CELEX: 31985R0204
Language: en
Date: 1985-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 204/85 of 25 January 1985 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

26 . 1 . 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 23/25
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 204/85
                                                       of 25 January 1985
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     to vary the refund for certain products according to
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       destination ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for pack­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      aged long grain rice to accommodate current demand
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization                for the product on certain markets ;
 of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation          Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 (EEC) No 1025/84 (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,
 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 (EEC) No 1418/76                       relation to each other at any given moment within
 provides that the difference between quotations or                     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                  their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                       provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 products within the Community may be covered by an                     No 974/71      as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
export refund ;                                                         No 855/84 (6),
                                                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                these currencies recorded for a given period in
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing                relation to the Community currencies referred to
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                     in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                   cient ;
existing situation and the future trend with regard to
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the           Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Community market on the one hand and prices for                    criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
rice and broken rice on the world market on the                    and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also          broken rice within the Community and on the world
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­             market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,                 the Annex hereto ;
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturb­             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
ances of the Community market ;                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                  of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account             those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                   in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                  hereto .
being calculated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                          Article 2
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
                                                                   1985 .
(') OJ   No  L 166, 25.  6. 1 976, p. 1.
(2) OJ   No  L 107, 19.  4. 1984,  p. 13 .
(3) OJ   No  L 166, 25 . 6. 1976,  p. 36.                          0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
 4) OJ   No  L 154, 15.  6. 1976,  p. 11 .                         V) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 25 January 1985.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 25 January 1985 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                          120,00
                                                 — 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
                                             2. Long grain
                                                 in bulk or packaged for export to-:
                                                 — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the
                                                     communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                     d'Italia    as    well as    destinations
                                                     mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (')            150,00
                                                 — Zone I
                                                 — Other third countries
                                                 in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                 for export to :
                                                 — Zones I, II b) and VI                        165,00
                                                 — Zone V a)                                    175,00
                                    III . Broken rice
            (') OJ No L 317, 12.12.1979, p. 1 .
            NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 .
                  5. 1977), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3634/83 (OJ No L 360, 23 . 12. 1983).