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12 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 341 /21

REGULATION (EEC) No 3338/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 December 1973 altering the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN within a band of 2-25 %>, a rate of exchange COMMUNITIES, based on their effective parity ; — for other currencies an exchange rate based on Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given Having regard to Council Regulation No period, in relation to the Community currencies 120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common or­ referred to in the previous subparagraph ; ganization of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1346/73 (2 ), and in parti­ Whereas it follows from applying the rules, criteria cular the second sentence of the fourth subparagraph and other provisions contained in the Regula­ of Article 16 ( 2 ) thereof ; tion (EEC ) No 3241 /73 to rhe information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds Having regard to Council Regulation No at present in force should be altered as shown in the 359/67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common or­ Annex to this Regulation ; ganization of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act (4) annexed to the Treaty (5 ) on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Community and the European Atomic Energy Com­ munity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and Article 1 in particular the second sentence cxf the fourth sub­ paragraph of Article 17 (2 ) thereof ; The export refunds on the products listed in Article Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary 1 ( d ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and in Article 1 Committee ; ( 1 ) ( c) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and subject to Regulation ( EEC ) No 1052/68 ( 7 ), as fixed in the Whereas the export refunds on products processed Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3241 /73 , are hereby from cereals and rice were fixed by Regulation altered to the amounts shown in the Annex to this ( EEC) No 3241 /73 ( 6 ) ; Regulation . Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally , Article 2 refunds should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 Decem­ in relation to each other at any given moment, ber 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 11 December 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117 , 19.6. 1967, p . 2269/67 . (•) OJ No L 141 , 28.5 . 1973 , p . 8 . ( s) OJ No 174 , 31.7. 1967, p . 1 . {*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 . ( 5) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 5 . («) OJ No L 331 , 1 . 12 . 1973 , p . 16 . C ) OJ No L 179, 25 . 7. 1968, p . 8 .

No L 341 /22 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 12 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 December 1973 altering the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

Number Refund in in nomenclature u. a. / 100 kg used for refunds (third countries)

— 11.01 C ( I ) 11.01 C ( II ) — — 11.02 A III ( a ) 11.02 A III ( b ) — — 11.02 B I a ) 1 ( aa ) ( ») — 11.02 B I a ) 1 ( bb ) (») 11.02 B I b ) 1 ( aa ) t 1 ) — — 11.02 B l b ) 1 (bb ) (>) 11.02 C III ( a ) ( 2 ) — 11.02 C III ( b ) ( 2 ) — 11.02 E I b ) 1 ( aa ) — — 11.02 E I b ) 1 ( bb ) 11.07 Alia ) — — 11.07 A II b ) 11.07 B —

(') ' Hulled grains ' are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 821 /68 ( OJ No L 149 , 29 . 6 . 1968 , p. 46). (') ' Pearled grains ' are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 821 /68 ( OJ No L 149 , 29 . 6 . 1968 , p. 46).