31979R0970

No L 122/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 5 . 79

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 970/79

of 17 May 1979

fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN sary to vary the refund for certain products according COMMUNITIES, to destination ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a Economic Community, month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, tion of the market in rice (J), as last amended by Regu­ refunds should be calculated on the following basis : lation (EEC) No 1260/78 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) — in the case of currencies which are maintained in thereof, relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary their effective parity ; Committee, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each provides that the difference between quotations or of these currencies recorded for a given period in prices on the world market for the products listed in relation to the Community currencies referred to Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those in the previous indent ; products within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 March 1979 (5) laid down the coefficient for Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules ECU ; for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that Whereas it follows from applying these rules and when refunds are being fixed account must be taken criteria to the present situation on the market in rice of the existing situation and the future trend with and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken broken rice within the Community and on the world rice on the Community market on the one hand and market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in prices for rice and broken rice on the world market the Annex hereto ; on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation natural development of prices and trade on the rice are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ market and, furthermore, to take into account the ment Committee for Cereals, economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances of the Community market ;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced Article 1 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds that maximum ; The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 of those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, defines the specific criteria to be taken into account exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the when the export refund on rice and broken rice is Annex hereto . being calculated ;

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Article 2 requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 May (•) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 1979 . (*) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 11 . (>) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. 4) OJ No L 154, 15. 6 . 1976, p . 11 . (5) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

(IX. I / tonne )

CCT Amount of heading Description refund No

10.06 Rice : A. Paddy rice ; husked rice : II . Husked rice : a) Round grain b) Long grain for export to : — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland 10900 — Other third countries — 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 as well as destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commis­ sion Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/75 (*) 13600 — Other third countries —

C. Broken rice —

(') OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. I.

NB : The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).