CELEX: 31982R1637
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1637/82 of 24 June 1982 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

25 . 6 . 82                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 181 /45
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1637/82
                                                          of 24 June 1982
                                   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
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
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 .
(2) OJ   No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p . 17.                                                  Article 2
(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 July 1982.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 24 June 1982.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 24 June 1982 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'Italia                                 90-00
                                                — Other third countries                                —
                                    II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                         a) Semi-milled rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                                            —
                                            2. Long grain                                              —
                                         b) Wholly milled rice :
                                            1 . Round grain                                            —
                                            2. Long grain
                                                for export to :
                                                — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the
                                                    communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                    d' Italia    as    well    as    destinations
                                                    mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (')                  112-50
                                                — Zone I                                             145-00
                                                — Other third countries                                —
                                   III . Broken rice                                                   —
           O OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p . 1 .
           NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1 124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).