CELEX: 31977R0175
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 175/77 of 27 January 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

28 . 1 . 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 24/31
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 175/77
                                                        of 27 January 1977
                                    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 ('), 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
                                                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                 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 ;
                                                                                            Artich■ 2
(') 0 | No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1476 , p . I.
(') OJ No I. 166, 25 . 6 . 1976 , p . 16 .
H Oj No 241 , 5. 10 . I ^ 67, p . 6.                                 I his Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
(«) OJ No I. 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 31 .                          1977 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 27 January 1977.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 January 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                       broken rice
                                                                                                    (u.a. / tonne)
                  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                 70Ό0
                                         — 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                 75-00
                                         — Other third countries                                  12000
                             C. Broken rice                                                        1500
           NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 306/76 (OJ No L 38, 13. 2. 1976).