31979R1909

No L 221 /34 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 8 . 79

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1909/79 of 30 August 1979 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 1418/76 ; whereas the cif forward delivery price is that COMMUNITIES, determined in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1428/76 (5), based, in respect of each month for which the export licence is valid, on the cif Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European price calculated on the basis of offers for shipment Economic Community, during the month of exportation ;

Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No refunds should be calculated on the following basis : 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice ( ! ), as last amended by Regu­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in lation (EEC) No 1 552/79 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 17 (4) thereof, relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 17 (4) of in the previous indent ; Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 provides that the export refund applicable to rice and broken rice on the day on which application for an export licence is Whereas it follows from applying the provisions set made, adjusted for the threshold price which will be out above that the corrective amount applicable on 1 in force during the month of exportation, must be September 1979 must be as set out in the Annex applied on request to exports to be effected during the hereto ; period of validity of the licence ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas Regulation No 474/67/ EEC (3), as amended ment Committee for Cereals, by Regulation (EEC) No 1 397/68 (4), lays down detailed rules for the advance fixing of the export refund on rice and broken rice ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas that Regulation provides that the refund applicable on the day on which application for an export licence is made must, when it is fixed in advance, be reduced by an amount no greater than the Article 1 difference between the cif forward delivery price and the cif price, where the former exceeds the latter by more than 0-30 ECU per tonne ; whereas, on the The corrective amount referred to in Article 17 (4) of other hand, the refund must be increased by an Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 which is applicable to amount no greater than the difference between the cif the export refunds fixed in advance in respect of rice price and the cif forward delivery price, where the and broken rice shall be as set out in the Annex former exceeds the latter by more than 0-30 ECU per hereto . tonne :

Article 2 Whereas the cif price is that determined in accor­ dance with Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September (») OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 1979 . (2) OJ No L 188, 26. 7. 1979, p. 9 . (3) OJ No 204, 24. 8 . 1967, p. 20 . (4) OJ No L 222, 10 . 9 . 1968 , p. 6. (5) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 30 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 August 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 August 1979 fixing the corrective amount applicable to the refund on rice and broken rice

(ECU / tonne)

CCT Current 2nd period 3rd period 1st period heading Description No 9 10 11 12

10.06 Rice : \

A. Paddy rice ; husked rice : I

I. Paddy rice : — — — — a) Round grain — — — — b) Long grain II . Husked rice : ||

— — — — a) Round grain 0 min 21 -00 min 21 00 min 21 00 b) Long grain B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : I. Semi-milled rice : I

— — — — a) Round grain — — — — b) Long grain II . Wholly milled rice : — — — — a) Round grain b) Long grain 0 min 26.00 min 26.00 min 26.00 C. Broken rice — — — —