CELEX: 31989R3766
Language: en
Date: 1989-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3766/89 of 14 December 1989 fixing the export refunds on baled tobacco from the 1989 harvest

No L 365/28                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                15. 12. 89
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3766/89
                                                      of 14 December 1989
                           fixing the export refunds on baled tobacco from the 1989 harvest
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         whereas, consequently, the amount of the refund should
                                                                    be differentiated according to the form in which the baled
                                                                    tobacco is presented ; whereas for exports of entirely
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               threshed (stripped) tobacco it should be specified that the
Economic Community,                                                 refund is to be granted only on the strips, not scraps, and
                                                                    the amount should be increased accordingly to take
                                                                    account of the results of threshing ; whereas, to avoid any
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of              risk of confusion, the strips must measure at least 0,5
21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market              centimetres ;
in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1251 /89 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 9 (1 ) and the first sentence of the third subpara­
                                                                    Whereas the trade in threshed (stripped) tobacco involves
                                                                    only a few tobacco varieties ; whereas some oriental var­
graph of Article 9 (2) thereof,                                     ieties in particular are not threshed on account of their
                                                                    small leaf size ; whereas the refund should therefore be
                                                                    differentiated only for strips from varieties which are actu­
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70               ally threshed and the differentiated amount worked out
the difference between world prices and Community                   by applying to the basic amount set for unthreshed
prices for the products referred to in Article 1 of the said        tobacco of the particular variety the coefficient set in the
Regulation may be covered by an export refund ;                     Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 410/76 of 23
                                                                    February 1976 fixing the maximum permissible weight
                                                                    losses in connection with the supervision of the first
Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 of                 processing and market preparation of tobacco (*), as last
15 February 1971 laying down general rules for granting             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /86 (6);
export refunds on raw tobacco and fixing the amount of
such refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1977/87 (4), the granting of refunds must be limited to             Whereas, to apply the rules and criteria referred to above
baled tobacco produced from leaf tobacco harvested in               in the present situation on the market in tobacco, and in
the Community ; whereas the refunds must be fixed for               particular in the light of Community and world prices, a
each variety produced in the Community in the light of              refund should be fixed for the products listed in the
the factors referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)      Annex, at the levels and for the countries specified
No 326/71 ;                                                         therein ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas for some varieties the outlets are very limited or          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
involve high transport costs ; whereas, moreover, some              Committee for Tobacco,
third countries exporting tobacco charge prices which
have a marked effect on the competitive position of
Community tobacco ; whereas Article 4 of Regulation
(EEC) No 326/71 foresees criteria to be taken into
account in the assessment of the exceptional cases
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of
Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 ; whereas in view of the
abovementioned situation it may be concluded that these
circumstances constitute exceptional cases which there­
                                                                                              Article 1
fore justify the refund being fixed outside the limits speci­
fied in the second subparagraph of Article 9 (1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 727/70 ;                                              The list of varieties of baled tobacco from the 1989
                                                                    harvest on which the export refund referred to in Article
                                                                    9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is to be granted, the
Whereas, as a result of progress in processing and market           amount of the refund and the countries of destination
preparation, an increasingly large part of Community                shall be as specified in the Annexes.
production of certain varieties of tobacco is being
exported in the form of threshed (stripped) tobacco ;
                                                                    The refund shall be granted on baled tobacco presented
                                                                     in one of the following two forms :
(') OJ No   L  94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L  129, 11 . 5. 1989 , p. 16.
(3) OJ No   L  39, 17. 2. 1971 , p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 50, 26. 2. 1976, p. 11 .
(*) OJ No   L  184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 55.                              («) OJ No L 187, 9. 7. 1986, p. 9.
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(a) tobacco in the form of whole or cut (not stripped)                                   Article 2
    leaves falling within CN code ex 2401 10 (Annex I) ;
(b) threshed (totally stripped) tobacco in the form of strips    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1990.
