31975R0653

No L 67 /40 14 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 653/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 March 1975 fixing the export refunds on riee and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the world market situation or the specific COMMUNITIES, requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ sary to vary the refund for certain products according Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European to destination ; Economic Community ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a 67/ EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­ period ; tion (EEC) No 476/ 75 (2 ), and in particular the first, sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, 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 (3 ) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds, as last amended by Whereas it follows from applying these rules and Regulation ( EEC) No 478 /75 (4) provides that when criteria to the present situation on the market in rice refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and existing situation and the future trend with regard to broken rice within the Community and on the world 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 other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ opment of prices and trade on the rice market and, ment Committee for Cereals, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­ bance of the Community market ;

Whereas Regulation No 669/67/ EEC (5 ), as amended HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : by Regulation ( EEC) No 1057/68 (6) lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the Article 1 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 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 366/67/ EEC those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported defines the specific criteria to be taken into account in the natural state , are hereby fixed as shown in the when the export refund on rice and broken rice is Annex to this Regulation . being calculated ;

(>) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 . Articlc 2 (2) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 31 . (3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 34. («) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2 . 1975 , p. 34. 5 ) OJ No 241 , 5 . 10 . 1967, p. 6 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 March (") OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7. 1968 , p. 31 . 1 975 .

14 . 3 . 75 No L 67/41 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 13 March 1975 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 13 March 1975 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

(tut. / 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 grain b) Long grain B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I. Semi-milled rice : a) Round grain b) Long grain II . Wholly milled rice : a) Round grain b) Long grain For export to : — Austria , Liechtenstein and Switzerland 1000 — Other third countries 2000 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. N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund , the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .