CELEX: 31987R2779
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2779/87 of 17 September 1987 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 267/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   18 . 9 . 87
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2779/87
                                                     of 17 September 1987
                                   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 1907/87 (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,
                                                                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation          (EEC) No 1418/76                        i
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 f6);
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 .
 (2) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 51 .
 (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                                0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 ^ OI No L 154. 15 . 6 . 1976 . D . 11 .                             W Ol No L 153 . 13 . 6. 1987. o . 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 18 September
listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the     1987.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 17 September 1987.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
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                                                                    ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 17 September 1987 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'ltalia                                        248,00
                                                        — 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'ltalia   as     well   as     destinations
                                                            mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                            Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (')                          310,00
                                                        — Jordan                                                     325,00
                                                        — 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, the
                                                             Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla                        335,00
                                                        — zone V a) and VII c), Canada, zone VIII
                                                             except Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar                    340,00
                                           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 1 124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977), as last
                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1548/87 (OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987).
                    The export refunds are to be converted into national currencies using the specific agricultural conversion rates
                    fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 3294/8 6 (OJ No L 304, 30 . 11 . 1986).