31984R2756

No L 260/48 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 9 . 84

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2756/84 of 28 September 1984

fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas the world market situation or the specific COMMUNITIES, requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European destination ; Economic Community, Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, (EEC) No 1 025/84 (2), and in particular the first refunds should be calculated on the following basis : sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on Committee, their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 No 974/71 , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) provides that the difference between quotations or No 855/ 84, prices on the world market for the products listed in — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of products within the Community may be covered by an these currencies recorded for a given period in export refund ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­ Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No cient ; 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing Whereas it follows from applying these rules and the amount of such refunds (3), 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 as set out in prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market on the one hand and prices for the Annex hereto ; rice and broken rice on the world market on the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also are in accordance with die opinion of the Management important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­ Committee for Cereals, 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 ;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (*) lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 of Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported defines the specific criteria to be taken into account in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex when the export refund on rice and broken rice is hereto. being calculated ;

Article 2 (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13. (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October (4) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 . 1984.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 September 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 September 1984 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 108,00 — 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 (') 135,00 — Zone I — Other third countries III. Broken rice

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

NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3634/83 (OJ No L 360, 23. 12. 1983).