CELEX: 31983R3651
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3651/83 of 23 December 1983 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

24 . 12. 83                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 361 / 13
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3651 /83
                                                 of 23 December 1983
                                fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
COMMUNITIES,                                                   being calculated ;
                                                               Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
Economic Community,
                                                       J       to vary the refund for certain products according to
                                                               destination ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization             Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation       month ; whereas it' may be altered in the intervening
(EEC) No 1566/83 (2), and in particular the first              period ;
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)
thereof,                                                       Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                               refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard , to the opinion of the Monetary                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Committee,                                                          relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76                  their central rate,
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 ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                               criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing        and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
                                                               broken rice within the Community and on the world
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when              market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the            the Annex hereto ;
existing situation and the future trend with regard to
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Community market on thd one hand and prices for                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
rice and broken rice on the world market on the
                                                                Committee for Cereals,
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
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
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76               hereto .
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                                        Article 2
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 5.
(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
Ó OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                             1984.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 23 December 1983 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 23 December 1983 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 , Switzerland and
                                                     the communes of             Livigno    and
                                                     Campione d'ltalia                              108,00
                                                 — Other third countries
                                     II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :                     l
                                          a) Semi-milled rice :                                  l
                                             1 . Round grain                                           —
                                             2. Long grain
           I                              b) Wholly milled rice :                                \
                                             1 . Round grain                                   '
                                             2. Long grain
                                                 for export to :
                                                 — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the
                                                     communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                     d'ltalia    as     well  as   destinations
                                                     mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                     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).