CELEX: 31987R3886
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-24
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on baled tobacco from the 1987 harvest

24. 12. 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 365/35
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3886/87
                                                      of 21 December 1987
                           fixing the export refunds on baled tobacco from the 1987 harvest
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          refund is to be granted only on the    strips, not scraps, and
                                                                     the amount should be increased          accordingly to take
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                account of the results of threshing ;  whereas, to avoid any
Economic Community,                                                  risk of confusion, the strips must      measure at least 0,5
                                                                     centimetres ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of               Whereas the trade in threshed (stripped) tobacco involves
21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market               only a few tobacco varieties ; whereas some oriental varie­
in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              ties in particular are not threshed on account of their
No 1974/87 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph            small leaf size ; whereas the refund should therefore be
of Article 9 ( 1 ) and the first sentence of the third subpara­      differentiated only for strips from varieties which are actu­
graph of Article 9 (2) thereof,                                      ally threshed and the differentiated amount worked out
                                                                     by applying to the basic amount set for unthreshed
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70                tobacco of the particular variety the coeffiient set in the
the difference between world prices and Community                    Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 410/76 of 23
prices for the products referred to in Article 1 of the said         February 1976, fixing the maximum permissible weight
Regulation may be covered by an export refund ;                      losses in connection with the supervision of the first
                                                                     processing and market preparation of tobacco (*), as last
Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 of                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /86 (^ ;
15 February 1971 laying down general rules for granting
export refunds on raw tobacco and fixing the amount of               Whereas, following the introduction of the combined
such refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  nomenclature        by     Council      Regulation      (EEC)
1977/87 (4), the granting of refunds must be limited to              No 2658/87 Q, the nomenclature applicable from 1
baled tobacco produced from leaf tobacco harvested in                January 1988 to export refunds on agricultural products­
the Community ; whereas the refunds must be fixed for                was established by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (8) ;
each variety produced in the Community in the light of
the factors referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)       Whereas, to apply the rules and criteria referred to above
No 326/71 ;                                                          in the present situation on the market in tobacco, and in
                                                                     particular in the light of Community and world prices, a
Whereas for some varieties the outlets are very limited or           refund should be fixed for the products listed in the
involve high transport costs ; whereas, moreover, some               Annex, at the levels and for the countries specified
                                                                     therein ;
third countries exporting tobacco charge prices which
have a marked effect on the competitive position of
Community tobacco ; whereas Article 4 of Regulation                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
(EEC) No 326/71 foresees criteria to be taken into                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
account in the assessment of the exceptional cases                   Committee for Tobacco,
referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of
Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 ; whereas in view of the
abovementioned situation it may be concluded that these
circumstances constitute exceptional cases which there­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
fore justify the refund being fixed outside the limits speci­
fied in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 727/70 ;                                                                          Article 1
Whereas, as a result of progress in processing and market            The list of varieties of baled tobacco from the 1987
preparation, an increasingly large part of Community                 harvest on which the export refund referred to in Article
production of certain varieties of tobacco is being                  9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is to be granted, the
exported in the form of threshed (stripped) tobacco ;                amount of the refund and the countries of destination
whereas, consequently, the amount of the refund should               shall be as specified in the Annexes.
be differentiated according to the form in which the baled
tobacco is presented ; whereas for exports of entirely               The refund shall be granted on baled tobacco presented
threshed (stripped) tobacco it should be specified that the          in one of the following two forms :
(') OJ  No  L  94, 28 . 4. 1970,  p. 1.                              O   OJ No  L  50, 26. 2. 1976, p. 11 .
O   OJ  No  L  184, 3 . 7. 1987,  p. 30 .                            (6) OJ No  L  187, 9. 7. 1986, p. 9.
0   OJ  No  L  39, 17.  2. 1971 , p. 1.                              0   OJ No  L  256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L  184, 3 . 7. 1987,  p. 55.                             (8) OJ No  L  366, 24. 12. 1987 p. 1 .
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(a) tobacco in the form of whole or cut (not stripped)                                   Article 2
    leaves falling within subheading ex 2401 10 of the
    Combined Nomenclature (Annex I) ;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 1 January
(b) threshed (totally stripped) tobacco in the form of strips     1988 .
