CELEX: 31975R0483
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 483/75 of the Commission of 27 February 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

28 . 2. 75                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 53/9
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 483/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 27 February 1975
                                       fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         being calculated ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 Economic Community ;                                                 requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                      sary to vary the refund for certain products according
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          to destination ;
 67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­               Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
 tion (EEC) No 1 1 29 /74 (2), and in particular the first            whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)
 thereof ;
                                                                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Committee ;
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                          relation to each other, at any given moment,
 provides that the difference between quotations or                       within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                    on their effective parity ;
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those
 products within the Community may be covered by                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 an export refund ;                                                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
 67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                     in the previous subparagraph ;
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
 fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                     Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 Regulation No 1019/67/ EEC (4) provides that when                    criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                 and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 existing situation and the future trend with regard to               broken rice within the Community and on the world
 prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the             market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                      shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 rice and broken rice on the world market on the
 other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,                   ment Committee for Cereals,
 furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
 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 (5), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (6) lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                                            Article 1
 for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the
 percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                       The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                       Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
                                                                      those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC                        in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shov/n in the
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account                Annex to this Regulation .
(')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No  L 128 , 10 . 5. 1974, p. 20 .                                                     Article 2
(3 ) OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967 , p . 34 .
(4 ) OJ No  31 1 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p . 13 .
 5   OJ No  241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p . 6.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
(fe) OJ No  L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 31 .                           1 975 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 27 February 1975 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 27 February 1975 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 grain
                                         b) Long grain
                                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                                               1000
                                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./ 100 kg.
             NB. If no amount is fixed for the refund , the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .