CELEX: 31988R1462
Language: en
Date: 1988-05-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1462/88 of 27 May 1988 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

28 . 5. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 132/51
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1462/88
                                                             of 27 May 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3990/87 (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,
 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  377, 31 . 12. 1987, p." 15.
(3) OJ   No  L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 36.                             0 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 :                                 listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
                                                              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 June 1988 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 27 May 1988 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 May 1988 fixing the export refunds on rice and broketl
                                                                   rice
                                                                                                                    (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                                          Amount
                          Product code                       . Destination (')                           of refund
                        1006 20 10 000
                        1006 20 90 000                              01                                    224,00
                                                                    02
                        1006 30 11 000
                        1006 30 19 000
                        1006 30 91 000
                        1006 30 99 100                              01                                    280,00
                                                                    03                                    300,00
                                                                    05                                    300,00
                                                                    06                                    305,00
                                                                    07                                    305,00
                                                                    08                                    300,00
                                                                    09                                    300,00
                                                                     10                                   305,00
                                                                    11                                    305,00
                                                                     12                                   305,00
                                                                     13 "                                 280,00
                                                                     14                                   305,00
                        1006 30 99 900                              01                                    280,00
                                                                     13                                   280,00
                        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 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.
           NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1 124/77 (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.