    measuring at least 0,5 centimetres, falling within
    subheading ex 2401 20 of the Combined Nomencla­
    ture (Annex II).                                             It shall apply until 31 December 1988 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 21 December 1987
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
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                                                                ANNEX I
                                                                                                                          (ECU/kg)
                                                                                             Amount of the refund
                                                                                                                      Countries
                                                                                            on tobacco in the form
   Serial                                                                     Product                                     of
                                          Variety                                               of whole or cut
    No                                                                         code                                  destination
                                                                                              (unstripped leaves)         (')
                                                                                               (Article 1 (2) (a))
      1        Badischer Geudertheimer                                   2401 10 70 0107              0,34               01
      2        Badischer Burley E                                        2401 10 20 0207              0,34 .             01
      3        Virgin D                                                  2401 10 10 0307              0,30               02
      4        (a) Paraguay                                              2401 10 70 0417              0,34                01
               (b) Dragon vert and hybrids thereof, Philippin, Petit­
                   Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre                2401 10 70 0427              0,34                01
      7        Bright                                                    2401 10 80 0707              0,30                02
      8        Burley I                                                  2401 10 20 0807              0,30                02
      9        Maryland                                                  2401 10 30 0907              0,30                02
     10        Kentucky                                                  2401 10 41 1007              0,44                02
     11        (a) Forchheimer Havana II c)                              2401 10 70 1117              0,34                01
     13        Xanti-Yaka                                                2401 10 60 1307              0,44                03
     14        (a) Perustiza                                              2401 10 60 1417             0,44                03
               (b) Samsun                                                 2401 10 60 1427             0,30                03
     15        Erzegovina                                                 2401 10 60 1507             0,44                03
     16        (a) Round Tip                                              2401 10 90 1617 )                               02
               (b) Scafati                                                2401 10 90 1627 >           0,72                02
                                                                          2401 10 90 1637 )                               02
               (c) Sumatra I
     17        Basmas                                                     2401 10 60 1707              0,34               03
     18        Katerini and similar varieties                             2401 10 60 1807              0,34               03
     19        (a) Kaba Koulak classic                                    2401 10 60 1917              0,34               03
               (b) Elassona                                               2401 10 60 1927              0,34               03
     20        (a) Kaba Koulak non classic                                2401 10 60 2017              0,44               03
               (b) Myrodata Smyrne, Trapezous, and Phi I                  2401 10 60 2027              0,44               03
     21        Myrodata Agrinion                                          2401 10 60 2107              0,44               03
     22        Zichnomyrodata                                             2401 10 60 2207              0,34               03
     23        Tsebelia                                                   2401 10 60 2307              0,44               03
     24        Mavra                                                      2401 10 60 2407              0,44               03
     25         Burley EL                                                 2401 10 20 2507              0,30               02
     26        Virginia EL                                                2401 10 10 2607              0,30               02
     27        Santa/ Fe                                                  2401 10 70 2707              0,34               01
     28         Burley fermente                                           2401 10 70 2807              0,34               01
     29         Havana E                                                  2401 10 70 2907              0,34               01
     30        Round Scafati                                              2401 10 90 3007              0,44               02
     31        Virginia E                                                 2401 10 10 3107              0,30               02
     32         Burley E                                                  2401 10 20 3207              0,30               02
     33        Virginia P                                                 2401 10 10 3307              0,30               02
     34         Burley P                                                  2401 10 20 3407              0,30               02
(') 01 All third countries ;
    02 All third countries except the United States and Canada.
    03 All third countries except Turkey and Yugoslavia.
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                                                                ANNEX II
                                                                                                                          (ECU/kg)
                                                                                           Amount of the refund       Countries
    Serial                                                                    Product             on threshed             of
     No                                    Variety                              code      (totally stripped) tobacco destination
                                                                                               (Article 1 (2) (b))        (')
       1       Badischer Geudertheimer                                    2401 20 70 0107             0,47               01
       2       Badischer Burley E                                         2401 20 20 0207             0,47               01
       3       Virgin D                                                   2401 20 10 0307             0,42               02
       4       (a) Paraguay                                               2401 20 70 0417             0,47               01
               (b) Dragon and hyrids thereof, Philippin,          Petit­
                   Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre                 2401 20 70 0427             0,47               01
       7       Bright                                                     2401 20 80 0707             0,42               02
       8       Burley I                                                   2401 20 20 0807             0,42               02
       9       Maryland                                                   2401 20 30 0907             0,42               02
     10        Kentucky                                                   2401 20 41 1007             0,61               02
     11        (a) Forchheimer Havana II c)                               2401 20 70 1117             0,47               01
     23        Tsebelia                                                   2401 20 60 2307             0,61               03
     25        Burley EL                                                  2401 20 20 2507             0,42               02
     26        Virginia EL                                                2401 20 10 2607             0,42               02
     27        Santa Fe                                                   2401 20 70 2707             0,47               01
     28        Burley fermente                                            2401 20 70 2807             0,47               01
     29        Havana E                                                   2401 20 70 2907             0,47               01
     31        Virginia E                                                 2401 20 10 3107             0,42               02
     32        Burley E                                                   2401 20 20 3207             0,42               02
     33        Virginia P                                                 2401 20 10 3307             0,42               02
     34        Burley P                                                   2401 20 20 3407             0,42               02
(') 01 All third countries ;
    02 All third countries except the United States and Canada.
    03 All third countries except Turkey and Yugoslavia.