    measuring at least 0,5 centimetres, falling within CN
    code ex 2401 20 (Annex II).                                  It shall apply until 31 December 1990.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 14 December 1989.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                                ANNEX I
                                                                                                                        (ECU/kg)
                                                                                             Amount of the refund
                                                                                                                    Countries
    Serial                                                                                  on tobacco in the form
                                                                              Product                                   of
     No                                    Variety                              code
                                                                                                of whole or cut
                                                                                                                   destination
                                                                                              (unstripped) leaves       (')
                                                                                               (Article 1 (2) (a))
       1       Badischer Geudertheimer                                    2401 10 70 0109             0,34             01
       2       Badischer Burley E                                         2401 10 20 0209             0,34             01
       3       Virgin D                                                   2401 10 10 0309             0,30             02
      4        (a) Paraguay                                               2401 10 70 0419             0,34             01
               (b) Dragon vert and hybrids thereof, Philippin, Petit­
                   Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre                 2401 10 70 0429             0,34             01
       7       Bright                                                     2401 10 80 0709             0,30             02
       8       Burley I                                                   2401 10 20 0809             0,30             02
       9       Maryland                                                   2401 10 30 0909             0,30             02
     10        Kentucky                                                   2401 10 41 1009             0,44             02
     11        (a) Forchheimer Havana II c)                               2401 10 70 1119             0,34             01
     13        Xanti-Yaka                                                 2401 10 60 1309             0,44             03
     14        (a) Perustiza                                              2401 10 60 1419             0,44             03
               (b) Samsun                                                 2401 10 60 1429             0,30             03
     15        Erzegovina                                                 2401 10 60 1509             0,44             03
     16        (a) Round Tip                                              2401 10 90 1619
                                                                                          1                            02
               (b) Scafati                                                2401 10 90 1629 }           0,72             02
               (c) Sumatra I                                              2401 10 90 1639 J                            02
   . 17        Basmas                                                     2401 10 60 1709             0,34             03
     18        Katerini and similar varieties                             2401 10 60 1809             0,34             03
     19        (a) Kaba Koulak classic                                    2401 10 60 1919             0,34             03
               (b) Elassona                                               2401 10 60 1929             0,34             03
     20        (a) Kaba Koulak non classic                                2401 10 60 2019             0,44             03
               (b) Myrodata Smyme, Trapezous, and Phi I                   2401 10 60 2029             0,44             03
     21        Myrodata Agrinion                                          2401 10 60 2109             0,44             03
     22        Zichnomyrodata                                             2401 10 60 2209             0,34             03
     23        Tsebelia                                                   2401 10 60 2309             0,44             03
     24        Mavra                                                      2401 10 60 2409             0,44             03
     25        Burley EL                                                  2401 1020 2509              0,30             02
     26        Virginia EL                                                2401 10 10 2609             0,30             02
     27        Santa Fe                                                   2401 10 70 2709             0,34             01
     28        Burley fermente                                            2401 10 70 2809             0,34             01
     29        Havana E                                                   2401 10 70 2909             0,34             01
     30        Round Scafati                                              2401 10 90 3009             0,44             02
     31        Virginia E                                                 2401 10 10 3109             0,30             02
     32        Burley E                                                   2401 10 20 3209             0,30             02
     33        Virginia P                                                 2401 10 10 3309             0,30              02
     34        Burley P                                                   2401 10 20 3409             0,30             02
(') 01 All third countries.
    02 All third countries except the United States and Canada.
    03 All third countries except Turkey and Yugoslavia.
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                                                                ANNEX II
                                                                                                                             (ECU/kg)
                                                                                            Amount of the refund         Countries
   Serial                                                                      Product             on threshed               of
    No                                    Variety                               code       (totally stripped) tobacco   destination
                                                                                                (Article 1 (2) (b))          C)
      1        Badischer Geudertheimer                                    2401 20 70 0109              0,47                 01
      2        Badischer Burley E                                         2401 20 20 0209              0,47                 01
      3        Virgin D                                                   2401 20 10 0309              0,42                 02
      4        (a) Paraguay                                               2401 20 70 0419              0,47                 01
               (b) Dragon and hyrids thereof, Philippin,          Petit­
                   Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre                 2401 20 70 0429              0,47                 01
      7        Bright                                                     2401 20 80 0709              0,42                 02
      8        Burley I                                                   2401 20 20 0809              0,42                 02
      9        Maryland                                                   2401 20 30 0909              0,42                 02
     10        Kentucky                                                   2401 20 41 1009              0,61                 02
     11        (a) Forchheimer Havana II c)                               2401 20 70 1119              0,47                 01
     23        Tsebelia                                                   2401 20 60 2309              0,61                 03
     25         Burley EL                                                 2401 20 20 2509              0,42                 02
     26        Virginia EL                                                2401 20 10 2609               0,42                 02
     27        Santa Fe                                                   2401 20 70 2709               0,47                 01
     28         Burley ferment^                                           2401 20 70 2809               0,47                 01
     29         Havana E                                                  2401 20 70 2909               0,47                 01
     31        Virginia E                                                 2401 20 10 3109               0,42                 02
     32         Burley E                                                  2401 20 20 3209               0,42                 02
     33         Virginia P                                                 2401 20 10 3309              0,42                 02
     34         Burley P                                                   2401 20 20 3409              0,42                 02
(') 01 All third countnes.
    02 All third countries except the United States and Canada.
    03 All third countries except Turkey and Yugoslavia.