CELEX: 31978R0696
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 696/78 of 6 April 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

7 . 4 . 78                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 93 / 27
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 696/78
                                                            of 6 April 1978
                                     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 ('), as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC) No 594/ 78 (2 ), and in particular the              Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17               refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
(2) thereof,
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                              relation to each other, at any given moment,
Committee ,                                                                within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                           on their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1418 / 76
provides that the difference between quotations or                    — for other currencies , an exchange rate based on the
prices on the world market for the products listed in                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 products within the Community may be covered by                           relation to the Community currencies referred to
an export refund ;                                                         in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                     Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules                   criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                 and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 fixing the amount of such refunds (•'), provides that                 broken rice within the Community and on the world
 when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                    market, that the refund should be fixed as shown in
of the existing situation and the future trend with                    the Annex to this Regulation ;
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market
                                                                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that                  ment Committee for Cereals ,
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the
 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 (EEC) No 1 3 6 1 /76 (4 ) lays down
 the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                                              Article 1
 rice 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 82, 29 . 3 . 1978 , p . 10 .
O   OJ   No L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , p . 36 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 April
(4) OJ   No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976 , p . - 11 .                          1978 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 6 April 1978 .
                                                                                               For the Cum mission
                                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                                           ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 6 April 1978 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                         broken rice
                                                                                                                     ( u.a. /tonne )
                     CCT                                                                                           Amount of
                    heading                                               Description of goods                      refund
                      No
                     10.06               Rice :
                                         A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                               II . Husked rice :
                                                      a) Round grain
                                                         for export to :
                                                         — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                   30-00
                                                         — Other third countries                                       —
                                                      b) Long grain
                                                         for export to :
                                                         — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                   60-00
                                                         -— 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
                                                         for export to :
                                                         — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as
                                                              destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                              sion Regulation ( EEC) No 1 92 / 75 (')               37-00
                                                         — Other third countries                                        —
                                                      b) Long grain
                                                          for export to :
                                                         — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland 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                                                                —
              (•) OJ No L 25 , 17 . 1 . 1975 , p. 1 .
               NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 1124/77 (O ) No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).