31973R0169

No L 21 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 1 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 169/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 January 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice COMMUNITIES , for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ where the proportion of broken rice in the rice ex­ pean Economic Community ; ported exceeds that maximum ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC ( x ) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­ Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC de­ ganisation of the market in rice, as last amended by fines the specific criteria to be taken into account the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3 ) on the Acces­ when the export refund on rice and broken rice is sion of. new Member States to the European being calculated ; Economic Community and the European Atomic Whereas the world market situation or the specific Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ 1972, and in particular the first sentence of the sary to vary the refund for certain products accord­ fourth subparagraph of Article 17 ( 2) thereof ; ing to destination ; Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; provides that the difference between quotations or whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­ Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ ducts within the Community may be covered by- an teria to the present situation on the market in rice export refund ; and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/67/ broken rice within the Community and on the world market that the refund should be fixed at the EEC (4 ) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5), provides that when tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ refunds are being fixed account must be taken of agement Committee for Cereals ; the existing situation and the future trend with re­ gard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : rice on the Community market on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on the world market Article 1 on the other ; whereas the same Article provides The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of the natural development of prices and trade on the those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, expor­ rice market and, furthermore, to take into account ted in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the Annex to this Regulation. the need to avoid disturbance of the Community market ; Article 2 Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6 ), as amended This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 ( 7 ); lays down the 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 January 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(*) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 . (3) OJ No L. 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (4) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34. (5) OJ No 311 , 21 . 12 . 1967, p. 13 . («) OJ No 241 , 5 . 10. 1967, p. 6. ( 7 ) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 31.

26 . 1 . 73 Official journal of the European Communities No L 21 / 15

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 January 1973 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 :

0-100 a) Round grained

0-100 b) Long grained

B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :

I. Semi-milled rice :

0-100 a) Round grained 0-100 b ) Long grained

- II. Wholly milled rice :

a) Round grained 0-100 \ b ) Long grained 0-1-00

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.