CELEX: 31978R0057
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-13
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 57/78 of 12 January 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

13 . 1 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 10/7
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 57 /78
                                                      of 12 January 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 amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 11 58/77 (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,
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 (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 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 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
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
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1431 /76                 in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
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 ;
                                                                                           A rticle 2
 (>) OJ  No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No L 136, 2. 6 . 1977, p. 13 .
 (3) OJ  No L 166, 25 . 6 . 19.76, p. 36 .                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 January
 (4) OJ  No L 154, 15 . 6. 1976, p. 11 .                            1978 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 12 January 1978 .
                                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                 Vice-President
                                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 12 January 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                      broken rice
                                                                                                                  (u.a. / tonne)
                     CCT
                                                                                                                Amount of
                   heading                                              Description of goods                     refund
                      No
                    10.06                 Rice :
                                          A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                               II . Husked rice :
                                                     a) Round grain
                                                        for export to :
                                                        — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 3000
                                                        — Other third countries
                                                     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
                                                        for export to :
                                                        — Austria , Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                            destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                            sion Regulation ( EEC) No 1 92/ 75 ( 1 )             3700
                                                        — Other third countries
                                                     b) Long grain
                                                        for export to :
                                                        — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                            destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                            sion Regulation ( EEC) No 1 92/ 75 (')               75.00
                                                        — Other third countries
                                           C. Broken rice
              (') OJ No I. 25 . 17. 1 . | 97 \ p. I.
               NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 1124/ 77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).