CELEX: 31973R1647
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1647/73 of the Commission of 21 June 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 165/20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               22. 6 . 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1647/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 21 June 1973
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC
COMMUNITIES,                                                       defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                   when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              being calculated ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                   requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                        sary to vary the refund for certain products according
67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 to destination ;
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of              Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
new Member States to the European Economic                         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
paragraph of Article 1 7 (2) thereof ;                             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                         within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that the difference between quotations or                      on their effective parity ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                  — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
products within the Community may be covered by                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
an export refund ;                                                      of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                        in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/
67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules               Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for               requested ;
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by
Regulation No 1019/ 67/ EEC (5), provides that when                Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the               criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
existing situation and the future trend with regard to             and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the           broken rice within the Community and on the world
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                    market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
rice and broken rice on the world market on the                    shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect              ment Committee for Cereals ;
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
bance of the Community market ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (6), as amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the                                          Article 1
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
 for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the             The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                   Regulation No 359/67/ EEC with the exception of
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                    those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                    in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
                                                                    Annex to this Regulation .
 (>) OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
 (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                                                     Article 2
 (4) OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 34.
 (5) OJ No 311 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p. 13 .
 (6) OJ No 241 , 5. 10 . 1967, p. 6 .                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 June
 (7) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p . 31                             1 973 .
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               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 21 June 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 21 June 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice
                                                          and broken rice
                                                                                                        (u.a./lOO kg)
             CCT                                                                                       Amount of
           heading                                       Description of goods                            refund
              No
       10.06                  Rice :
                              A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                  I
                                 II. Husked rice :
                                     a) Round grained                                                      —
                                     b) Long grained                                                       — ',
                              B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                  I. Semi-milled rice :
                                     a) Round grained                                                      —
                                     b) Long grained                                                       —
                                 II. Wholly milled rice :
                                     a) Round grained                                                      —
                                     b) Long grained                                                       —
                              C. Broken rice                                                               —
       The amount by which the refunds may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719/
       67/EEC is 0-20 u.a./ lOO kg.