NoL328/58 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.11.91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3484/91
of29November 1991
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainriceproductsexportedinthe
formofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessedagri­
culturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
whicharemanufactured undersimilarconditions ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsandthose
whichusethird-country productsunderinward
processingarrangements ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1806/89(2),andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)thereof, Whereascertainmanufacturesbuyriceflour,forexportin
theformofnon-AnnexIIgoods,whileotherswillthem­
selvestransformbrokenriceintoflour;whereastoensure
equaltreatment,arefundmustalsobefixedforbroken
riceofCNcode10064000;WhereasArticle17(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsofprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thisRegulationandthepriceswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
Whereasintheabsenceofevidencethatnoproduction
refundwasgrantedpursuanttoCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No1009/86of25March1986establishinggeneralrules
applyingtoproductionrefundsinthecerealsandrice
sector(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No3655/90(6),theexportrefundshouldbereducedby
theamountoftheproductionrefundapplicableonthe
dayofacceptanceoftheexportdeclaration ;whereasthis
systemistheonlyonewhichavoidstheriskoffraud;WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3035/80of
11November1980layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treaty,andthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No3381/90(4),specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformotgoodslistedin
AnnexBtoRegulation(EEC)No1418/76;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No565/80of
4March1980ontheadvancepaymentofexportrefunds
inrespectofagriculturalproductsf),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2026/83(8),andCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No3665/87of27November1987laying
downcommondetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemofexportrefundsonagriculturalproducts(9),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1615/90(l0),lay
downrulesontheadvancepaymentofexportrefunds
thatmustbeadheredtowhentheseareadjusted;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthatArticle,
thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticularreferenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustriesin
obtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinquestion
ontheCommunitymarketandthepricesrulingon
theworldmarkets:Whereas,themeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals;
0OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.6.
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL177,24.6.1989,p.1.
(3)OJNoL323,29.11.1980,p.27.(«)OJNoL362,27.12.1990,p.33.
0OJNoL62,7.3.1980,p.5.
(8)OJNoL199,22.7.1983,p.12.
(')OJNoL351,14.12.1987,p.1.
(10)OJNoL152,16.6.1990,p.33. (4)OJNoL327,27.11.1990,p.4.

30.11.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL328/59
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Withoutprejudicetoparagraphs2and3theratesof
therefundsapplicabletobrokenriceexportedinthe
formofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
listedinAnnexBtoRegulation(EEC)No1418/76are
herebyfixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation.
2.FortheproductslistedintheAnnextoRegulation
(EEC)No1009/86,therefundsgivenintheAnnextothis
Regulationshallbeappliedonpresentationofproofthat
thebrokenriceusedinthemanufactureoftheproducts
tobeexportedhasnotbenefitedfromtheproduction
refundprovidedforinthatRegulation,andthatsuch
refundwillnotbeappliedfor.
Theproofreferredtointhefirstsubparagraph isprovided
bythepresentationbytheexporterofadeclarationfrom
theprocessorofthebasicproductinquestionattesting
thatthelatterproducthasnotbenefitedfromaproduc­
tionrefundasprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)
No1009/86,andthatnoapplicationforsuchrefundwill
bemade.3.Whentheproofreferredtoinparagraph2isnot
provided,theexportrefund:
(a)applicableonthedateofacceptanceoftheexport
declarationforthegoods,oronthedayspecifiedin
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,where
therateisnotfixedinadvance;
(b)ofwhichtherateisfixedinadvance,
willbereducedbytheamountoftheproductionrefund
applicablepursuanttoRegulation(EEC)No1009/86to
thebasicproductinquestiononthedayofacceptanceof
theexportdeclarationforthegoods,oronthedayspeci­
fiedinArticle26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,if
thegoodshavebeenplacedundertheexportrefund
advancepaymentarrangements .
Article2
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
2.Attherequestoftheinterestedpartyitshallbe
applicabletoexports,forwhichtheexportdeclarationhas
beenacceptedinthecourseofthemonthofAugust1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1991.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
Vice-President

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31October1991fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom
1August1991tocertainriceproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIIto
theTreaty
CNcode Descriptionofproducts(')Rateofrefund
per100kgofbasic
product
10064000Brokenrice:
—usedunprocessed
—usedintheformof:12,153
——flourofCNcode1102,groatsandmealorpelletsofCN
code1103 ' 12,153
——flakedgrainsofCN1104 7,292
1 ——starchofCNcode11081910 12,153
——other —
(')Thequantitiesofsemi-processed productsusedmustbemultiplied,asthecasemaybebythecoefficientsshownin
AnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No2744/75.