CELEX: 31975R1149
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1149/75 of the Commission of 30 April 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 112/66                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 5 . 75
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1149/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 30 April 1975
                                       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 ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 Economic Community ;                                                 requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                     sary to vary the refund for certain products according
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                         to destination ;
 67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­              Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 tion (EEC) No 476/75 (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 ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Committee ;                                                         refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 provides that the difference between quotations or                       relation to eath other, at any given moment,
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                        on their effective parity ;
 products within the Community may be covered by
 an export refund ;                                                  — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1.967 laying down general rules                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                     in the previous subparagraph ;
 fixing the amount of such refunds, as last amended by
 Regulation ( EEC) No 478/75 (4) provides that when                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 existing situation and the future trend with regard to              and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the            broken rice within the Community and on the world
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                     market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
 rice and broken rice on the world market on the                     shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
 important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect               ment Committee for Cereals,
 of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
 bance of the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (5), as amended                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1057/68 (6) lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
 for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the                                       Article 1
 percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                      The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
                                                                     Regulation No 359/67/ EEC with the exception of
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC                       those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account               in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
                                                                     Annex to this Regulation .
(')  OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No  L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 31 .
(3 ) OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 34.                                                       Article 2
(■») OJ No  L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975, p. 34.
(5 ) OJ No  241 , 5 . 10 . 1967,- p . 6.
(<>) OJ No  L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 31                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1975 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 30 April 1975.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                        broken rice
                                                                                                    (u.a. / 100 kg)
                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
                                 B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                      I. Semi-milled rice :
                                          a) Round grain
                                          b) Long grain
                                     II. Wholly milled rice :
                                          a) Round grain
                                          b) Long grain
                                             For export to :
                                             — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland                1000
                                             — Other third countries                                 2000
                                 C. Broken rice
          The amount by which the refunds may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719/
          67/ EEC is 0-20 u.a./ 100 kg.
           N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund, the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .