31973R0664

No L 63 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 3 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 664/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 March 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN percentage by which that refund is to be reduced COMMUNITIES, where the proportion of broken rice in the rice ex­ ported exceeds that maximum ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC de­ 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 (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­ being calculated ; ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­ Whereas the world market situation or the specific sion of new Member States to the European requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ Economic Community and the European Atomic sary to vary the refund for certain products accord­ Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January ing to destination ; 1972, and in particular the first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof ; Whereas the refund must be fixed once -a week ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the basis of an Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC provides that the difference between quotations or exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies prices on the world market for the products listed in which are floating or whose central rate differs from Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­ the official parity, on the effective rate or the ducts within the Community may be covered by an central rate of these currencies and, in the case of export refund ; the US dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 February 1973 ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/67/ EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for teria to the present situation on the market in rice fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and Regulation No 1019/67/EEC (5), provides that when broken rice within the Community and on the refunds are being fixed account must be taken of world market that the refund should be fixed at the the existing situation and the future trend with re­ amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; gard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market on the one hand and Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ prices for rice and broken rice on the world market tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ on the other ; whereas the same Article provides agement Committee for Cereals ; that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on the rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the need to avoid disturbance of the Community market ; Article 1 Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6), as amended The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, expor­ for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the ted in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation. (!) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (s) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . Article 2 (4) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 34. (8) OJ No 311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13 . (6) OJ No 241 , 5 . 10. 1967, p. 6. This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 March (7) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 31 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 1973 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 8 March 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.