14.2.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL39/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No316/86
of13February1986
fixingtheexportrefundsonbaledtobaccofromthe1985harvest
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No727/70of
21April1970onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inrawtobacco('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3768/85(2),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle9(1)andthefirstsentenceofthethirdsubpara­
graphofArticle9(2)thereof,
WhereasunderArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No727/70
thedifferencebetweenworldpricesandCommunity
pricesfortheproductsreferredtoinArticle1ofthesaid
Regulationmaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;bedifferentiatedaccordingtotheforminwhichthebaled
tobaccoispresented;whereasforexportsofentirely
threshed(stripped)tobaccoitshouldbespecifiedthatthe
refundistobegrantedonlyonthestrips,notscraps,and
theamountshouldbeincreasedaccordinglytotake
accountoftheresultsofthreshing;whereas,toavoidany
riskofconfusion,thestripsmustmeasureatleast0,5
centimetres ;
Whereasthetradeinthreshed(stripped)tobaccoinvolves
onlyafewtobaccovarieties;whereassomeorientalvarie­
tiesinparticulararenotthreshedonaccountoftheir
smallleafsize;whereastherefundshouldthereforebe
differentiatedonlyforstripsfromvarietieswhichareactu­
allythreshedandthedifferentiatedamountworkedout
byapplyingtothebasicamountsetforunthreshed
tobaccooftheparticularvarietythecoeffiientsetinthe
AnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No410/76of23
February1976,fixingthemaximumpermissibleweight
lossesinconnectionwiththesupervisionofthefirst
processingandmarketpreparationoftobacco(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No886/85(*);
Whereas,toapplytherulesandcriteriareferredtoabove
inthepresentsituationonthemarketintobacco,andin
particularinthelightofCommunityandworldprices,a
refundshouldbefixedfortheproductslistedinthe
Annex,atthelevelsandforthecountriesspecified
therein;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforTobacco,WhereasunderCouncilRegulation(EEC)No326/71of
15February1971layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonrawtobaccoandfixingtheamountof
suchrefunds(3)thegrantingofrefundsmustbelimitedto
baledtobaccoproducedfromleaftobaccoharvestedin
theCommunity ;whereastherefundsmustbefixedfor
eachvarietyproducedintheCommunityinthelightof
thefactorsreferredtoinArticle2(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No326/71:
Whereasforsomevarietiestheoutletsareverylimitedor
involvehightransportcosts;whereas,moreover,some
thirdcountriesexportingtobaccochargepriceswhich
haveamarkedeffectonthecompetitivepositionof
Communitytobacco;whereasArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No326/71foreseescriteriatobetakeninto
accountintheassessmentoftheexceptionalcases
referredtointhesecondsubparagraphofArticle9(1)of
Regulation(EEC)No727/70;whereasinviewofthe
abovementioned situationitmaybeconcludedthatthese
circumstances constituteexceptionalcaseswhichthere­
forejustifytherefundbeingfixedoutsidethelimitsspeci­
fiedinthesecondsubparagraphofArticle9(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No727/70;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thelistofvarietiesofbaledtobaccofromthe1985
harvestonwhichtheexportrefundreferredtoinArticle
9ofRegulation(EEC)No727/70istobegranted,the
amountoftherefundandthecountriesofdestination
shallbeasspecifiedintheAnnex.
Therefundshallbegrantedonbaledtobaccopresented
inoneofthefollowingtwoforms:Whereas,asaresultofprogressinprocessingandmarket
preparation,anincreasinglylargepartofCommunity
productionofcertainvarietiesoftobaccoisbeing
exportedintheformofthreshed(stripped)tobacco;
whereas,consequently ,theamountoftherefundshould
(')OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.h)OJNoL39,17.2.1971,p.1.(4)OJNoL50,26.2.1976,p.11.
OOJNoL96,3.4.1985,p.10.

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(a)tobaccointheformofwholeorcut(notstripped)
leavesfallingwithinheadingNo24.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(column3),
(b)threshed(totallystripped)tobaccointheformofstrips
measuringatleast0,50centimetres ,fallingwithin
headingNo24.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff
(column4).Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyuntil31December1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX
(enÉcus/kg)
Serial
NumberVarietyAmount
oftherefund
ontobacco
intheformof
wholeorcut
(unstripped)
leaves
(Article1(2)(a))Amount
oftherefund
onthreshed
(totallystripped)
tobacco
(Article1(2)(b))Countriesofdestination
1 2 03 4 5
1BadischerGeudertheimer l0,34 0,47V
2BadischerBurleyE \0,34 0,47J
3
4VirginD
(a)Paraguay
(b)Dragonvertandhybridsthereof,Philippin,Petit
Grammont (Flobecq),Semois,Appelterre0,30
0,34
0,340,42
0,47
0,47/Allthirdcountries
J
7Bright l0,30 0,42\
8
9BurleyI
Maryland I0,30
0,300,42
0,42/AllthirdcountriesexcepttheUnited
/StatesandCanada
10Kentucky l0,44 0,61'
11(a)ForchheimerHavanaIIc)l0,34 0,47 Allthirdcountries
13Xanti-Yaka \0,44—\
14(a)Perustitza
(b)Samsun I0,44
0,30—fAllthirdcountriesexcepttheUnited
^StatesandCanada
15Erzegovina 0,44—)
16(a)RoundTip
(b)Scafati
c)SumatraI0,72— AllthirdcountriesexcepttheUnited
StatesandCanada
17Basmas 0,34—
1■
18Kateriniandsimilarvarieties 0,34—
19(a)KabaKoulakclassic
(b)Elassona0,34
0,34—
20(a)KabaKoulaknonclassic
(b)MyrodataSmyrne,Trapezous,andPhiI0,44
0,44—AllthirdcountriesexceptTurkeyand
1Yugoslavia
21MyrodataAgrinion 0,44—
22Zichnomyrodata 0,34—\
23Tsebelia 0,44 0,61l
24Mavra 0,44—1
25
26BurleyGR
VirginiaGR0,30
0,300,42
0,42)AllthirdcountriesexcepttheUnited
(StatesandCanada