CELEX: 31988R3704
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3704/88 of 28 November 1988 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 325/20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 11 . 88
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3704/88
                                                        of 28 November 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
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 the refund for certain products according to destination ;
  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 (1), 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,
  Whereas Article 17 of Regulation          (EEC) No 1418/76         refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
  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
  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.
  0   OJ  No  L  197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30.
  (3) OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                            0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
  0   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 December
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, 28 November 1988 .
                                                                         For the' Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRlfasSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
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                                                                 . ANNEX                 ,
              to the Commission Regulation of 28 November 1988 fixing the export- refunds on rice and
                                                                  broken rice
                                                                                                                   (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                                         Amount
                              Product code                         Destination (')                    of refunds (2)
                           1006 20 10 000                                                                   —:
                            1006 20 90 000                              01                                194,40
            l                                                           02                                  —
                            1006 30 11 000                              —                                   —
                            1006 30 19 000                              01                                194,40
            l                                                           02                                  —
                            1006 30 91 000                              —                                   —
                            1006 30 99 100                              01                                243,00
             I                                                          03                              . 262,00
            l                                                           05                                262,00
                                                   -
                                                                        06                                267,00
                                                                         07                               267,00
            I                                                            08                               262,00
            \                                                            09                               262,00
            l                                                            10                               267,00
            \                                                            11                               267,00
                                                                         12                               267,00
                                                                         13                               243,00
            I                                                            14                               267,00
                            1006 30 99 900                               01                               243,00
                                                                         13                               243,00
                            1006 40 00 000                               —                                  —
               (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                   01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia
                   02 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the communes of Livigno and Campione
                       d'Italie
                   03 Zone I
                   04 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione
                       d'Italie and countries of Zone I
                   05 Zone II b)
                   06 Zone TV 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, of type A (with a length/width ratio of greater
                   than 2 and less than 3), as defined in paragraph 2 of Annex A of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, as amended by
                   Regulation (EEC) No 3877/87 (OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1987, 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 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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87
                       (OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1), as amended.