CELEX: 31974R2690
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2690/74 of the Commission of 24 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

25 . 10 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 288 / 21
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2690/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 24 October 1974
                                      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 ( l ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­                 Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
tion ( EEC) No 11 29/74 (2 ), and in particular the first              whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)
thereof ;
                                                                       Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Committee ;
                                                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359 / 67/ EEC                             relation to each other, at any given moment,
provides that the difference between quotations or                            within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
prices on the world market for the products listed in                         on their effective parity ;
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those
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 (3 ) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules                        in the previous subparagraph ;
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                       Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Regulation No 1 0 1 9/ 67/ EEC (4 ) provides that when                 criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                   and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
existing situation and the future trend with regard to                 broken rice within the Community and on the world
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the               market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
Community market on the one hand and prices for                        shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
rice and broken         rice on the world market on the
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
opment of prices and trade on the rice market and ,                     ment Committee for Cereals ,
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
bance of the Community market ;
                                                                        HAS ADORl-l ) THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation No 669 / 67/ EEC (5 ) as amended
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1057/ 68 ( b) lavs down the
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice                                                 Attica    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 I of
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                         Regulation No 359 / 6~7HHC with the exception of
                                                                        those listed in paragraph I ( c ) of that Article , exported
                                                                        in the natural state , are herein fixed as shown in the
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366 / 67 / EEC
                                                                        Annex to this Regulation .
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
(') OJ No 174 , 3 1 . 7 . 1967, p. I.
(') Oj No L I2X , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20 .                                                          .1 ///</< 2
(•') O)  No  174, 31 . 7 . 1967 , p . 34 .
H    O|  No  311 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p . 13 .
n    Of  No  241 , 5 . 10 . 1967 , p. 6 .                                I"h is Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October
(h)  OJ  No  L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 31 .                            19^4 .
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                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 24 October 1974 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                    P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 24 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                             broken rice
                                                                                                          fu.a. /100 kg J
              CCT
                                                                                                         Amount of
            heading                                        Description of goods                            refund
               No
     I ( 1.06                 Rice :
                              A. Paddy tice ; husked rice :
                                   I
                                 11 . Husked rice :
                                      a ) Round grained                                                      —
                                      h ) 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                                                      —
                             ' . Broken rice                                                                 ~
     The amount h \ which the refunds may be increased pursuant ro Article 1 of Regulation No 719 /
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