CELEX: 31980R2454
Language: en
Date: 1980-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/80 of 25 September 1980 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

26. 9. 80                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 253/41
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2454/80
                                                 of 25 September 1980
                                 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           to destination ;
Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                 period ;
tion of the market in rice (*), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1 871 /80 (2), and in particular the first      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
thereof,
                                                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        relation to each other at any given moment within
Committee,                                                          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 indent ;
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 (3), 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 set out in
of the existing situation and the future trend with              the Annex hereto ;
 regard 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 Regulation
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that            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 disturbances 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
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception
                                                                 of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76               exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                 Annex hereto.
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
 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  184, 17. 7. 1980, p. 4.
 (J) OJ No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
 («) OJ No  L  154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                          1980 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 25 September 1980 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                             ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 25 September 1980 fixing the 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, Portugal, Switzerland
                                                  and the communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                  d'Italia                                           68-00
                                              — 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
                                              for export to :
                                              — Austria,       Liechtenstein,    Switzerland,  the
                                                  communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia
                                                  as well as destinations mentioned in Article 3
                                                  of Commission           Regulation   (EEC)   No
                                                  192/75 (»)                                         8500
                                              — Zone I                                               65.00
                                              — Other third countries
                             III . Broken rice
           (») OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
           NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).