CELEX: 31977R2146
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2146/77 of 29 September 1977 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

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        30. 9 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 249/ 13
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION EEC No 2146/77
                                                           of 29 September 1977
                                         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 (1), as amended by Regula­
        tion (EEC) No 1 1 58 /77 (2), and in particular the first        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
        sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
        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 (3), 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 Commiinity market on the one hand and
                                                                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
        prices for rice and broken rice on the world market
        on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
                                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                          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 1361 /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 136, 2. 6. 1977, p . 13 .
        (3)  OJ No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 36.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
        (4)  OJ No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p . 11 .                          1977 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 29 September 1977.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                              Vice-President
                                                                      ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 29 September 1977 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                 6000
                                                     — Other third countries                                     —
                                                  b) Long grain
                                                     for export to :
                                                     — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein                 8000
                                                     — 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                    9000
                                                     — 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 192/75 (^                   10000
                                                     — Other third countries                                     —
                                     C. Broken rice                                                             2500
           (>) OJ No L 25, 17 . 1 . 1975, p . 1 .
            NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).