CELEX: 31978R3029
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3029/78 of 21 December 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 359/36                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             22. 12. 78
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3029/78
                                                  of 21 December 1978
                                 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 (*), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (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 subparagraph ;
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 such 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 shown in
of the existing situation and the future trend with              the Annex to this Regulation ;
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 disturbance 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 refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                 Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
                                                                 those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account          Annex to this Regulation.
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
 being calculated ;
                                                                                          Article 2
( 1) OJ No L  166, 25. 6. 1976,  p. 1.
(2)  OJ No L  156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 11 .
(3)  OJ No L  166, 25. 6. 1976,  p. 36.                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
(4)  OJ No L  154, 15. 6. 1976,  p. 11 .                          1979 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
            Done at Brussels, 21 December 1978 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                                  ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1978 fixing the export refunds on nee and
                                                                broken rice
                                                                                                          (u.a. / 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 Portugal      84.00
                                                  — Other third countries                                  —
                                    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              10500
                                                  — Zones I, II, III, V and VI as well as destinations
                                                      mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation
                                                      (EEC) No 192/75 (!)                               13500
                                                  — Zone IV b)                                          16500
                                                  — Other third countries                                  —
                                   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).