CELEX: 31973R2834
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2834/73 of the Commission of 18 October 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 292/ 14                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              19 . 10 . 73
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 2834/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 18 October 1973
                                     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
Economic Community ;                                                Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                     requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          sary to vary the refund for certain products according
67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                  to destination ;
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the
Act (-') annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of               Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
new Member States to the European Economic                           whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­              Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
paragraph of Article 17 (2) 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,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC                            within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that the difference between quotations or                         on their effective parity ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
products within the Community may be covered by                            arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
an export refund ;                                                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                            in the previous subparagraph ;
67/ EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
                                                                     Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                     criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
Regulation No 1019 / 67/EEC (5), provides that when                  and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                 broken rice within the Community and on the world
existing situation and the future trend with regard to               market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the
                                                                     shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
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 it is also            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Cereals ;
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 distur­
bance of the Community market ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (6), as amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), 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 No 359/67/ EEC with the exception . of
                                                                      those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC                       in the natural state , are hereby fixed as shown in the
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account               Annex to this Regulation .
 (')  OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 .
 (-)  OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
 (3 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                                                      Article 2
 (4 ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 34 .
 (5 ) OJ No 311 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p . 13 .
 (o)  OJ No 241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p . 6.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 October
  7)  OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p . 31                               1 973 .
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                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 18 October 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 18 October 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
                             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 .