CELEX: 31973R1210
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1210/73 of the Commission of 10 May 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 125/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               11 . 5 . 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1210/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 10 May 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 (1) 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 refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                        refunds 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 (8), 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.
  ») OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
  ») OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                                                      Article 2
  4) OJ  No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 34.
  •) OJ  No  311, 21. 12. 1967, p. 13.
  •) OJ  No  241 , 5 . 10. 1967, p. 6.                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 May
  T) 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, 10 May 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 10 May 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./ 100 kg.