CELEX: 31979R2530
Language: en
Date: 1979-11-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2530/79 of 15 November 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 289 /34                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             16 . 11 . 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2530/79
                                                    of 15 November 1979
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                  sary to vary the refund for certain products according
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            to destination ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                 period ;
 tion of the market in rice ^ 1), as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1 552/79 (2), and in particular the first        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 thereof,
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         relation to each other at any given moment within
 Committee,                                                           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
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 products within the Community may be covered by                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
 an export refund ;                                                   in the previous indent ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules               criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for             and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 fixing the amount of sjuch refunds (3), provides that            broken rice within the Community and on the world
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
 of the existing situation and the future trend with              the Annex hereto ;
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Cereals,
 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 the need
 to avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                                            Article 1
rice 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 export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception
                                                                  of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                 exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                  Annex hereto .
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
being calculated ;
                                                                                            Article 2
0)  OJ  No  L 166,  25.  6. 1976, p. 1.
(2) OJ  No  L 188 , 26.  7. 1979, p. 9.
(^) OJ  No  L 166,  25 . 6. 1976, p. 36.                          This Regulation       shall enter into    force on       16
(4) OJ  No  L 154,  15 . 6. 1976, p. 11 .                         November 1979 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 15 November 1979 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                               Vice-President
                                                                        ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 15 November 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                      broken rice
                                                                                                                  (ECU / tonne)
                     CCT
                                                                                                                 Amount of
                   heading                                                 Description                             refund
                      No
                    10.06               Rice :
                                        A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                              II . Husked rice :
                                                     a) Round grain                                                  —
                                                     b) Long grain
                                                        for export to :
                                                        — Austria,     Liechtenstein , Switzerland    and    the
                                                            communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia              8000
                                                        — Other third countries                                      —
                                                        — Portugal and zone I                                     10000
                                         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
                                                        for export to :
                                                        — Austria, Liechtenstein , Switzerland, the communes
                                                            of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia as well as destina­
                                                            tions mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regu­
                                                            lation (EEC) No 192/75 (1)                            110.00
                                                        — Other third countries                                   127.00
             I                           C. 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).