CELEX: 31973R0516
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 516/73 of the Commission of 22 February 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 516/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 22 February 1973
                                        fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       where the proportion of broken rice in the rice ex­
                                                                    ported exceeds that maximum ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;                                          Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC de­
                                                                    fines the specific criteria to be taken into account
Having regard to Council Regulation No                              when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
 359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                   being calculated ;
ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                 Whereas the world market situation or the specific
sion of new Member States to the European                           requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Economic Community and the European Atomic                          sary to vary the refund for certain products accord­
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                  ing to destination ;
1972, and in particular the first sentence of the
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Committee ;
                                                                   Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                     levies should be calculated on the basis of an
provides that the difference between quotations or                 exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
prices on the world market for the products listed in              which are floating or whose central rate differs from
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­              the official parity, on the effective rate or the
ducts within the Community may be covered by an                     central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
export refund ;                                                     the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
                                                                    on 13 February 1973 ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/67/
EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for               teria to the present situation on the market in rice
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                   and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5), provides that when                  broken rice within the Community and on the
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of                   world market that the refund should be fixed at the
the existing situation and the future trend with re­               amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
gard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market                tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides                   agement Committee for Cereals ;
that 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                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the need to avoid disturbance of the Community
market ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the                  The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                  Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the              those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, expor­
                                                                   ted in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in
                                                                   the Annex to this Regulation.
(*) OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(8) OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(8) OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                                                     Article 2
(4) OJ No   174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34.
(8) OJ No  311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13 .
(•) OJ No  241 , 5 . 10. 1967, p. 6.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 February
(7) OJ No   L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 31,                            1973 .
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                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                 Done at Brussels, 22 February 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 22 February 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice
                                                          and broken rice
                                                                                                          (u.a.1100 kg)
               CCT                                                                                       Amount of
             heading                                    Description of goods                               refund
                No
         10.06                Rice :
                              A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                  I
                                 II. Husked rice :
                                     a) Round grained                                                        —
                                     b) Long grained                                                         —
                              B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                  I. Semi-milled rice :
                                     a) Round grained                                                        —
                                     b) Long grained                                                         —
                                 II. Wholly milled rice :
                                     a) Round grained                                                        —
                                     b) Long grained
         The amount by which the refunds may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719/
         67/ EEC is 0-20 u.a./ lOO kg.