31973R0331

No L 37/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 2 . 73

REGULATION (EEC ) No 331 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 February 1973 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN difference between the cif price and the cif for­ COMMUNITIES, ward delivery price, where the former exceeds the latter by more than 0-025 unit of account per 100 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ kilogrammes ; pean Economic Community ; Whereas the cif price is that determined in accor­ Having regard to Council Regulation No dance with Article 16 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­ 359/ 67/EEC ; whereas the cif forward delivery ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by price is that determined in accordance with Article 3 the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­ (2) of Regulation No 365/67/EEC (6), as last sion of new Member States to the European Eco­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2435/70 (7), nomic Community and the European Atomic Energy based, in respect of each month for which the ex­ Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, port licence is valid, on the cif price calculated on and in particular the first subparagraph of Article the basis of offers for shipment during the month of 17 (4) thereof ; exportation ; Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 17 (4) of Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­ Regulation No 359/67/EEC provides that the export sions that the corrective amount applicable on refund applicable to rice and broken rice on the day 9 February 1973 must be fixed as shown in the on which application for an export licence is made, Table annexed to this Regulation; adjusted for the threshold price which will be in force during the month of exportation, must be ap­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­ plied on request to exports to be effected during the lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the period of validity of the licence ; Management Committee for Cereals ;

Whereas Regulation No 474/67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1397/68 (5), lays down de­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tailed rules for the advance fixing of the export re­ Article 1 fund on rice and broken rice ; The corrective amount referred to in Article 17 (4) Whereas that Regulation provides that the refund applicable on the day on which application for an of Regulation No 359/67/EEC which is applicable export licence is made must, when it is fixed in ad­ to the export refunds fixed in advance in respect of vance, be reduced by an amount no greater than the rice and broken rice is hereby fixed as shown in the difference between the cif forward delivery price Table annexed to this Regulation . and the cif price, where the former exceeds the lat­ Article 2 ter by more than 0-025 unit of account per 100 kilo­ grammes ; whereas, on the other hand, the refund This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 February must be increased by an amount no greater than the 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 8 February 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 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 20. ( °) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 32 . (B) OJ No L 222, 10. 9 . 1968 , p. 6. ( 7 ) OJ No L 262 , 3 . 12 . 1970, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 8 February 1973 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on rice and broken rice

(u.a. /100 kg) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5 th CCT Current heading period period period period period Description of goods No 2 3 4 5 6 7

10.06 Rice :

A. Paddy rice ; husked rice :

I. Paddy rice : a) Round grained h ) Long grained II . Husked rice : a ) Round grained b ) Long grained

B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I. Semi-milled rice : a ) Round grained b ) Long grained II . Wholly milled rice : a ) Round grained b ) Long grained

C. Broken rice