CELEX: 31975R1617
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1617/75 of the Commission of 26 June 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

27 . 6 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 164/29
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1617/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 26 June 1975
                                     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 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation Na 359/                         Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                  month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­              period ;
tion (EEC) No 476/75 (2), 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
Committee ;                                                         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                         relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC                           within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that the difference between quotations or                       on their effective parity ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
products within the Community may be covered by                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
an export refund ;                                                       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 last amended by               Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Regulation (EEC) No 478/75 (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 ;
Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (5), as amended                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (6) lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
 for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the                                       Article 1
 percentage by which that refund is to be reduced
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                     The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
                                                                     Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC                      those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account              in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                   Annex to this Regulation .
 being calculated ;
 (')  OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 .
 {>)  OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975, p. 31 .                                                     Article 2
 (J ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34 .
 (•») OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 34.
 (5)  OJ No 241 , 5 . 10 . J 967, p. 6 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 June
 (o)  OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 31 .                            1975 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 26 June 1975.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 June 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                          broken rice
                                                                                                     (u.a./ 100 kg)
                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
                                  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 and Switzerland                1-500
                                              — Other third countries                                 2-500
                                  C. Broken rice
          The amount by which the refunds may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 719/
          67/ EEC is 0-20 u.a ./ 100 kg .
          N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund , the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .