CELEX: 31975R0478
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 478/75 of the Council of 27 February 1975 amending Regulation No 366/67/EEC on the fixing of export refunds on rice

No L 52/34                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 2. 75
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 478/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 27 February 1975
                 amending Regulation No 366/67/EEC on the fixing of export refunds on rice
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;
                                                                    The following Article shall be added to Regulation
                                                                    No 366/67/EEC :
Having regard to Council Regulation No
359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common
organization of the market in rice, as last amended                     'Article 3a
by Regulation (EEC) No 476/75 (2 ), and in
                                                                        1 . The refund for the products referred to in
particular Article 17 (5) thereof;                                      Article 1 ( 1) (a) and (b) of Regulation No
                                                                        359/67/EEC may be fixed, where appropriate,
Having      regard     to     the     proposal     from   the           by means of tenders. These tenders shall relate
Commission ;                                                            to the amount of the refund.
Whereas Regulation No 366/67/EEC (3) laid down                          2. The detailed rules for the application of
general rules for export refunds on rice ; whereas the                  paragraph 1 shall be adopted in accordance with
refund constitutes an instrument for permitting the                     the procedure laid down in Article 26 of
continuation of export of rice and broken rice                          Regulation No 359/67/EEC.'
towards third countries ; whereas these exports could
be achieved hitherto by using the refund without
any quantitative restriction ; whereas it is however                                         Article 2
important in certain situations, and particularly in
periods of uncertainty or of large price fluctuations               The text of Article 7 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC
on the world market, to ensure more precise                         shall be replaced by the following:
management of exports ; whereas the fixing of the
refund by means of tenders seems to be a suitable                       'The refunds on the products listed in Article 3
                                                                        shall be fixed at least once a month.'
method for attaining this objective ;
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC                                                Article 3
provides for the weekly fixing of export refunds
on rice and broken rice ; whereas it is not necessary               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
for the purposes of management of the market that                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
refunds be fixed so frequently in all cases,                        of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 27 February 1975.
                                                                                           For the Council
                                                                                             The President
                                                                                           M. A. CLINTON
(') OJ No 174 , 31 . 7. 196 /, p. 1 .
(2) See page 31 of this Official Journal .
(3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967 , p. 34 .