CELEX: 31974R1155
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1155/74 of the Commission of 8 May 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

9. 5 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 127/23
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1155/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 8 May 1974
                                 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC
COMMUNITIES,                                                     defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                 when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            being calculated ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                      Whereas the world market situation or the specific
67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­               requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                 sary to vary the refund for certain products according
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the               to destination ;
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic
                                                                Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,               whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­
paragraph of Article 1 7 (2) 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
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 for 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 (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for             Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                 criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5), provides that when                and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the             broken rice within the Community and on the world
existing situation and the future trend with regard to           market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the         shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
Community market on the one hand and prices for
rice and broken rice on the world market on the
                                                                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also        are" in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­           ment Committee for Cereals,
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 distur­
bance of the Community market ;                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (6), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the                                        Article 1
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the
percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                  Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                  those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
                                                                 in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
(>) OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                            Annex to this Regulation .
(2) OJ  No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ  No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
(<) OJ  No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34.                                                     Article 2
b) OJ No 311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13.
(6) OJ No 241 , 5. 10. 1967, p . 6 .
(7) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968 , p. 31                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 May 1974.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 127/24                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                  9 . 5 . 74
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 8 May 1974.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 8 May 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 :
                            I
                           II. Husked rice :
                               a) Round grained                                                       —
                               b) Long grained                                                        —
                       B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                            I. Semi-milled rice :
                               a) Round grained                                                      —
                               b) Long grained                                                       —
                           II. Wholly milled rice :
                               a) Round grained                                                      —
                               b) Long grained                                                       —
                       C. Broken rice                                                                —
    The amount by which the refunds may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719/
    67/EEC is 0-20 u.a./ 100 kg.