CELEX: 31988R1875
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1875/88 of 30 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

1 . 7. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 168/25
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1875/88
                                                        of 30 June 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
                                                                  the refund for certain products according to destination ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
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 thfe                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,
                                                                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation         (EEC) No 1418/76
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 (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 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 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 .
b) 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 July 1988 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                               broken rice
                                                                                                                     (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                                           Amount
                           Product code                         Destination (')                           of refund
                         1006 20 10 000
                         1006 20 90 000                               01                                   206,00
                                                                      02                                     —
                         1006 30 11 000                              —                                       —
                         1006 30 19 000                              —                                        —
                         1006 30 91 000                               —                                       —
                         1006 30 99 100                               01                                   257,00
                                                                      03                                   288,00
                                                                      05                                   288,00
          I                                                           06                                   293,00
          !                                                           07                                   293,00
                                                                      08                                   288,00
          l                                                           09                                   288,00
                                                                       10                                  293,00
          l                                                            11                                  293,00
          \                                                            12                                  293,00
          I                                                            13                                  257,00
                                                                     • 14                                  293,00
                         1006 30 99 900                               01                                   257,00
                                                                       13                                  257,00
                         1006 40 00 000                               —
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            (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia
                02 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the communes of Livigno and Campione
                    d'Italie
                03 Zone I
                04 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione
                    d'Italie 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.