CELEX: 31982R0278
Language: en
Date: 1982-02-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 278/82 of 4 February 1982 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 28 /36                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 5 . 2. 82
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 278/82
                                                    of 4 February 1982
                                 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
COMMUNITIES,                                                    defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
                                                                being calculated ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                             Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                 requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                 to vary the refund for certain products according to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     destination ;
1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Greece (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,
                                                                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                 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 on
                                                                      their central rate ,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
provides that the difference between quotations or                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
prices on the world market for the products listed in                 these currencies recorded for a given period in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
products within the Community may be covered by an                    in the previous indent ;
export refund ;
                                                                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                  criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for           broken rice within the Community and on the world
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing           market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
 the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when               the Annex hereto ;
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the
 existing situation and the future trend with regard to           Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
 prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the         not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                  its chairman ,
 rice and broken rice on the world market on the
 other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
 important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­
 opment 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 disturb­           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ances of the Community market ;
                                                                                           Article 1
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down
 the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
 rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies           of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of
 the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced             those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                   in the natural state , shall be as set out in the Annex
 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                   hereto .
 exported exceeds that maximum ;
                                                                                            Article 2
  (') OJ No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ No  L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
  (3) OJ No  L 166,  25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February
  0   OJ No  L 154,  15. 6 . 1976, p. 11 .                          1982 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 4 February 1982.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 4 February 1982 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                          broken rice
                                                                                                     (ECU / tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                                  Amount of
                heading                                     Description                              refund
                    No
          ex 10.06            Rice :
                              B.   I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                       b) Husked rice :
                                           1 . Round grain
                                          2. Long grain
                                               for export to :
                                               — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and
                                                   the      communes       of    Livigno    and
                                                   Campione d'Italia                                  80-00
                                               — Other third countries
                                  II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                       a) Semi-milled rice :
                                          1 . Round grain                                              —
                                          2. Long grain
                                       b) Wholly milled rice :
                                          1 . Round grain
                                          2. Long grain
                                               for export to :
                                               — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the
                                                   communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                   d'Italia    as     well    as   destinations
                                                   mentioned in Article 3 of Commission
                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (')                   100-00
                                               — Zone I                                             150-00
                                               — Other third countries                                —
                                 III . Broken rice                                                    —
         (') OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
         NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1 124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).