CELEX: 31976R1949
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1949/76 of 5 August 1976 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

6. 8 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 213/ 19
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1949/76
                                                       of 5 August 1976
                                  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 (*), and in particular the first
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
thereof,                                                          refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Committee,
                                                                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76                    on their effective parity ;
provides that the difference between quotations or
prices on the world market for the products listed in             — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
products within the Community may be covered by                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
an export refund ;                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                      in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules               Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for             criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
 fixing the amount of such refunds (2), provides that             and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                broken rice within the Community and on the world
of the existing situation and the future trend with               market, that the refund, should be fixed as shown in
regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken            the Annex to this Regulation ;
rice on the Community market on the one hand and
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market
on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Cereals,
 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 No 669/67/EEC (3), as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (4), lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                                        Article 1
 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 166,   25. 6. 1976, p. 36.
(3) OJ  No 241 , 5. 10. 1967, p. 6.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 August
(«) OJ  No L 179,   25. 7. 1968, p. 31 .                           1976 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 5 August 1976.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 5 August 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                     6000
                                                  — 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                                                  8500
                                               b) Long grain :
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein as well as
                                                      destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­
                                                      sion Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (')                      75.00
                                                  — Other third countries
                                   C. Broken rice                                                                 —
          (') OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
           N.B. 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).