CELEX: 31977R1924
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1924/77 of 25 August 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

26. 8 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 218/25
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1924/77
                                                   of 25 August 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               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
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to avoid disturbance of the Community market ;
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           The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                 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, are hereby fixed as shown in the
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76              Annex to this Regulation .
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 166, 25. 6. 1976, p . 36.                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 August
(3) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                           1977 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 25 August 1977.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                             Vice-President
                                                                     ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 25 August 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                  broken rice
                                                                                                              (u.a. / tonne)
                   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                 6000
                                                    — 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 (')                 9000
                                                    — 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 192/75 (')                  100.00
                                                    — Other third countries                                    —
                                     C. Broken rice                                                           2500
            (>) 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).