CELEX: 31978R1091
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1091/78 of 25 May 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

26 . 5 . 78                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 139 / 7
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1091 / 78
                                                                of 25 May 1978
                                          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 709 / 78 (-'), 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,
 Committee ,
                                                                               within 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 subparagraph ;
 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 ('), 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 shown in
 of the existing situation and the future trend with                      the Annex to this Regulation ;
 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
                                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that                    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 disturbance ot the Community market ;                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1 361 / 76 (4 ) lays down
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                                                   Art idi- 1
rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies
the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                           The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                           Regulation ( EEC) No 1418 / 76 with the exception of
                                                                          those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                          in the natural state , are hereby fixed as shown in the
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1431 / 76
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account                    Annex to this Regulation .
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
being calculated ;
                                                                                                   Article 2
(') 0 | No L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , p. 1 .
(-) O | No L 94 , N. 4 . I97,s , p. 9 .
(/) O) No 1. 166, 2 v 6. 1976, p. 36 .                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 May
( 4 ) OJ No 1 . 154 , 15 . b . I 9 7 6 , p. II .                          1 978 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 139 / 8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                          26 . 5 . 78
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 25 May 1978 .
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                                           ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 25 May 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                        broken rice
                                                                                                                    (it. a. tonne)
                     CCT
                                                                                                                  Amount of
                   heading                                                Description ot goods                     refund
                      No
                    10.06                Rice :
                                         A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                               II . Husked rice :
                                                      a) Round grain
                                                      b) Long grain
                                                          for export to :
                                                          — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 60.00
                                                          — 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 (')                75.00
                                                          — Other third countries
                                          C. Broken rice
              (') OJ No L 25 , 17 . 1 . 1975 , p. 1 .
               NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 1124/ 77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).