CELEX: 31974R2289
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2289/74 of the Commission of 5 September 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 244/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                6 . 9 . 74
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2289/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 5 September 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 (^ 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 1019/67/ 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
                                                                       market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts
  prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the
  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 tfade 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 ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (5 ) as amended
  by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (6) 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
                                                                       The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
^ where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                      Regulation No 359/67/ EEC with the exception of
  exported exceeds that maximum ;
                                                                       those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
  Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC                       in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
  defines the specific criteria to be taken into account               Annex to this Regulation .
  (•)  OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
  (2 ) OJ No L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 20.                                                     Article 2
  (3)  OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34 .
  (4)  OJ No 311 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p . 13 .
  (5 ) OJ No 241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p . 6 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 September
  (0)  OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p. 31 .                            1974 .
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                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 5 September 1974.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                                       ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 5 September 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                    broken rice
                                                                                                                 ' u.a. / 100 ku ,
                   CCT                                                                                          Amount of
                heading                                           Description of goods                             refund
                    No
        I i !. Oft                  Rice :
                                    A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                          [
                                         II . Husked rice :
                                              a ) Round grained                                                      —
                                              h ) Long grained                                                       —
                                    B Semi-milled or wholly milled rice ·
                                          Γ   Semi-milled rice :
                                              a ) Round grained
                                                                                                                     —
                                              b ) Long grained
                                                                                                                     —
                                         Π . Wholly milled rice :
                                              a ) Round grained                                                      —
                                              b ) Long grained                                                      ~
                                    ('.. Broken rice                                                                 —
       The amount by which the refunds may he increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 7 19
         .     i I T is ()•?(> u.a . 100 kg .