CELEX: 31974R2339
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2339/74 of the Commission of 12 September 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 250 / 18                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               13 . 9 . 74
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2339/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 12 September 1974
                                  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 once a week ;
tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (2), and in particular the first           whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)
thereof ;
                                                                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Committee ;
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/ 67/ EEC                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
provides that the difference between quotations or                    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
prices on the world market for the products listed in                  on their effective parity ;
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those
products within the Community may be covered by                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
an export refund ;                                                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                   in the previous subparagraph ;
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Regulation No 1019/67/ EEC (4) provides that when                 criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the              and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
existing situation and the future trend with regard to            broken rice ' within the Community and on the world
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the           market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
Community market on the one hand and prices for                   shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
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 .
(2) OJ  No L 128, 10. 5. 1974, p. 20.                                                      Article 2
(3) OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34.
(«) OJ  No 311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13.
(5) OJ  No 241 , 5. 10 . 1967, p. 6.                               This Regulation      shall enter into     force on       13
(6) OJ  No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 31 .                             September 1974.
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                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 12 September 1974.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 12 September 1974 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 :
                                       [
                                      IT . Husked rice :
                                           a ) Round grained                                                     —
                                           h) Long grained                                                       —
                                 li . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice ·
                                       i. Semi-milled rice :
                                           a ) Round grained
                                                                                                                 —
                                           b ) Long grained
                                                                                                                —       '
                                      U. Wholly milled rice :
                                           a ) Round grained                                                    —
                                           b ) Long grained                                                     --
                                 C. Broken rice                                                                  —
        The amount by which the refunds may he increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719 /
         o'7/ FEC is 0-20 u . a . 100 kg .