31967R0669

274 Official Journal of the European Communities

No 241 /6 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 5.10.67

REGULATION No 669/67/EEC OF THE COMMISSION

of 28 September 1967 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of export refunds on rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation MUNITIES, are in accordance . with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the1 European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No Article 1 359 /67/ EEC 1 of 25 July 1967 on the common organisation of the market in rice, and in particular Article 17 (6) thereof; For the 1967/68 marketing year the export refund fixed in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 ( 2) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC in Whereas the market demand in certain countries for respect of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of rice containing a substantial percentage of broken that Regulation falling within heading No 10.06B of rice makes it necessary to enable Community traders the Common Customs Tariff shall apply to rice to have access . to those markets ; whereas to this end containing not more than 5% by weight of broken an adequate refund should be granted on rice rice . containing up to 40% of broken rice; whereas, however, in order to prevent speculation, the amount of such refund should be progressively reduced in Article 2 proportion to the percentage of broken rice; The export refund on rice containing more than 5% of broken rice shall be subject to the reductions Whereas administrative procedures' and particularly shown in the Annex . supervision should be simplified as far as possible especially in order to forestall objections that might Article 3 result from too rigid a system of reductions ;

The destination zones to ' ,be used when varying Whereas in pursuance of the first subparagraph of export refunds on the products listed in Article Article 17 (2 ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and 1 ( 1 ) ( a ) and ( b ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC shall Article 5 of Council Regulation No 366/67/EEC2 be those adopted for export refunds on the products laying down general rules for granting export- refunds listed in Article 1 ( a) and (b) of Council Regulation on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of such No 120/67/EEC of 13 June 19673 on the common refunds,2 the export refund on rice and broken rice organisation of the market in cereals . may. be varied according to use . or destination ; whereas to this end it would be more convenient to group third countries of destination into a number of Article 4 zones as has been done for cereals ; whereas the zones used for cereals may also be used for rice and broken This Regulation shall enter into force on the day rice ; following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .

1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967 , p . 1 . 2 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967,, p . 1 . 3 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p . 2269/67 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 28 September 1967 .

For the Commission

The President

Jean REY

ANNEX

' % reduction Percentage of broken rice of refund

Over 5 and up to 10 2 Over 10 and up to 15 4 Over 15 and up to 20 6 Over 20 and up to 30 15 Over 30 and up to 40 30 Over 40 100