CELEX: 31979R1173
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1173/79 of 14 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

15 . 6. 79                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 147/43
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1173/79
                                                        of 14 June 1979
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   sary to vary the refund for certain products according
  COMMUNITIES,                                                     to destination ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
  Economic Community,                                              month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
                                                                   period ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
  tion of the market in rice ( J), as last amended by Regu­        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
  lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (2), and in particular the first
  sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)            — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
  thereof,                                                              relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                       a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          their effective parity ;
  Committee,
                                                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
  provides that the difference between quotations or                    of these currencies recorded for a given period in
  prices on the world market for the products listed in                relation to the Community currencies referred to
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                     in the previous indent ;
  products within the Community may be covered by
  an export refund ;                                               Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  March 1979 (5) laid down the coefficient for
  1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules               expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                   ECU ;
  for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
  fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
                                                                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 of the existing situation and the future trend with
                                                                   and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken            broken rice within the Community and on the world
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and                  market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market               the Annex hereto ;
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the
 natural development of prices and trade on the rice
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 market and, furthermore, to take into account the                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Cereals,
 economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need
 to avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in
 rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies
 the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                                       Article 1
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
                                                                  of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account           exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
 when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                Annex hereto .
 being calculated ;
 Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                         Article 2
 requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June
( i) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              1979 .
$ OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 11 .
P) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.
(4) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                             (5) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 14 June 1979.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                      Vice-President
                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 14 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                 broken rice
                                                                                                       (ECU / tonne)
                 car
                                                                                                      Amount of
                heading                                             Description
                                                                                                        refund
                  No
                 10.06             Rice :
                                   A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                        II . Husked rice :
                                               a) Round grain
                                               b) Long grain
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland             109.00
                                                  — 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
                                               b) Long grain
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                      destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                      sion Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (')              13600
                                                  — Other third countries
                                   C. Broken rice                                                         —
          (') OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
           NB>: The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1977).