CELEX: 31976R2450
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2450/76 of 7 October 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

8 . 10 . 76                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 277/21
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2450/76
                                                               of 7 October 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
  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                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
                                                                           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 ;
                                                                                                   Article 2
(')  OJ   No  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 8 October
(«)  OJ   No  L 179,    25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 31 .                           1976 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 7 October 1976.
                                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 7 October 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                                                                                  (u.ii. / mi-lru 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 (' )                     75-00
                                                         — Other third countries                                           —
                                        C. Broken rice                                                                     —
            (') O | No L 25 , 17 . 1 . 1975 , p . 1 .
            N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund , the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .
                    The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306/76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2 . 1976).