CELEX: 31984R3634
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3634/84 of 21 December 1984 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 335/ 16                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             22. 12. 84
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3634/84
                                                  of 21 December 1984
                                fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  to vary the refund for certain products according to
COMMUNITIES,                                                    destination :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for pack­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    aged long grain rice to accommodate current demand
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              for the product on certain markets ;
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation        Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
(EEC) No 1025/84 (2), and in particular the first               month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)           period ;
thereof,
                                                                Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Committee,
                                                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                   relation to each other at any given moment within
provides that the difference between quotations or                  a band of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on
prices on the world market for the products listed in               their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                   provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
products within the Community may be covered by an                  No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
export refund ;                                                     No 855/84 (*),
                                                                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for              these currencies recorded for a given period in
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing             relation to the Community currencies referred to
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                  in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                cient ;
existing situation and the future trend with regard to
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the        Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Community market on the one hand and prices for                 criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
rice and broken rice on the world market on the                 and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also       broken rice within the Community and on the world
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­          market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,              the Annex hereto ;
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturb­          Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
ances of the Community market ;                                 not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                its chairman,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies
the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                                    Article 1
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76               of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account          those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                fn the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is               hereto.
being calculated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                      Article 2
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                1985.
(') OJ  No L  166, 25. 6. 1976,  p. 1. .
(2) OJ No  L  107, 19. 4. 1984,  p. 13.
0   OJ No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976,  p. 36.                         0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0   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, 21 December 1984.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1984 fixing die export refunds on rice and
                                                          broken rice
                                                                                               (ECU/ tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                              Amount of
                 heading                                    Description                        refund
                   No
           ex 10.06             Rice :
                                B. I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                         b) Husked rice :
                                            1 . Round grain
                                            2. Long grain
                                                for export to :
                                                — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and
                                                    the communes of           Livigno     and
                                                    Campione d'Italia                          108,00
                                                — Other third countries
                                    II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                         a) Semi-milled rice :
                                            1 . Round grain
                                            2. Long grain
                                         b) Wholly milled rice :
                                            1 . Round grain
                                            2. Long grain
                                                in bulk or packaged for export to :
                                                — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the
                                                    communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                    d'Italia    as    well as    destinations
                                                    mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (■)            135,00
                                                — Zone I
                                                — Other third countries                          —
                                                in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                for export to :
                                                — Zones I, II b) and VI                        165,00
                                                — Zones V a)                                   175,00
                                   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).