CELEX: 31979R0765
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 765/79 of 19 April 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 98 / 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              20 . 4 . 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 765 /79
                                                        of 19 April 1979
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      sary to vary the refund for certain products according
COMMUNITIES,                                                        to destination ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Economic Community,                                                 month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
                                                                    period ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regu­            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (2), and in particular the first
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
thereof,                                                                  relation to each other at any given moment within
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                              a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Committee,                                                                their effective parity ;
                                                                    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
provides that the difference between quotations or                        of these currencies recorded for a given period in
prices on the world market for the products listed in                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                         in the previous indent ;
products within the Community may be covered by
an export refund ;                                                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
                                                                    March 1 979 (5) laid down the coefficient for
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules                  expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                    ECU ;
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                    criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
of the existing situation and the future trend with
                                                                    and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
                                                                    broken rice within the Community and on the world
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                    market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market                 the Annex hereto ;
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the
natural development of prices and trade on the rice
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
market and , furthermore , to take into account the
                                                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Cereals,
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need
to avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in
rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies
the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                                           Article 1
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                     The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
                                                                    of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 with the exception
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                   of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account              exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                   Annex hereto .
being calculated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                             Article 2
requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
(>)  OJ No L  166, 25 . 6. 1976,  p.  1.
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 April
                                                                    1979 .
(2 ) OJ No L  156, 14.  6. 1978 , p.  11 .
(3 ) OJ No L  166, 25 . 6. 1976 , p.  36 .
(4 ) OJ No L  154, 15 . 6. 1976 , p.  1 1.                          (5 ) OJ No L 84, 4. 4 . 1979 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- 20 . 4. 79                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 98/ 19
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
             Done at Brussels, 19 April 1979 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                         Vice-President
                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 19 April 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                 broken rice
                                                                                                         ( ECU / ton in )
                   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 Portugal    109-00
                                                  — 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                                               —
                                               b) Long grain
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                      destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                      sion Regulation ( EEC) No 192/75 (')               136-00
                                                  — Other third countries                                   —
                                    C. Broken rice                                                          —
           (') OJ No L 25, 17 . !. 1975 , p. I
           NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).