CELEX: 31979R1634
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1634/79 of 27 July 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 190/50                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              28 . 7. 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1634/79
                                                          of 27 July 1979
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      sary to vary the refund for certain products according
  COMMUNITIES,                                                       to destination ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
  Economic Community,                                                month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
                                                                     period ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 tion of the market in rice (*), as last amended by Regu­            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (2), and in particular the first
 sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 thereof,                                                                relation to each other at any given moment within
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                            a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 Committee,
                                                                         their effective parity ;
                                                                    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
 provides that the difference between quotations or                      of these currencies recorded for a given period in
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                       in the previous indent ;
 products within the Community may be covered by
 an export refund ;                                                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   March 1979 (5) laid down the coefficient for
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules                 expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                     ECU ;
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
 fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
 when refunds are being fixed account must be taken
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
                                                                    criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 of the existing situation and the future trend with
 regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken             and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and
                                                                    broken rice within the Community and on the world
                                                                    market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market                the Annex hereto ;
 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that
 it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the
 natural development of prices and trade on the rice                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 market and, furthermore, to take into account the                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Cereals,
 economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need
 to avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the 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                                        Article 1
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                    The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
                                                                    of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                   of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account              exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                   Annex hereto .
being calculated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                           Article 2
requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
(!) OJ  No  L 166, 25.  6. 1976,  p.  1.                            1979 .
(2) OJ  No  L 156, 14.  6. 1978 , p.  11 .
(3) OJ  No  L 166, 25.  6. 1976,  p.  36.
(<  OJ  No  L 154, 15 . 6. 1976,  p.  11 .                          (5) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 27 July 1979.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                          Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 July 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                  broken rice
                                                                                                             (l .: C I ' / tonne )
                   CCT                                                                                      Amount of
                 heading                                               Description                            refund
                    No
                  10.06             Rice :
                                    A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                         II . Husked rice :
                                                a) Round grain
                                                b) Long grain
                                                   for export to :
                                                   — Austria,      Liechtenstein,  Switzerland   and    the
                                                       communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia             109.00
                                                   — 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                                                     —
                                                b) Long grain
                                                   for export to :
                                                   — Austria, Liechtenstein , Switzedand, the communes
                                                       of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia as well as destina­
                                                       tions mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regu­
                                                       lation ( EEC) No 192/75 (')                           13600
                                                   — 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 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).