CELEX: 31976R2254
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2254/76 of 16 September 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

17. 9 . 76                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 254/21
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2254/76
                                                         of 16 September 1976
                                       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 ('), 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 :
 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
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                         on their effective parity ;
 provides that the difference between quotations or
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 products within the Community may be covered by                           of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 an export refund ;                                                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                           in the previous subparagraph ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                  criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 fixing the amount of such refunds (2), provides that                  and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                    broken rice within the Community and on the world
 of the existing situation and the future trend with                   market, that the refund, should be fixed as shown in
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken                the Annex to this Regulation ;
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
                                                                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                    ment Committee for Cereals,
 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 disturbance of the Community market ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (3), as amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (4), lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                                             Article 1
 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 refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                       Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
                                                                       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
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account                Annex to this Regulation .
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
 being calculated ;
                                                                                               Article 2
(')  OJ  No  L 166,   2.S. 6. 1976,   p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 166,   25 . 6 . 1976,  p . 36.
(3 ) OJ  No  241 , 5. 10 .  1967, p.  6.                               This Regulation      shall enter into force on         17
(<)  OJ  No  L 179 ,  25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 31 .                          September 1976.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 16 September 1976.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                                     ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 16 September 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                   broken rice
                                                                                                            (u.a. / metric ton)
                 CCT
                                                                                                              Amount of
                heading                                            Description of goods                          refund
                  No
                 10.06              Rice :
                                    A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                          I
                                         II . Husked rice :
                                                a) Round grain                                                     —
                                                b) Long grain :
                                                   for export to :
                                                   — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                      60 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                                                   8500
                                                b) Long grain :
                                                   for export to :
                                                   — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein as well as
                                                       destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                       sion Regulation ( EEC) No 192/75 (')                      7500
                                                   — Other third countries                                         —
                                    C. Broken rice                                                                 —
          (>) OJ No L 25, 17 . 1 . 1975, p . I.
           N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund, the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .
                  The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306/ 76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2. 1976).