31982R2095

No L 221 / 36 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 7 . 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2095/82 of 29 July 1982

fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN when the export refund on rice and broken rice is COMMUNITIES, being calculated ;

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European requirements of certain markets may make it necessary Economic Community, to vary the refund for certain products according to destination ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 provides that the difference between quotations or — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the prices on the world market for the products listed in arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those these currencies recorded for a given period in products within the Community may be covered by an relation to the Community currencies referred to export refund ; in the previous indent ;

Whereas it follows from applying these rules and Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No criteria to the present situation on the market in rice 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing broken rice within the Community and on the world the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the the Annex hereto ; existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Community market on the one hand and prices for are in accordance with the opinion of the Management rice and broken rice on the world market on the Committee for Cereals, 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 ances of the Community market ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in Article 1 rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of exported exceeds that maximum ; those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 hereto . defines the specific criteria to be taken into account

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 1 August (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, 29 July 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1982 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken nee

(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 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (') 112-50 — Zone I 145-00 — Other third countries — III . Broken rice —

(') OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p . 1 .

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