CELEX: 31984R2998
Language: en
Date: 1984-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2998/84 of 25 October 1984 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

27 . 10 . 84                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 283/ 5
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2998/84
                                                       of 25 October 1984
                                    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 necessary
                                                                    to vary the refund for certain products according to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              destination ;
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 organization
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation           Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
(EEC) No 1025/84 (2), and in particular the first                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
thereof,                                                                relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                        a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                            their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
Committee,                                                              provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 974/71 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                       No 855/84 (6),
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 of
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                       these currencies recorded for a given period in
products within the Community may be covered by an                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
export refund ;                                                         in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
                                                                        cient ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for             Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing             criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                  and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                broken rice within the Community and on the world
existing situation and the future trend with regard to              market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the            the Annex hereto ;
Community market on the one hand and prices for
rice and broken rice on the world market on the                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Cereals,
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­
opment 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 disturb­
ances 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                The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                     of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                     those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                    in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
                                                                    hereto.
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                                            Article 2
being calculated ;
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
                                                                     1984 .
(') OJ   No  L 166 , 25 . 6. 1976,   p. 1.
(2) OJ   No  L 107,  19 . 4. 1984,   p. 13 .
(3) OJ   No  L 166,  25 . 6. 1976 ,  p. 36 .                        0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 154,  15 . 6. 1976,   p. 11 .                         4 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 25 October 1984 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 1984 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                               broken rice
                                                                                                         (ECU / tonne)
                      CCT
                                                                                                        Amount of
                   heading                                       Description                             refund
                       No
             ex 10.06              Rice :                                                              I
                                   B.   I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :                                  l
                                             b) Husked rice :                                          I
                                                1 . Round grain                                            —
                                                2. Long grain                                          l
                                                    for export to :                                    I
                                                    — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and          I
                                                        the      communes       of     Livigno     and I
                                                        Campione d'ltalia                                108,00
                                                    — Other third countries                                —
                                        II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :                       l
                                             a) Semi-milled rice :                                     \
                                                1 . Round grain                                            —
                                                2. Long grain                                              —
                                             b) Wholly milled rice :                                   \
                                                1 . Round grain                                            —
                                                2. Long grain                                          l
                                                    for export to :                                    I
                                                    — Austria, Liechtenstein , Switzerland, the        I
                                                        communes of Livigno and Campione               I
                                                        d' ltalia    as    well    as     destinations I
                                                        mentioned in Article 5 of Commission           I
                                                        Regulation ( EEC) No 2730 / 79 (')               135,00
                                                    — Zone I                                               —
                                                    — Other third countries                                —
                                       III . Broken rice                                                   —
             (■) OJ No L 317, 12. 12 . 1979 , p. 1 .
              NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 .
                   5 . 1977), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3634/ 83 (OJ No L 360, 23 . 12. 1983).