CELEX: 31975R2219
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2219/75 of the Commission of 28 August 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

29 . 8 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 227/ 5
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2219/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 28 August 1975
                                        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               Whereas the world market situation or the specific
  Economic Community ;                                                requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                      sary to vary the refund for certain products according
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                          to destination ;
 67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­               Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 tion ( EEC) No 668 /75 (2), and in particular the first              month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
 sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)                period ;
 thereof ;
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Committee ;                                                          refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 provides that the difference between quotations or                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 Artie,le 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                       on their effective parity ;
 products within the Community may be covered by
 an export refund ;                                                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
                                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                     in the previous subparagraph ;
 fixing the amount of such refunds, as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 478/75 (4) provides that when                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                 criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 existing situation and the future trend with regard to               and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the             broken rice within the Community and on the world
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                      market that the refund should be suppressed ;
 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
 opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,                   ment Committee for Cereals,
 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 (5), as amended
 by Regulation ( EEC) No 1057/68 (6) 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 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 18 .                                                    Article 2
(3)  OJ   No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 34.
(■•) OJ   No  L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 34.
(5 ) OJ   No  241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p . 6.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
(")  OJ   No  L 179 , 25. 7. 1968 , p. 31                             1 975 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 28 August 1975.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 August 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                        broken rice
                                                                                                   nui. / metm 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
                                          b) Long grain
                                 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
                                 C. Broken rice
             N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund, the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .