CELEX: 31988R3370
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3370/88 of 28 October 1988 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

29 . 10 . 88
No L 296/52                                 Official Journal ' of the European Communities
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3370/88
                                                          of 28 October 1988
                        fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              system for products processed from cereals and from
                                                                         rice Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                         1906/87 (8), defines the specific criteria to be taken into
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    account when the refund on these products is being
Economic Community,                                                      calculated :
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                                Whereas, on the basis of the criteria laid down in Regula­
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 2744/75, particular account should be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     taken of the prices and quantities of basic products used
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                     to calculate the variable component of the levy ; whereas
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 1
No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph               of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1077/68 (9), as
of Article 16 (2) thereof,                                                amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2764/71 (10), provide
                                                                          that the amount of the export refund should, for certain
                                                                          products, be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                      tion refund granted in respect of the basic products ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2229/88 (4), and in particular the fourth subparagraph                Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
 of Article 17 (2) thereof,
                                                                          the present situation on the market in products processed
                                                                          from cereals and rice that the export refund should be
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                  fixed at an amount which will cover the difference
                                                                          between Community prices and world market prices ;
 Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
 Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/70 provide that
 the difference between quotations or prices on the world                  Whereas when the refund is being calculated account
 market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regu­                should be taken of the quantities of raw materials used to '
 lations and prices for those products within the Commu­                   determine the variable component of the levy ; whereas
 nity may be covered by an export refund ;                                 the quantities of raw materials used for certain processed
                                                                           products may vary according to the end use of the
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          product ; whereas, depending on the manufacturing
 2746/75 0, and Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   process used, products other than the main product are
  1431 /76 (6) laying down general rules for granting export               obtained, the quantity and value of which may vary with
 refunds on cereals and rice respectively and criteria for                 the nature and quality of the main products being manu­
                                                                           factured ; whereas cumulation of the refunds on the
 fixing the amount of such refunds, provide that when                      various products manufactured by a single process from
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the exis­                the same basic product may make it possible, in certain
 ting situation and the future trend with regard to prices                 cases, to export to third countries at prices which are
 and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the
  Community market on the one hand and prices for                          lower than world market prices ; whereas the refund on
  cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on the world               certain products should therefore be limited to an amount
  market on the other ; whereas the same Articles provide                  which, while allowing access to the world market, will
                                                                            ensure that the aims of the common organization of the
  that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                   markets are respected ;
  natural development of prices and trade on the markets in
  cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take into account the
  economic aspect of the proposed exports, and the need to
  avoid disturbances on the Community market ;                              Whereas the refund to be granted in respect of certain
                                                                            processed products should be graduated on the basis of
                                                                            the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch
  Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          content of the individual product concerned, this content
  2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and export                       being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic
                                                                            product actually incorporated in the processed product ;
  (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
  h)  OJ  No   L 197,  26. 7.   1988, p. 16.                                P) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
  P)  OJ  No   L 166,  25. 6.   1976, p. 1.
  H   OJ  No   L 197,  26. 7.   1988, p. 30.                                (8) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.
  (4  OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.                                (») OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
  («) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                                       >°) OJ No L 283, 24. 12. 1971 , p. 30.
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Whereas there is no need at present to fix an export                   tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of
 potential exports and in particular the nature and origin         Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
 of these products ; whereas, for certain products processed       whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 from cereals, the insignificance of Community participa­          Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
 tion in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export         of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
 refund at the present time ;                                      of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
                                                                   tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­          the case of exports to Portugal ;
 rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
 the refund for certain products according to destination ;        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2806/71 (')                 Committee for Cereals,
 lays down additional rules for granting export refunds for
certain products processed from cereals and rice ;                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,                                       Article 1
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                   The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (d)
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­          of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band         Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and subject to Regulation
      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        (EEC) No 2744/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    Annex to this Regulation.
      the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
      tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regula­        The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed.
      tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (3),
                                                                                            Article 2
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
      these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­        1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 28 October 1988 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(■) OJ No L 284, 28 . 12. 1971 , p. 9.
