CELEX: 31976R3154
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3154/76 of 23 December 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

24 . 12 . 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 354/ 29
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3154/76
                                                          of 23 December 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
 141$/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
it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the
                                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                       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
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  N6   L 166,   25 . 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       24
(4) OJ  No   L 179,   25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 31 .                          December 1976 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels , 23 December 1976 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                                         ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 23 December 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                                                                               fi/.ii. / 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 :
                                                       for export to :
                                                       — Austria , Switzerland and Liechtenstein                      6000
                                                       — Other third countries                                           —
                                                    b) Long grain :
                                                       for export to :
                                                       — Austria , Switzerland and Liechtenstein                      7000
                                                       — 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 1 92/75 (')                      7500
                                                       — Other third countries                                       1 20.00
                                        C. Broken rice                                                                1500
           (') 0 | No I. 25 , 17 . I. I V75, p. 1 .
            NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306/76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2. 1976).