CELEX: 31978R2730
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/78 of 23 November 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

24. 11 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 329/ 13
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2730/78
                                                   of 23 November 1978
                                  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 (^ as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 1126/78 (2), and in particular the first         Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
thereof,
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         relation to each other at any given moment within
Committee,                                                           a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                      their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
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
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                     of these currencies recorded for a given period in
products within the Community may be covered by                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
an export refund ;                                                    in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules              criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for             and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that             broken rice within the Community and on the world
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken               market, that the refund should be fixed as shown in
of the existing situation and the future trend with              the Annex to this Regulation ;
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and                Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market              not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that            its chairman,
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the
 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 (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
 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
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 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, 25. 6. 1 976, p. 1.
 (2) OJ No  L 142,  30. 5. 1978,  p. 23 .
 (3) OJ No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976,  p. 36.                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 24
 (<) OJ No  L 154,  15. 6. 1976,  p. 11 .                         November 1978 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 23 November 1978 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 23 November 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                         broken rice
                                                                                                 (u.a. / tonne)
                 CCT                                                                          Amount of
               heading                                      Description                         refund
                  No
             •  10.06         Rice :
                              A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                  II . Husked rice :
                                       a) Round grain                                             —
                                       b) Long grain
                                          for export to :
                                          — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Portugal     80.00
                                          — 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                                             —
                                       b) Long grain
                                          for export to :
                                          — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland             100.00
                                          — Zones I, II, III, V and VI                         125.00
                                          — Other third countries                                 —
                              C. Broken rice                                                      —
            NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1977).