CELEX: 31986R0555
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 555/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

1 . 3 . 86                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 55/71
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 555/86
                                                      of 28 February 1986
                                   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 3768/85 (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
that Regulation and prices for those     products within the      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Community may be covered by an           export refund ;               tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                       of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                       rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                 No 1676/85 0,
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 Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for
which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percen­         Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
tage by which that refund is to be reduced where the              of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds            of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
that maximum ;                                                     tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
                                                                   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
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               Committee for Cereals,
(2) 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 .                               0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, 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 March 1986.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 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'ltalia                          210,00
                                                  — 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 (')            262,50
                                                  — 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          300,00
                                                  — Zone V a) and VII c) and Canada              310,00
                                     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).