NoL267/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.9.87
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2779/87
of17September1987
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination ;HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1907/87(2),andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraphofArticle17(2)thereof, Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
i
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87f6);
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ;WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixingthe
amountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthatwhenrefundsare
beingfixedaccountmustbetakenoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesandavaila­
bilitiesofriceandbrokenriceontheCommunitymarket
ontheonehandandpricesforriceandbrokenriceon
theworldmarketontheother;whereasthesameArticle
providesthatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibrium
andthenaturaldevelopment ofpricesandtradeonthe
ricemarketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneedto
avoiddisturbancesoftheCommunitymarket;Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto:
WhereastoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(4)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;Whereas,pursuanttoArticle275oftheActofAccession
ofSpainandPortugal,refundsmaybegrantedinthecase
ofexportstoPortugal;whereas,inthelightofthesitua­
tionandthelevelofpricesnorefundshouldbefixedin
thecaseofexportstoPortugal;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhenWhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL182,3.7.1987,p.51.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.^OINoL154.15.6.1976.D.11.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
WOlNoL153.13.6.1987.o.1.

18.9.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL267/15
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.The
refundonexporttoPortugalhasnotbeenfixed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18September
1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17September1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof17September1987fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
refund
ex10.06
248,00Rice:
B.I.Paddyrice;huskedrice:
b)Huskedrice:
1.Roundgrain
2.Longgrain
forexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerlandand
thecommunes ofLivignoand
Campioned'ltalia
—Otherthirdcountries
II.Semi-milledorwhollymilledrice:
a)Semi-milledrice:
1.Roundgrain
2.Longgrain
b)Whollymilledrice:
1.Roundgrain
2.Longgrain
inbulkorpackagedforexportto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,the
communesofLivignoandCampione
d'ltaliaaswellasdestinations
mentionedinArticle5ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No2730/79(')
—Jordan
—zoneI
—Otherthirdcountries
inimmediatepackingsof5kgnetorless
forexportto:
—zonesI,IIb),IVa),IVb)andVI,the
CanaryIslands,CeutaandMelilla310,00
325,00
335,00
340,00—zoneVa)andVIIc),Canada,zoneVIII
exceptSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar
III.Brokenrice
(')OJNoL317,12.12.1979,p.1.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1548/87(OJNoL144,4.6.1987).
Theexportrefundsaretobeconvertedintonationalcurrenciesusingthespecificagriculturalconversionrates
fixedinRegulation(EEC)No3294/86(OJNoL304,30.11.1986).