CELEX: 31988R3003
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3003/88 of 29 September 1988 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 270/84                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    30 . 9 . 88
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3003/88
                                                       of 29 September 1988
                                     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 2229/88 (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 1636/87 («);
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                     Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when           delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
                                                                       chairman,
 (') OJ No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p.  1.
 0   OJ No   L  197, 26. 7. 1988, p.  30.
 (3) OJ No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p.  36.                                  <JJ NO L 1 64, Z*. b. 1      p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No  L  154, 15. 6. 1976, p.  11 .                             (6) 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 30 September
listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the     1988 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 29 September 1988.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 29 September 1988 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                 broken rice
                                                                                                                       (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                                            Amount
                             Product code                        Destination (')                           of refund
                           1006 20 10 000            \                                                         _
                           1006 20 90 000                              01                                    189,60
            l                                                          02                                      —
                           1006 30 1 1 000                             —                                       —
                           1006 30 19 000                              —                                       —
                           1006 30 91 000                              —                                       —
                           1006 30 99 100                              01                                    237,00
            l                                                          03                                    267,00
                                                                       05                                    267,00
            I                                                          06                                    272,00
            I                                                          07                                    272,00
                                                                       08                                    267,00
                                                                       09                                    267,00
            \                                                          10                                    272,00
                                                                       11                                    272,00
            I                                                          12                                    272,00
                                                                       13                                    237,00
            I                                                          14                                    272,00
                           1006 30 99 900                              01                                    237,00
                                                                       13                                    237,00
                           1006 40 00 000                              —                                       —
              (') The destinations are identified as follows :                                         r
                  01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia
                  02 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the communes of Livigno and Campione
                      d'ltalie
                  03 Zone I
                  04 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione
                      d'ltalie and countries of Zone I
                  05 Zone II b)
                  06 Zone IV a)
                  07 Zone IV b)
                  08 Zone VI
                  09 Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
                  10 Zone V a)                                         >
                  11 Zone VII c)
                  12 Canada
                  13 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12.
                      1987, p. 1 )
                  14 Zone VIII, except Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar.
              (2) The amount is applicable to medium-grain and long-grain rice, as defined in paragraph 2 of Annex A of Regula­
                  tion (EEC) No 1418/76, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3877/87 (OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1987).
               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 296/88 (OJ No L 30, 2. 2. 1988).
                     The export refunds are to be converted into national currencies using the specific agricultural conversion rates
                     fixed in amended Regulation (EEC) No 3294/86 (OJ No L 304, 30. 10. 1986).
                     The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.