CELEX: 31985R3622
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3622/85 of 20 December 1985 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

21 . 12. 85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 344/49
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3622/85
                                                        of 20 December 1985
                                       fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                       long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                       product on certain markets ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
                                                                      whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
  of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
  market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
  No 1 025/84 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
  fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                          tion to each other at any given moment within a band
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                          of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                          rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in
  Whereas Article 17 of Regulation           (EEC) No 1418/76             Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (*), as
  provides that the difference between       quotations or prices         last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (*),
  on the world market for the products      listed in Article 1 of    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  that Regulation and prices for those       products within the          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
  Community may be covered by an             export refund ;              these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
                                                                          tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
  1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
 granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the         Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
 amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are           to the present situation on the market in rice and in
 being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­             particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­         within the Community and on the world market, that the
 bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market             refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on
 the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article
 provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 and the natural development of prices and trade on the               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the               Committee for Cereals,
 economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to
 avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for
 which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percen­
 tage by which that refund is to be reduced where the
 proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds                                        Article 1
 that maximum ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                    The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when         Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those
 the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­           listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
                                                                     natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 lated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
 rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary                                      Article 2
the refund for certain products according to destination ;
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986.
(')  OJ  No  L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 1.
(2)  OJ  No  L  107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13 .
0    OJ  No  L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 36.                            0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0    OJ  No  L  154, 15.  6. 1976, p. 11 .                           h OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 20 December 1985.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 1985 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                          193,00
                                                       — 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 (')            241,25
                                                      — Zone I
                                                      — Other third countries
                                                      in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                      for export to :
                                                      — Zones I, II b) and VI                        247,00
                                                     — Zone V a) and VII c)                          257,00
                                        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).