CELEX: 31973R1431
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1431/73 of the Commission of 30 May 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

31 . 5 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 144/ 13
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1431 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 30 May 1973
                                     fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
                                                                    where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
                                                                    exported exceeds that maximum ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                    Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC
                                                                    defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                         when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
67/EEC ( 1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                 being calculated ;
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the
Act (2) annexed to the ' Treaty (3) on the Accession of             Whereas the world market situation or the specific
new Member States to the European Economic                          requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Community and the European Atomic Energy                            sary to vary the refund for certain products according
 Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                  to destination ;
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­
 paragraph of Article 1 7 (2) thereof ;                             Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
                                                                    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
 Committee ;                                                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds    should be   calculated  on   the basis of an
                                                                    exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                    which are floating or whose central rate differs from
 provides that the difference between quotations or                 the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
 prices on the world market for the products listed in              rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                  dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
 products within the Community may be covered by                     February 1973 ;
 an export refund ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                     criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                broken rice within the Community and on the world
 fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                    market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
 Regulation No 1019/67/ EEC (5), provides that when                  shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the
 existing situation and the future trend with regard to              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                     ment Committee for Cereals ;
 rice and broken rice on the world market on the
 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,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
 of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
 bance of the Community market ;                                                             Article 1
 Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (6), as amended                   The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the                   Regulation No 359/67/ EEC with the exception of
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                   those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                     in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 (!)  OJ No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .                              Annex to this Regulation .
 (2 ) OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
 (3 ) OJ  No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
 (4)  OJ  No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 34.                                                      Artiele 2
 (5)  OJ  No 311 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p. 13 .
 (0)  OJ  No 241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p. 6 .
 (7)  OJ  No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 31                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1973 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation ' of 30 May 1973 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 grained
                                 b) Long grained
                         B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                              I. Semi-milled rice :
                                 a) Round grained
                                 b) Long grained
                             II. Wholly milled rice :
                                 a) Round grained
                                 b) Long grained
     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.