COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3685/92 of 17 December 1992 fixing the export refunds on baled tobacco from the 1992 harvest

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 860/92 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 9 (1) and the first sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 9 (2) thereof,

Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 the difference between world prices and Community prices for the products referred to in Article 1 of the said Regulation may be covered by an export refund;

Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 of 15 February 1971 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on raw tobacco and fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1977/87 (4), the granting of refunds must be limited to baled tobacco produced from leaf tobacco harvested in the Community; whereas the refunds must be fixed for each variety produced in the Community in the light of the factors referred to in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 326/71;

Whereas for some varieties the outlets are very limited or involve high transport costs; whereas, moreover, some third countries exporting tobacco charge prices which have a marked effect on the competitive position of Community tobacco; whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 foresees criteria to be taken into account in the assessment of the exceptional cases referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70; whereas in view of the abovementioned situation it may be concluded that these circumstances constitute exceptional cases which therefore justify the refund being fixed outside the limits specified in the second subparagraph of Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70;

Whereas, as a result of progress in processing and market preparation, an increasingly large part of Community production of certain varieties of tobacco is being exported in the form of threshed (stripped) tobacco; whereas, consequently, the amount of the refund should be differentiated according to the form in which the baled tobacco is presented; whereas for exports of entirely threshed (stripped) tobacco it should be specified that the refund is to be granted only on the strips, not scraps, and the amount should be increased accordingly to take account of the results of threshing; whereas, to avoid any risk of confusion, the strips must measure at least 0,5 centimetres;

Whereas the trade in threshed (stripped) tobacco involves only a few tobacco varieties; whereas some oriental varieties in particular are not threshed on account of their small leaf size; whereas the refund should therefore be differentiated only for strips from varieties which are actually threshed and the differentiated amount worked out by applying to the basic amount set for unthreshed tobacco of the particular variety the coefficient set in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 410/76 of 23 February 1976 fixing the maximum permissible weight losses in connection with the supervision of the first processing and market preparation of tobacco (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 841/92 (6);

Whereas, to apply the rules and criteria referred to above in the present situation on the market in tobacco, and in particular in the light of Community and world prices, a refund should be fixed for the products listed in the Annex, at the levels and for the countries specified therein;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The list of varieties of baled tobacco from the 1992 harvest on which the export refund referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is to be granted, the amount of the refund and the countries of destination shall be as specified in the Annexes.

The refund shall be granted on baled tobacco presented in one of the following two forms:

(a) tobacco in the form of whole or cut (not stripped) leaves falling within CN code ex 2401 10 (Annex I);

(b) threshed (totally stripped) tobacco in the form of strips measuring at least 0,5 centimetres, falling within CN code ex 2401 20 (Annex II).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1993.

It shall apply until 31 December 1993, for those exports where the customs export certificate has been accepted:

- as from 1 January 1993, for varieties No 3 Virgin D, No 7 Bright, No 31 Virginia E and No 33 Virginia P,

- as from 1 July 1993 for the other varieties. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1992. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 91, 7. 4. 1992, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 39, 17. 2. 1971, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 55. (5) OJ No L 50, 26. 2. 1976, p. 11. (6) OJ No L 88, 3. 4. 1992, p. 31.

ANNEX I

(ECU/kg)

Serial

No Variety Product

code Amount of the refund

on tobacco in the form

of whole or cut

(unstripped) leaves

(Article 1 (2) (a)) Countries

of

destination

(1) 1 Badischer Geudertheimer 2401 10 70 0102 0,34 01 2 Badischer Burley E 2401 10 20 0202 0,34 01 3 Virgin D 2401 10 10 0302 0,30 02 4 (a) Paraguay (Zones A and C) 2401 10 70 0412 0,21 01 (b) Dragon vert and hybrids thereof, Philippin, Petit-Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre 2401 10 70 0422 0,34 01 7 Bright 2401 10 80 0702 0,25 02 8 Burley I 2401 10 20 0802 0,25 02 9 Maryland 2401 10 30 0902 0,30 02 10 Kentucky 2401 10 41 1002 0,44 02 11 (a) Forchheimer Havana II c), e) Hybrids of Badischer Geudertheimer 2401 10 70 1112 0,21 01 13 Xanti-Yaka 2401 10 60 1302 0,35 03 14 (a) Perustiza 2401 10 60 1412 0,35 03 (b) Samsun 2401 10 60 1422 0,25 03 15 Erzegovina 2401 10 60 1502 0,35 03 17 Basmas 2401 10 60 1702 0,34 03 18 Katerini and similar varieties 2401 10 60 1802 0,34 03 19 (a) Kaba Koulak classic 2401 10 60 1912 0,32 03 (b) Elassona 2401 10 60 1922 0,32 03 20 (a) Kaba Koulak non classic 2401 10 60 2012 0,41 03 (b) Myrodata Smyrne, Trapezous, and Phi I 2401 10 60 2022 0,41 03 21 Myrodata Agrinion 2401 10 60 2102 0,41 03 22 Zichnomyrodata 2401 10 60 2202 0,32 03 23 Tsebelia 2401 10 60 2302 0,27 03 24 Mavra 2401 10 60 2402 0,27 03 25 Burley EL 2401 10 20 2502 0,30 02 27 Santa Fé 2401 10 70 2702 0,34 01 28 Burley fermenté 2401 10 70 2802 0,34 01 29 Havana E 2401 10 70 2902 0,34 01 31 Virginia E 2401 10 10 3102 0,20 02 32 Burley E 2401 10 20 3202 0,30 02 33 Virginia P 2401 10 10 3302 0,30 02 34 Burley P 2401 10 20 3402 0,30 02

(1) 01 All third countries.

02 All third countries except the United States and Canada.

03 All third countries except Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republics of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia.

ANNEX II

(ECU/kg)

Serial

No Variety Product

code Amount of the refund

on threshed

(totally stripped) tobacco

(Article 1 (2) (b)) Countries

of

destination

(1) 1 Badischer Geudertheimer 2401 20 70 0102 0,47 01 2 Badischer Burley E 2401 20 20 0202 0,47 01 3 Virgin D 2401 20 10 0302 0,42 02 4 (a) Paraguay 2401 20 70 0412 0,29 01 (b) Dragon and hybrids thereof, Philippin, Petit-Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre 2401 20 70 0422 0,47 01 7 Bright 2401 20 80 0702 0,36 02 8 Burley I 2401 20 20 0802 0,42 02 9 Maryland 2401 20 30 0902 0,42 02 10 Kentucky 2401 20 41 1002 0,61 02 11 (a) Forchheimer Havana II c), e) Hybrids of Badischer Geudertheimer 2401 20 70 1112 0,29 01 23 Tsebelia 2401 20 60 2302 0,37 03 24 Mavra 2401 20 60 2402 0,37 03 25 Burley EL 2401 20 20 2502 0,42 02 27 Santa Fé 2401 20 70 2702 0,47 01 28 Burley fermenté 2401 20 70 2802 0,47 01 29 Havana E 2401 20 70 2902 0,47 01 31 Virginia E 2401 20 10 3102 0,28 02 32 Burley E 2401 20 20 3202 0,42 02 33 Virginia P 2401 20 10 3302 0,42 02 34 Burley P 2401 20 20 3402 0,42 02

(1) 01 All third countries.

02 All third countries except the United States and Canada.

03 All third countries except Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the Yugoslav Republics of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia.