CELEX: 31987R3268
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3268/87 of 30 October 1987 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

31 . 10 . 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 309/35
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3268 /87
                                         *                 of 30 October 1987
                                        fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
                                                                        lated ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                     Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                        rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                        the refund for certain products according to destination ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                        Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76                   long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                       product on certain markets ;
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1907/87 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                          Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
                                                                        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                         refunds should be calculated on the following basis : .
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation              (EEC) No 1418 /76
 provides that the difference between         quotations or prices
 on the world market for the products         listed in Article 1 of    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 that Regulation and prices for those         products within the            tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 Community may be covered by an               export refund ;                of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                             rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                             the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                            tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                      tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 (6) ;
 granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the
 amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­                 these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
 bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market                    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on                      previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article
 provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium
 and the natural development of prices and trade on the                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
 rice market and, furthermore , to take into account the                 to the present situation on the market in rice and in
 economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to                 particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
 avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                            within the Community and on the world market, that the
                                                                         refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto :
 Whereas to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)
 lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                         Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
 allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and                 of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
 specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be                  of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
 reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                 tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                         the case of exports to Portugal ;
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1431 /76
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                         in accordance with the opinion of' the Management
                                                                         Committee for Cereals,
 (') OJ  No   L  166, 25 . 6 . 1976 , p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No   L  182, 3 . 7 . 1987 , p. 51 .
 (3) OJ  No   L  166, 25 . 6 . 1976, p. 36 .                             o OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No   L  154, 15 . 6 . 1976, p. 11 .                             (") OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. The
                                                               refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed.
                          Article 1
                                                                                         *
                                                                                          Article 2               '
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 with the exception of those       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the     1987 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 30 October 1987.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
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                                                                       ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 October 1987 fixing the export refunds on nee and
                                                                     broken rice
                                                                                                                       (ECU / tonne)
                        CCT
                                                                                                                    Amount of
                      heading                                          Description                                     refund
                         No
               ex 10.06                 Rice :
                                        B.   I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                                  b) Husked rice :
                                                      1 . Round grain                                                    —
                                                      2 . Long grain
             l                                            for export to :
                                                          — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and
             I                                                the communes of             Livigno      and
                                                              Campione d'ltalia                                        236,00
                                                          — Other third countries                                        —
                                             II . Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                                   a) Semi-milled rice :
                                                      1 . Round grain                                                     —
                                                      2. Long grain                                                       —
                                                   b) Wholly milled rice :
                                                      1 . Round grain                                                     —
                                                      2 . Long grain
                                                          in bulk or packaged for export to :
                                                          — Austria, Liechtenstein , Switzerland, the
                                                               communes of Livigno and Campione                 l
                                                               d' ltalia   as     well as     destinations
                                                               mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                               Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (')                          295,00
                                                          — Jordan                                                        —
                                                          — zone I                                                        —
                                                          — Other third countries                                         —
             \                                             in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                           for export to :
                                                           — zones I, II b), IV a), and VI, the Canary
             I                                                 Islands, Ceuta and Melilla                               320,00
                                                           — zones IV b), V a) and VII c), Canada,
                                                               zone VIII except Surinam, Guyana and
                                                               Madagascar                                               325,00
                                             III . Broken rice                                                            —
                (') OJ No L 317, 12. 12 . 1979, p. 1 .
                NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977), as last
                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1548 /87 (OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987).
                      The export refunds are to be converted into national currencies using the specific agricultural conversion rates
                      fixed in Regulation ( EEC) No 3294/86 (OJ No L 304, 30. 11 . 1986).