CELEX: 31973R1287
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1287/73 of the Commission of 17 May 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 131 / 14                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               18 . 5. 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1287/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 17 May 1973
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the
COMMUNITIES,                                                       percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
                                                                   where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              exported exceeds that maximum ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC
                                                                   defines 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 organ­              being calculated ;
ization of the market in rice, as last amended by the
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of              Whereas the world market situation or the specific
new Member States to the European Economic                         requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Community and the European Atomic Energy                           sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                   to destination ;
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­
paragraph of Article 1 7 (2) thereof ;                             Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
                                                                   whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds    should be calculated on     the basis of an
                                                                    exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                    which are floating or whose central rate differs from
provides that the difference between quotations or                  the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
prices on the world market for the products listed in               rate of these currencies and , in the case of the US
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                   dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
products within the Community may be covered by                     February 1973 ;
an export refund ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                     criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                and ii? particular to quotations or prices for rice and
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                broken rice within the Community and on the world
                                                                    market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by
Regulation No 1019/67/ EEC (5), provides that when                  shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Cereals ;
Community market on the one hand and prices for
rice and broken rice on the world market on the
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
opment 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 distur­                                       Article 1
bance of the Community market ;
                                                                    The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (6), as amended                   Regulation No 359/67/ EEC with the exception of
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the                   those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                   in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
                                                                    Annex to this Regulation .
(•) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
h) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.                                                           Article 2
(4)  OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 34.
(5)  OJ No 311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p . 13 .
 6   OJ No 241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p. 6 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May
(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, 17 May 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                          to the Commission Regulation of 17 May 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice
                                                            and broken rice
                                                                                                          (u. a J WO 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                                                      —
                                   II. 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./ JOO kg.