CELEX: 31976R1256
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1256/76 of 26 May 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

27 . 5 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 139 /55
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION                EEC    No 1256/76
                                                         of 26 May 1976
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
COMMUNITIES,                                                       being calculated ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 Economic Community,                                               requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                   sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                        to destination ;
67/EEC of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regu­           Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
lation (EEC) No 668/75 (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,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Committee,                                                         refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC
 provides that the difference between quotations or                     relation to each other, at any given moment,
prices on the world market for the products listed in                   within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                       on their effective parity ;
products within the Community may be covered by
                                                                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
an export refund ;
                                                                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                        of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/
                                                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
67/ EEC of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for                    in the previous subparagraph ;
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 478/75 (4), provides that                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                 criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
of the existing situation and the future trend with                and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken             broken rice within the Community and on the world
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                    market, that the refund, should be fixed as shown in
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market                the Annex to this Regulation ;
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 natural development of prices and trade on the rice                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
market and, furthermore , to take into account the                  ment Committee for Cereals,
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 in the
                                                                   Annex to this Regulation .
(») OJ   No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975, p. 18 .
(3) OJ   No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 34.                                                      Article 2
(4) OJ   No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 34.
(5) OJ   No 241 , 5. 10 . 1967, p . 6 .
h) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 31                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1976.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 26 May 1976.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 26 May 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                    broken rice
                                                                                                             (u.a. / 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 :
                                                     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, Switzerland and Liechtenstein as well as
                                                         destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                         sion Regulation ( EEC) No 1 92/75 ( · )                  6000
                                                     — Other third countries                                        —
                                                  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 (!)                     7500
                                                     — Other third countries                                        —
                                      C. Broken rice                                                                —
            (') OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p . 1 .
            NB. 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).