31984R3375

No L 313 / 52 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 12 . 84

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3375 / 84 of 30 November 1984 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN to vary the refund for certain products according to COMMUNITIES , destination ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for pack­ aged long grain rice to accommodate current demand Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No for the product on certain markets ; 1418 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a (EEC) No 1 025/84 (2), and in particular the first month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) period ; 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 Committee, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on provides that the difference between quotations or their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient prices on the world market for the products listed in provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those No 974/71 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) products within the Community may be covered by an No 855/84 (6), export refund ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No these currencies recorded for a given period in 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for relation to the Community currencies referred to granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­ the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when cient ; refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to Whereas it follows from applying these rules and prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the criteria to the present situation on the market in rice Community market on the one hand and prices for and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and rice and broken rice on the world market on the broken rice within the Community and on the world other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­ the Annex hereto ; opment of prices and trade on the rice market and, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect are in accordance with the opinion of the Management of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturb­ Committee for Cereals, ances of the Community market ;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice Article 1 exported exceeds that maximum ; The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of defines the specific criteria to be taken into account those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported when the export refund on rice and broken rice is in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex being calculated ; hereto .

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Article 2 requirements of certain markets may make it necessary This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1984 . (') 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. 0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 154, 15 . 6. 1976, p. 11 . 0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 November 1984. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

No L 313/54 1 . 12 . 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 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' ltalia 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 in bulk or packaged for export to : — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d' ltalia as well as destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (') 135,00 — Zone I — — Other third countries — i in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less for export to : — Zones I, II b) and VI 150,00 — Zones V a) 160,00 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).