(2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 28 October 1988 fixing the export refunds on products
                                                 processed from cereals and rice
                                                  (ECU/tonne)                                                          (ECU/tonne)
         Product code                    Refund                                   Product code                 Refund
       1102 20 10 100                    100,35      .                          1,104 22 10 100                 26,66
       1102 20 10 300                      86,02                                1104 22 10 900
       1102 20 10 900                                                           1104 22 30 100                  28,32
       110220 90 100                       86,02                                1104 22 30 900
       1102 20 90 900                                                           1104 22 50 000
       1102 30 00 000                                                           1104 23 10 100                 107,52
       1102 90 10 100                      92,54                                1104 23 10 300                  82,43
       1102 90 10 900                      62,92                                1104 23 10 900
       1102 90 30 100                      29,99                                1104 29 10 100
       1102 90 30 900                                                           1104 29 10 900
       1103 12 00 100                      29,99                                1104 29 91 000                  53,35
       1103 12 00 900                                                           1104 29 95 000                  53,35
       1103 13 11100                     129,02                                 1104 30 10 000                  16,92
       1103 13 11 300                    100,35                                 1104 30 90 000                  17,92
       1103 13 11 500                      86,02                                1107 10 11 000                 120,43
       1103 13 11 900                                                           1107 10 91 000                 109,81
                                                                                1108 11 00 100                 121,32
       1103 13 19 100                    129,02
                                                                                1108 11 00 900
       1103 13 19 300                    100,35
       110313 19 500                       86,02
                                                                                1108 12 00 100                 106,6^
                                                                                1108 12 00900
       1103 13 19 900
                                                                                1108 13 00 100                 106,69    •
       1103 13 90 100                      86,02
                                                                                1108 13 00 900
       1103 13 90 900
                                                                                1108 14 00 100
       1103 14 00 000
                                                                                1108 14 00 900
       1103 19 10 000                      53,35
                                                                                1108 19 10 100                 155,50
       1103 19 30 100                      95,62
                                                                                1108 19 10 900
       1103 19 30 900
                                                                                1108 19 90 100
       1103 21 00 000                       69,01
                                                                                1108 19 90 900
       1103 29 20 000                       62,92
                                                                                1109 00 00 100                    0,00
        1103 29 30 000
                                                                                1109 00 00 900
       1103 29 40 000                       73,11
                                                                                1702 30 91 000                 139,36 .
        1104 11 90 100                      92,54
                                                                                1702 30 99 000                 106,69
        1104 11 90 900
                                                                                1702 40 90 000                 106,69
        1104 12 90 100                      33,32
                                                                                1702 90 50 100                 139,36
        1104 12 90 300                   26,66                                  1702 90 50 900                 106,69
        1104 12 90 900
                                                                                1702 90 75 000                 146,03
        1104 19 10.000                      69,01                               1702 90 79 000                 101,35
        1104 19 50 110                    1 14,69                               2106 90 55 000                 106,69
        1104 19 50 130                      93,18                               2302 10 10 000                  16,08
        1104 19 50 150                                                          2302 10 90 100                  16,08
        1104 19 50 190                                                          2302 10 90900
        1104 19 50 900                                                          2302 20 10 000               •   16,08
        1104 19 91 000                                                          2302 20 90 100                   16,08
        1104 21 10 100                      92,54                               2302 20 90 900
        1104 21 10 900                                                          2302 30 10 000                   16,08
        1104 21 30 100                      92,54                               2302 30 90 000                   16,08
        1104 21 30 900                                                          2302 40 10 000                   16,08
        1104 21 50 100                    123,38                                2302 40 90 000                   16,08
        1104 21 50 300                      98,70                               2303 10 11 100                  53,34
        1104 21 50 900                                                          2303 10 11 900
                                                               .
NB : The products codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended (OJ No L 366, 24. 12.
     1987, p. 1 )-