CELEX: 31991R1448
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1448/91 of 30 May 1991 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

31 . 5. 91                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 137/43
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1448/91
                                                         of 30 May 1991
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                  long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                  product on certain markets ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
                                                                  whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
 market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 No 1806/89 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                       tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                       rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation         (EEC) No 1418/76              the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
 provides that the difference between    quotations or prices          tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (5), as last amended by Regula­
 on the world market for the products    listed in Article 1 of        tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (6) ;
 that Regulation and prices for those    products within the
 Community may be covered by an          export refund ;          — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                       average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                      Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the
 amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are       Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
 being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­         to the present situation on the market in rice and in
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­      particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market          within the Community and on the world market, that the
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on            refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
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 the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to           Committee for Cereals,
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                                              Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when       Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those
the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­         listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
lated ;                                                           natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary                                     Article 2
the refund for certain products according to destination ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1991 .
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                              0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(j OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                              (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 30 May 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1991 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken
                                                            rice
                                                                                              (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                    Amount
                        Product code                    Destination (')            of refunds
                       1006 20 11 000                         —
                                                                                       —
                       1006 20 13 000                         01                     188,32
                       1006 20 15 000                         01                     188,32
                       1006 20 17 000                         —                        —
                       1006 20 92 000                         —
                                                                                       —
                       1006 20 94 000                         01                     188,32
                       1006 20 96 000                         01                     188,32
                       1006 20 98 000                        —                         —
                       1006 30 21 000                        —
                                                                                       —
                       1006 30 23 000                        01                      188,32
                       1006 30 25 000                        01                      188,32
                      1006 30 27 000                         —
                                                                                       —
                      1006 30 42 000
                                               I-                                      —
                      1006 30 44 000                         01                      188,32
                      1006 30 46 000                         01                      188,32
                      1006 30 48 000                         —
                                                                                       —
                      1006 30 61 000                         —
                                                                                       —
                      1006 30 63 100                         01                      235,40
            l                                                05                     241,49
                                                             06                     246,40
            l                                                09                     241,49
                                                             12                     246,40
                                                             13                     235,40
                      1006 30 63 900                         01                     235,40
                                                             13                     235,40
                      1006 30 65 100                         01                     235,40
                                                             05                     241,49               /
                                                             06                     246,40               '
                                                             09                     241,49
            \                                                12                     246,40
                                                             13                     235,40
                      1006 30 65 900                         01                     235,40
                                                             13                     235,40
                      1006 30 67 100                        -
                                                                                      —
                      1006 30 67 900                                                  —
                      1006 30 92 000                        07                        —
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                                                                                                                 (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                                        Amount
                            Product code                         Destination (')                      of refunds
                          1006 30 94 100                               01                                 235,40
                                                                       05                                241,49
            !                                                          06                                246,40
                                                                       09                                 241,49
                                                                       12                                 246,40
                                                                       13                                 235,40
                          1006 30 94 900                               01                                 235,40
                                                                       07                                   —
                                                                       13                                 235,40
                          1006 30 96 100                               01                                 235,40
                                                                       05                                 241,49
                                                                       06                                 246,40
            \                                                          09                                 241,49
                                                                       12                                 246,40
            I                                                          13                                 235,40
                          1006 30 96 900                               01                                 235,40
                                                                       07                                   —
                                                                       13                                 235,40
                          1006 30 98 100                               —                                    —
                          1006 30 98 900                               —
                                                                                                            —
                          1006 40 00 000                               —
                                                                                                            —
              (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                  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 Zones I, II, III and VI,
                  06 Zones IV a), IV b), V a), VII a) and VIII exclusing Surinam, de Guyana and Madagascar,
                  07 Bulgaria and Romania,
                  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 ),                                                                      j
                  14 Zone VIII, except Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar,
                  15 Zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VIII, except Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar.
              NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ
                     No L 134, 28. 5. 1977, p. 35), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/89 (JO No L 292,
                     11 . 10. 1989, p. 10).