CELEX: 31978R0934
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 934/78 of 3 May 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 120 / 26                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               ■ 4. 5 . 78
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 934/78
                                                         of 3 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 (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
Committee,                                                              relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                        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
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                  ment Committee for Cereals,
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
rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies                                      A rticle 1
the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                     The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
                                                                    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 ;
(') OJ  No L 166, 25.   6. 1976,  p. 1 .                                                    Article• 2
(2) OJ  No L 94, 8 . 4. 1978 , p. 9.
(3) OJ  No L 166, 25.   6. 1976,  p. 36.
(4) OJ  No L 1 54, 1 5. 6. 1 976, p. 1 1 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 May 1978 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
           Done at Brussels, 3 May 1978 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                            Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 3 May 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 nee :
                                          II . Husked rice :
                                                a) Round grain
                                                   for export to :
                                                   — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 30.00
                                                   — Other third countries
                                                b) Long grain
                                                   for export to :
                                                   — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 6000
                                                   — 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 (')               37.00
                                                   — 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 L 25 , 17 . 1 . 1975, p. I.
           NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 1124 / 77 (O [ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).