31974R1337

31 . 5 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 146/23

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1337/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 May 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC COMMUNITIES, defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the export refund on rice and broken rice is Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European being calculated ; Economic Community ; Whereas the world market situation or the specific Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ 67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ sary to vary the refund for certain products according tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the to destination ; Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; Community and the European Atomic Energy whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­ Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, paragraph of Article 1 7 (2) thereof ; refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in 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 f(or 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 Article 1 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of percentage by which that refund is to be reduced Regulation No 359/67/EEC with the exception of where the proportion of broken rice in the rice those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported exported exceeds that maximum ; in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the (') OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . Annex to this Regulation . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. P) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (4) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 34. Article 2 (5) OJ No 311 , 21 . 12. 1967, p. 13. (<) OJ No 241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p. 6. (7) OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 31 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1974. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1974 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice (u.a.1100 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 t

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.