CELEX: 31980R0417
Language: en
Date: 1980-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 417/80 of 21 February 1980 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

22 . 2 . 80                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 48 /23
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 417/80
                                                     of 21 February 1980
                                   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 ('), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 11 3/80 (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 within
Committee,
                                                                      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 indent ;
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 set out in
of the existing situation and the future trend with               the Annex hereto ;
regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
rice on the Community 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 disturbances 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 export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception
                                                                  of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article,
                                                                  exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                 Annex hereto .
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
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 16, 22. 1 . 1980 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 36 .                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February
(4)  OJ  No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 1 .                         1980 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 February 1980.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                            Vice-President
                                                                      ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 21 February 1980 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                    broken rice
                                                                                                             (ECU / tonne)
                    CCT                                                                                     Amount of
                   heading                                               Description                          refund
                     No
             ex 10.06                 Rice :
                                      B.     I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                                  b) Husked rice :
                                                     1 . Round grain                                            —
                                                     2. Long grain
                                                         for export to :
                                                         — Austria,    Liechtenstein, Switzerland and   the
                                                             communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia        80-00
             \                                           — Other third countries                                —
             \                               II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
             l                                    a) Semi-milled rice :
                                                     1 . Round grain                                            —
                                                     2. Long grain                                              —
                                                  b) Wholly milled rice :
                                                     1 . Round grain                                            —
                                                     2. Long grain
                                                         for export to :
                                                         — Austria,      Liechtenstein,   Switzerland,  the
                                                             communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia
                                                             as well as destinations mentioned in Article 3
                                                             of Commission Regulation           (EEC)   No
                                                             192/75 (») and zone I                           100-00
                                                         — Other third countries                                —
                                       III . 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. 1 977).