CELEX: 31977R1456
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1456/77 of 30 June 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 161 /60                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 7 . 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1456/77
                                                        of 30 June 1977
                                   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
                                                                  to destination ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
                                                                  month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      period ;
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice ('), and in particular the first
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
thereof,                                                          refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                             relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                      within 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 (2), 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 (3) 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
(•) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p . 36 .
(3 ) OJ No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976 , p . 11 .                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1977.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 30 June 1977.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                         Vice-President
                                                                 ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1977 fixing the export refunds on nee and
                                                              broken rice
                                                                                                          (u.a. / tonnt)
                 CCT                                                                                    Amount of
                heading                                         Description of goods                     refund
                  No
                 10.06            Rice :
                                  A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                       II . Husked rice :
                                             a) Round grain
                                                for export to :
                                                — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 60-00
                                                — Other third countries                                    —
                                             b) Long grain
                                                for export to :
                                                — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 80-00
                                                — 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
                                                for export to :
                                                — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                    destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                    sion Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/75 (*)                 90-00
                                                — Other third countries                                    —
                                             b) Long grain
                                                for export to :
                                                — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                    destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                    sion Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/75 (*)                 100-00
                                                — Other third countries                                    —
                                  C. Broken rice                                                          25-00
          (') OJ No L 25, 17. I. 1975. p. I.
           NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1977).