CELEX: 31975R1204
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1204/75 of the Commission of 7 May 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

8 . 5 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 118 /43
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1204/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 7 May 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 at least once a
tion (EEC) No 476/75 (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
Committee ;                                                          refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359 / 67/ EEG                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 provides that the difference between quotations or                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                   within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                        on their effective parity ;
 products within the Community may be covered by
an export refund ;                                                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
                                                                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                          of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
 67/ EEC (3 ) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                    in the previous subparagraph ;
 fixing the amount of such refunds, as last amended by
 Regulation ( EEC) No 478 /75 (4 ) provides that when                Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
existing situation and the future trend with regard to               and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the            broken rice within the Community and on the world
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                     market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
 rice and broken rice on the world market on the                     shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
 important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect               ment Committee for Cereals ,
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
bance of the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation No 669/ 67/ EEC (5 ), as amended                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 057/68 (6) lays down the
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
 for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the                                        Aitic/c 1
 percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                     The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
                                                                     Regulation No 359 / 67 / EEC with the exception of
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/ 67/ EEC                      those listed in paragraph I (e) of that Article, exported
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account               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 52, 28 . 2 . 1975, p. 31 .
(■')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. .34.                                                      A nick 2
(4)   OJ No  L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 34.
(') UJ Mo 241 , V 10 . 196 /, p. 6 .
('" ) O) No L 179, 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 31 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1975 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 7 May 1 975.
                                                                                     For tin- Commission
                                                                                       P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                 /Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 7 May 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken
                                                                  rice
                                                                                                          Out. / ioc k<o
                     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
                                                  For export to :
                                                  — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland                1 - 500
                                                  — Other third countries                                 2-500
                                    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./ K )() kg .
            <\'. B. If no amount is fixed for the refund , the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .