CELEX: 31985R3368
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3368/85 of 29 November 1985 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 321 /48                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               30 . 11 . 85
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3368/85
                                                     of 29 November 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 1025/84 (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
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
and the natural development of prices and trade on the             Committee for Cereals,
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the
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 ;
                                                                   The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                  Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when        listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­          natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
lated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­                                     Article 2
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
the refund for certain products according to destination ;         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
                                                                   1985 .
(') OJ  No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.
0   OJ  No   L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 13.
(3) OJ  No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                            0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(4) 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, 29 November 1985.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1985 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                broken rice
                                                                                                     (ECU / tonne)
                     CCT
                                                                                                   Amount of
                   heading                                        Description
                      No                                                                             refund
              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                           185,00
                                                    — 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 (>)             231,25
                                                    — Zone I                                          —
                                                    — Other third countries                           —
                                                    in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                    for export to :
                                                    — Zones I, II b) and VI                         240,00
                                                    — Zone V a) and VII c)                          250,00
                                       III . Broken rice
             V) 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).