31973R3166

No L 322/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 11 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3166/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 22 November 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN when the export refund on rice and broken rice is COMMUNITIES , being calculated ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ sary to vary the refund for certain products according 67/EEC (1) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ to destination ; tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; new Member ' States to the European Economic whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­ refunds should be calculated on the following basis : paragraph of Article 1 7 (2) thereof ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Committee ; relation to each other, at any given moment, Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based provides that the difference between quotations or on their effective parity ; prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the products within the Community may be covered by arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each an export refund ; of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 366/ in the previous subparagraph ; 67/EEC (4) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for Whereas it follows from applying these rules and fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by criteria to the present situation on the market in rice Regulation No 1019/67/ EEC (5), provides that when and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the broken rice within the Community and on the world existing situation and the future trend with regard to market that the refund should be fixed at the amounts prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; Community market on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­ ment Committee for Cereals, opment of prices and trade on the rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­ bance of the Community market ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Regulation No 669/67/EEC (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/68 (7), lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice Article 1 for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of exported exceeds that maximum ; Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/EEC in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the defines the specific criteria to be taken into account Annex to this Regulation .

(») OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . P) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5. Article 2 (4) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 34. (») OJ No 311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13 . (') OJ No 241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p. 6. This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 (7) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 31 November 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 22 November 1973 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice (u.a.ltOO 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

C. Broken rice —

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.