CELEX: 31976R0140
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 140/76 of 22 January 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

23 . 1 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 14/27
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION EEC) No 140/76
                                                          of 22 January 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,
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                           Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 67/EEC of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                        month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
 tion of the market in rice ( ! ), as last amended by Regu­            period ;
 lation (EEC) No 668/75 (2), 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
 Committee ,                                                          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                           relation to each other, at any given moment,
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                            within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 provides that the difference between quotations or                        on their effective parity ;
 prices on the world market for the products listed in
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices foij those                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 products within the Community may be covered by                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 an export refund ;                                                        of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/                           in the previous subparagraph ;
 67/ EEC of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
 fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last amended               Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 by Regulation (EEC) No 478/75 (4), provides that                     criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                   and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 of the existing situation and the future trend with                  broken rice within the Community and on the world
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken               market, that the refund, should be fixed as shown in
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and                     the Annex to this Regulation ;
 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
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 natural development of prices and trade on the rice                  ment Committee for Cereals,
 market and , furthermore, to take into account the
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need
to avoid disturbance of the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (5), as amended                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (6), lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the                                         Article 1
percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                       The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
                                                                      Regulation No 359/67/ EEC with the exception of
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC                         those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account                in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown tn the
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                     Annex to this Regulation .                         <
being calculated ;
(')  OJ   No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No  L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 18 .                                                    Article 2
P)   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 23 January
(6)  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, 22 January 1976.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 22 January 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                       broken rice
                                                                                                   (H . LI . / metric 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                                                      2500
                                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                                                      35-00
                                C. Broken rice
            Nil. If no amount is fixed for the refund, the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .