CELEX: 31973R1816
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1816/73 of the Commission of 5 July 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 184/ 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 6 . 7. 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1816/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 5 July 1973
                                  fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC
COMMUNITIES,                                                      defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                  when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             being calculated ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                  Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                  requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                       sary to vary the refund for certain products according
67/EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                to destination ;
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the
Adt (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of             Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
new Member States to the European Economic                        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
paragraph of Article 1 7 (2) thereof ;
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC
                                                                      within a band of 2-25 %, a rate of exchange based
provides that the difference between quotations or                    on their effective parity ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and ' prices for those               — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
products within the Community may be covered by                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
an export refund ;                                                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                        in the previous subparagraph ;
67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for              Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                  requested ;
Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5), 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
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the
                                                                  and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
Community market on the one hand and prices for
                                                                  broken rice within the Community and on the world
                                                                   market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
rice and broken rice on the world market on the
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also         shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
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 ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6), as amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                                         Article 1
 for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the
 percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                  The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                   Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                   those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                   in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
0)  OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                               Annex to this Regulation.
(2) OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(3) OJ  No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34.                                                       Article 2
(5) OJ  No 311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13 .
(6) OJ  No 241 , 5. 10. 1967, p. 6.
(7) OJ  No L 179, 25 .. 7. 1968 , p. 31                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 1973 .
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               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 5 July 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 5 July 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice
                                                        and broken rice
                                                                                                       (u.a./100 kt)
              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                                                        —
                            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./100 kg.