CELEX: 31973R1083
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1083/73 of the Commission of 26 April 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 110/ 14                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 4. 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1083/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 26 April 1973
                                            fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
1HE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
COMMUNITIES,                                                            where the proportion of broken rice in the rice ex­
                                                                        ported exceeds that maximum ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                               Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC de­
                                                                        fines the specific criteria to be taken into account
Having regard to Council Regulation No                                  when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                        being calculated ;
ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                     Whereas the world market situation or the specific
sion of new Member States to the European                               requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Economic Community and the European Atomic                              sary to vary the refund for certain products accord­
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                      ing to destination ;
1972, and in particular the first sentence of the
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 ( 2) thereof ;
                                                                        Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Committee ;
                                                                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                           refunds should be calculated on the basis of an
provides that the difference between quotations or                      exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
prices on the world market for the products listed in                   which are floating or whose central rate differs from
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­                  the official parity, on the effective rate or the
ducts within the Community may be covered by an                         central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
export refund ;                                                         the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
                                                                         on 13 February 1973 ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/67/
 EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                      Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                     teria to the present situation on the market in rice
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                         and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5 ), provides that when                       broken rice within the Community and on the
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of                        world market that the refund should be fixed at the
 the existing situation and the future trend with re­                    amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
gard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market                      tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides                        agement Committee for Cereals ;
 that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and
 the natural development of prices and trade on the
 rice market and, furthermore, to take into account
 the economic aspect of the proposed exports and                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the need to avoid disturbance of the Community
 market ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
 Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6), as amended
 by Regulation (EEC ) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the                      The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                       Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
 for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the                   those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, expor­
                                                                         ted in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in
                                                                         the Annex to this Regulation.
  (*) OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
  (») OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
  (») OJ No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5 .                                                           Article 2
  (*) OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34.
  (*) OJ No  311 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p . 13 .
  (•) OJ No  241 , 5. 10. 1967, p. 6.                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 April
  (7) OJ No  L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 31.                                1973 .
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               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 April 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 26 April 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice
                                                      and broken rice
                                                                                                     (u.a. /100 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                                                      —
                               11. Wholly milled rice :
                                   a) Round grained                                                     —
                                   b) Long grained
       The amount by which the refunds may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719/
       67/EEC is 0-20 u.a./ 100 kg.