CELEX: 31973R0408
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 408/73 of the Commission of 15 February 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 44/ 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             16. 2. 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 408/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 15 February 1973
                                       fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    where the proportion of broken rice in the rice ex­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      ported exceeds that maximum ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC de­
pean Economic Community ;                                         fines the specific criteria to be taken into account
Having regard to Council                   Regulation No           when the export refund on rice and broken rice is
359/67/EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­                   being calculated ;
ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by               Whereas the world market situation or the specific
the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
sion of new Member States to the European                          sary to vary the refund for certain products accord­
Economic Community and the European Atomic                         ing to destination ;
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January
1972, and in particular the first sentence of the                  Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof ;                    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
Committee ;                                                        levies should be calculated on the basis of an
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                     exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
provides that the difference between quotations or                which are floating or whose central rate differs from
prices on the world market for the products listed in              the official parity, on the effective rate or the
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­             central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
ducts within the Community may be covered by an                   the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
export refund ;                                                   on 13 February 1973 ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/67/                Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­
EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                 teria 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, as amended by                  broken rice within the Community and on the
Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5), provides that when                 world market that the refund should be fixed at the
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of                  amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
the existing situation and the future trend with re­              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
gard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken              tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                   agement Committee for Cereals ;
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and
the natural development of prices and trade on the                                        Article 1
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account                The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
the economic aspect of the proposed exports and                   Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
the need to avoid disturbance of the Community                     those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, expor­
market ;                                                           ted in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6), as amended                  the Annex to this Regulation.
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the
                                                                                           Article 2
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                   1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 15 February 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
i1)  OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1.
(»)  OJ No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(»)  OJ No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.
(<)  OJ No  174, 31. 7. 1967, p. 34.
(8)  OJ No  311, 21. 12. 1967, p. 13.
 («) OJ No  241 , 5 . 10. 1967, p. 6.
 C)  OJ No  L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 31 .
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                                                          ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 15 February 1973 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
        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.