30.4.88OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL111/51
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1183/88
of29April1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
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:Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination;
WhereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedJorpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,followingtheintroductionofthecombined
nomenclature byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2658/87(*),thenomenclatureapplicablefrom1January
1988toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasesta­
blishedbyRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(%
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:■
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(8);
—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,
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.15.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.0OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.0OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(6)OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

NoL111/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.4.88
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionofthoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.The
refundonexporttoPortugalhasnotbeenfixed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29April1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

30.4.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL111/53
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29April1988fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefund
10062010000
10062090000 01 224,00
l02 —
10063011000 — —
10063019000'— —
10063091000: —
10063099100 01 280,00
03 300,00
\ 05 300,00
06 305,00
07 305,00
I 08 300,00
09 300,00
10 305,00
11 305,00
I 12 305,00
13 280,00
I14 305,00
10063099900 01 280,00
13 280,00
10064000000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia
02ThirdcountriesotherthanAustria,Liechtenstein ,SwitzerlandandthecommunesofLivignoandCampione
d'ltalie
03ZoneI
04ThirdcountriesotherthanAustria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampione
d'ltalieandcountriesofZoneI
05ZoneIIb)
06ZoneIVa)
07ZoneIVb)
08ZoneVI
09CanaryIslands,CeutaandMelilla
10ZoneVa)
11ZoneVIIc)
12Canada
13DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87(OJNoL351,14.12.
1987,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).