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27 . 10 . 84 No L 283/ 5 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2998 /84 of 25 October 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 destination ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 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 1025/84 (2), and in particular the first refunds should be calculated on the following basis : 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 central rate, multiplied by the coefficient Committee, provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 No 855/84 (6), 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, and the aforesaid coeffi­ cient ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for Whereas it follows from applying these rules and granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing criteria to the present situation on the market in rice the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the broken rice within the Community and on the world existing situation and the future trend with regard to market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the the Annex hereto ; Community market on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also Committee for Cereals, 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 export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced 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 hereto . Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account Article 2 when the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calculated ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1984 . (') OJ No L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6 . 1976 , p. 36 . 0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p. 11 . 4 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .

No L 283 / 6 27 . 10 . 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 25 October 1984 .

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 1984 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

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

ex 10.06 Rice : I

B. I. Paddy rice ; husked rice : l b) Husked rice : I

— 1 . Round grain 2. Long grain l for export to : I — Austria, Liechtenstein , Switzerland and I the communes of Livigno and I Campione d' ltalia 108,00 — Other third countries — II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice : l a) Semi-milled rice : \

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

— 1 . Round grain 2. Long grain l for export to : I — Austria, Liechtenstein , Switzerland, the I communes of Livigno and Campione I d' ltalia as well as destinations I mentioned in Article 5 of Commission I 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).