CELEX: 31981R1531
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1531/81 of 5 June 1981 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 149/28                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 6. 6. 81
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC No 1531/81
                                                     of 5 June 1981
                                fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
COMMUNITIES,                                                    defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
                                                                being calculated ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                             Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                to vary the refund for certain products according to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    destination ;
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of        Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the first            month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)           period ;
thereof,
                                                                Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Committee,                                                           relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                     a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based on
                                                                     their effective parity,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
provides that the difference between quotations or              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
products within the Community may be covered by an
                                                                     in the previous indent ;
export refund ;
                                                                Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                 criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for          broken rice within the Community and on the world
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing          market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
 the amount of such refunds (3), provide? that when              the Annex hereto ;
 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 Management Committee
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                 for Cereals,
 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
 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 disturb­
 ances of the Community market ;                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                          Article 1
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down
 the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
 rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies           of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
 the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced             those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                  in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
  exported exceeds that maximum ;                                 hereto.
 (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979 , p. 17.                                                 Article 2
 O OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.
 M OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 June 1981 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 5 June 1981 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              The President
                                                                             Gaston THORN
                                                        ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 5 June 1981 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken
                                                            rice
                                                                                              (ECU / tonne)
              CCT
                                                                                              Amount of
             heading                                      Description
                                                                                                refund
               No
         ex 10.06         Rice :
                          B.     I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                     b) Husked rice :
                                        1 . Round grain                                           —
                                        2. Long grain
                                            for export to :
                                            — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the
                                                communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia         —
                                            — Other third countries                               —
                                 II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                     a) Semi-milled rice :
                                        1 . Round grain                                           —
                                        2. Long grain                                             —
                                     b) Wholly milled rice :
                                        1 . Round grain           j                               —
                                        2. Long grain
                                            for export to :
                                            — Austria,      Liechtenstein, Switzerland,   the
                                               communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia as
                                               well as destinations mentioned in Article 3 of
                                               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (')           0
                                            — Zone I                                               0
                                            — Other third countries                               —
                           III . 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).