NoL81/50 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.3.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No802/88
of25March1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3990/87(2),andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraphofArticle17(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixingthe
amountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthatwhenrefundsare
beingfixedaccountmustbetakenoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesandavaila­
bilitiesofriceandbrokenriceontheCommunitymarket
ontheonehandandpricesforriceandbrokenriceon
theworldmarketontheother;whereasthesameArticle
providesthatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibrium
andthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeonthe
ricemarketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneedto
avoiddisturbancesoftheCommunitymarket;
WhereastoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(4)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated:Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,followingtheintroductionofthecombined
nomenclature byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2658/87(*),thenomenclature applicablefrom1January
1988toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasesta­
blishedbyRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(«);
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85f),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(*);
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle275oftheActofAccession
ofSpainandPortugal,refundsmaybegrantedinthecase
ofexportstoPortugal;whereas,inthelightofthesitua­
tionandthelevelofpricesnorefundshouldbefixedin
thecaseofexportstoPortugal;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
0OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(«)OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(«)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.15.
OOJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.0OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.

26.3.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL81/51
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionofthoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetputintheAnnexhereto.The
refundonexporttoPortugalhasnotbeenfixed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25March1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

NoL81/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.3.88
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25March1988fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefund
10062010000
10062090000 01 224,00
02 —
10063011000 — —
10063019000 — —
10063091000 — —
10063099100 01 280,00
03 306,00
\ 05 306,00
\ 06 311,00
07 311,00
I 08 306,00
09 306,00
10 311,00
11 311,00
12 311,00
13 280,00
14 311,00
10063099900 01 280,00
13 280,00
10064000000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'Italia
02ThirdcountriesotherthanAustria,Liechtenstein ,SwitzerlandandthecommunesofLivignoandCampione
d'Italie
03ZoneI
04ThirdcountriesotherthanAustria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampione
d'ItalieandcountriesofZoneI
05ZoneIIb)
06ZoneIVa)
07ZoneIVb)
08ZoneVI
09CanaryIslands,CeutaandMelilla
10ZoneVa)
11ZoneVIIc)
12Canada
13DestinationsmentionedinArticle5ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2730/79(OJNoL317,
12.12.1979,p.1)
14ZoneVIII,exceptSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No296/88(OJNoL30,2.2.1988).
Theexportrefundsaretobeconvertedintonationalcurrenciesusingthespecificagriculturalconversionrates
fixedinamendedRegulation(EEC)No3294/86(OJNoL304,30.10.1986).