CELEX: 31988R1499
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1499/88 of 31 May 1988 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

1 .. 6 . 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 135/9
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1499/88
                                                            of 31 May 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 ^, as last amended by            Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 1906/87 (8), defines the specific    criteria to be taken into
 Economic Community,                                                   account when the refurid on          these products is being
                                                                       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 1097/88 (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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
                                                                       products, be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     tion refund granted in respect of the basic products ;
 market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3990/87 (4), and in particular the fourth subparagraph
of Article 1 7 (2) thereof,                                           Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
                                                                       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 1418/76 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 (s), 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
fixing the amount of such refunds, provide that when                  factured ; whereas cumulation of the refunds on the
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the exis­            various products manufactured by a single process from
ting situation and the future trend with regard to prices             the same basic product may make it possible, in certain
and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the            cases, to export to third countries at prices which are
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
that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the               ensure that the aims of the common organization of the
natural development of prices and trade on the markets in             markets are respected ;
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
Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch
2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and export                   content of the individual product concerned, this content
                                                                      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 .
0    OJ   No L  110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 7.
(3)  OJ   No L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              O OJ    No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
(4)  OJ   No L 377,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 15.                            (8) OJ  No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.
(*)  OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                           (') OJ  No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
m OI No L 166. 25 . 6 . 1976. d . 36 .                                H 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
                                                                  Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
potential exports and in particular the nature and origin
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 Management Committee for Cereals has not
                                                                  delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2806/71 (')                chairman,
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,
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                                      Article 1
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (d)
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central         Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and subject to Regulation
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    (EEC) No 2744/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­     Annex to this Regulation.
     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),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                      Article 2
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1988 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 31 May 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
                       v
(') OJ No L 284, 28 . 12. 1971 , p. 9.
(2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 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                                175,00                          1104 22 10 100          151,71
1102 20 10 300 .                              150,00                          1104 22 10 900
1102 20 10 900                                                                1104 22 30 100          161,19
1102 20 90 100                                150,00                          1104 22 30 900
1102 20 90 900                                                                1104 22 50 000
1102 30 00 000                                                                1104 23 10 100          187,50
1102 90 10 100                                159,74                          1104 23 10 300          143,75
1102 90 10 900                                108,62                          1104 23 10 900
1102 90 30 100                                170,68                          1104 29 10 100
1102 90 30 900                                                                1104 29 10 900
1103 12 00 100                                170,68                          1104 29 91 000          103,00
1103 12 00 900                                                                1104 29 95 000          103,00
1103 13 11100                                 225,00                          1104 30 10 000           27,50
1103 13 11 300                                175,00                          1104 30 90 000           31,25
1103 13 11 500                                150,00                          1107 10 11 000          195,80
1103 13 11 900                                                                1107 10 91 000          189,55
1103 13 19 100                                                                1108 11 00 100          192,00
                                              225,00
1103 13 19 300                                                                1108 11 00 900
                                              175,00 ,
1103 13 19 500                                                                1108 12 00 100          184,00
                                              150,00
                                                                              1108 12 00 900
1103 13 19 900
                                                                              1108 13 00 100          184,00
1103 13 90 100                                150,00
                                                                              1108 13 00 900
1103 13 90 900
                                                                              1108 14 00 100
1103 14 00 000
                                                                              1108 14 00 900
1103 19 10 000                                103,00
                                                                              1108 19 10 100          208,12
1103 19 30 100                                165,06
                                                                              1108 19 10 900
1103 19 30 900
                                                                              1108 19 90 100
1103 21 00 000                                112,20
                                                                              1108 19 90 900
1103 29 20 000                                108,62
                                                                              1109 00 00 100            0
1103 29 30 000
                                                                              1109 00 00 900
1103 29 40 000                            .   127,50
                                                                              1702 30 91 000          240,35
1104 11 90 100                                159,74
                                                                              1702 30 99 000          184^00
1104 11 90 900    .
                                                                              1702 40 90 000          184,00
1104 12 90 100                                189,64                          1702 90 50 100          240,35
1104 12 90300                                 151,71                          1702 90 50 900          184,00
1104 12 90 900
                                                                              1702 90 75 000          251,85
1104 19 10 000                                112,20                          1702 90 79 000          174,80
1104 19 50 110                                200,00                          2106 90 55 000          184,00
1104 19 50 130                                162,50                          2302 10 10 000           27,32
1104 19 50 150                                                                2302 10 90 100           27,32
1104 19 50 190                                                                2302 10 90 900
1104 19 50 900                                                                2302 20 10 000           27,32
1104 19 91 000                                                                2302 20 90 100           27,32
1104 21 10 100                                159,74                          2302 20 90 900
1104 21 10 900                                                                2302 30 10 000           27,32
1104 21 30 100                                159,74                          2302 30 90 000           27,32
1104 21 30 900                                                                2302 40 10 000           27,32
1104 21 50 100                                212,98                          2302 40 90 000           27,32
1104 21 50 300                                170,38                          2303 10 11 100           92,00
1104 21 50 900                                                                2303 10 11 900
NB : The products codes and the footnotes are defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.