31982R0697

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 697/82 of 25 March 1982 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 COMMUNITIES , defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calculated ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No destination ; 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a of the market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening Accession of Greece (2), and in particular the first period ; sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof, Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Committee, relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the provides that the difference between quotations or arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of prices on the world market for the products listed in these currencies recorded for a given period in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those relation to the Community currencies referred to products within the Community may be covered by an in the previous indent ; export refund ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in rice Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for broken rice within the Community and on the world granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when the Annex hereto ; refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Community market on the one hand and prices for Committee for Cereals, rice and broken rice on the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­ 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 disturb­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ances of the Community market ;

Article 1 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex where the proportion of broken rice in the rice hereto . exported exceeds that maximum ;

Article 2 (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p . 17. (3) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p . 36 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March (4) OJ No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p. 11 . 1982 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 March 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 1982 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

(ECU / tonne) CCT Amount of heading Description refund No

ex 10.06 Rice : B. I. Paddy rice ; husked rice : b) Husked rice :

— 1 . Round grain 2. Long grain for export to : — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia 90-00 — Other third countries — II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : a) Semi-milled rice :

— 1 . Round grain — 2. Long grain b) Wholly milled rice :

— 1 . Round grain 2. Long grain for export to : — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d' Italia as well as destinations mentioned in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 Q 112-50 — Zone I 145-00 — Other third countries — III . Broken rice —

(■) OJ No L 25, 17. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .

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