CELEX: 31986R0223
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 223/86 of 31 January 1986 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 27/48                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                     1 . 2. 86
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 223/86
                                                       of 31 January 1986
                                   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 3768/85 (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 Regulation (EEC)
provides that the difference between     quotations or prices           No 1676/85 0,
on the world market for the products     listed in Article 1 of
                                                                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
that Regulation and prices for those     products within the            arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Community may be covered by an           export refund ;
                                                                        these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                        tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the        Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are
                                                                   to the present situation on the market in rice and in
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­           particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market           within the Community and on the world market, that the
                                                                    reffund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
and the natural development of prices and trade on the              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the              Committee for Cereals,
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percen­
 tage 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 ;
 (■) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1986.
 (A OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8.
 (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.
 H OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                                 n OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 31 January 1986.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                     Vice-President
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                                                              ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1986 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                            broken rice
                                                                                                    (ECU/ tonne)
                  CCT
                                                                                                   Amount of
                heading                                       Description                           refund
                   No
           ex 10.06              Rice :
                                 B.   I. Paddy rice ; husked rice :
                                           b) Husked rice :
                                              1 . Round grain
                                              2. Long grain
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and
                                                      the     communes       of    Livigno     and
                                                      Campione d'Italia                             203,00
                                                  — Other third countries
                                      II. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice :
                                           a) Semi-milled rice :
                                              1 . Round grain
                                              2. Long grain
                                           b) Wholly milled rice :
                                              1 . Round grain
                                              2. Long grain
                                                  in bulk or packaged for export to :
                                                  — Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the
                                                      communes of Livigno and Campione
                                                      d'Italia    as    well    as    destinations
                                                      mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (')               253,75
                                                  — Zone I
                                                  — Other third countries
                                                  in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Zones I, II b), IV a), IV b) and VI             280,00
                                                  — Zone V a) and VII c)                            290,00
                                     III . Broken rice                                                —
           (') OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, 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 501 /85(0J No L 60, 28. 2. 1985).