31973R0408

No L 44/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 2. 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 408/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 February 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN where the proportion of broken rice in the rice ex­ COMMUNITIES, ported exceeds that maximum ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC de­ pean Economic Community ; fines the specific criteria to be taken into account Having regard to Council Regulation No when the export refund on rice and broken rice is 359/67/EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­ being calculated ; ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by Whereas the world market situation or the specific the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­ requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ sion of new Member States to the European sary to vary the refund for certain products accord­ Economic Community and the European Atomic ing to destination ; Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular the first sentence of the Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, Committee ; levies should be calculated on the basis of an exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC which are floating or whose central rate differs from provides that the difference between quotations or the official parity, on the effective rate or the prices on the world market for the products listed in central rate of these currencies and, in the case of Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­ the US dollar, on the change in parity announced ducts within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; on 13 February 1973 ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/67/ Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules teria to the present situation on the market in rice for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by broken rice within the Community and on the Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5), provides that when world market that the refund should be fixed at the refunds are being fixed account must be taken of amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; the existing situation and the future trend with re­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ gard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ rice on the Community market on the one hand and agement Committee for Cereals ; prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article provides HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and Article 1 the natural development of prices and trade on the rice market and, furthermore, to take into account The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of the economic aspect of the proposed exports and Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of the need to avoid disturbance of the Community those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, expor­ market ; ted in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6), as amended the Annex to this Regulation. by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the Article 2 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February percentage by which that refund is to be reduced 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 15 February 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

i1) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (») OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (») OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (<) OJ No 174, 31. 7. 1967, p. 34. (8) OJ No 311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13. («) OJ No 241 , 5 . 10. 1967, p. 6. C) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p. 31 .

16 . 2 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 44/ 15

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 15 February 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 :

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

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.