CELEX: 31988R1183
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1183/88 of 29 April 1988 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

30 . 4. 88
                                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 111 /51
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1183/88
                                                              of 29 April 1988
                                          fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                           rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   the refund for certain products according to destination ;
   Economic Community,
                                                                          Whereas a separate refund should be fixed Jor packaged
                                                                           long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
   Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                      product on certain markets ;
   Portugal,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                   Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
  of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                       whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
  market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
  No 3990/87 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the             Whereas, following the introduction of the combined
  fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                          nomenclature by Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                          2658/87 (*), the nomenclature applicable from 1 January
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                 1988 to export refunds on agricultural products was esta­
                                                                          blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (%
  Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
  provides that the difference between quotations or prices               Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
  on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of             refunds should be calculated on the following basis : ■
  that Regulation and prices for those products within the
  Community may be covered by an export refund ;                          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                              tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                              of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
  Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                            rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
  1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                      the last paragraph of Article 3 (1) of Council Regula­
 granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­
 amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are                   tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 (8);
 being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on                       these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
 the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article                     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium                     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 and the natural development of prices and trade on the
 rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
 economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to                 to the present situation on the market in rice and in
 avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                            particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
                                                                         within the Community and on the world market, that the
 Whereas to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)                  refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
 allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and                 Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
 specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be                  of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
 reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
 exported exceeds that maximum ;                                         tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
                                                                        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
the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
lated :                                                                 Committee for Cereals,
(')  OJ   No  L 166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 1 .                               0    OJ  No  L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No  L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 15.                              (6)  OJ  No  L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 36.                               0    OJ  No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0    OJ  No  L  154, 15.  6. 1976, p. 11 .                              (8)  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 May 1988 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 April 1988 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                                 ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 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                                   224,00
           l                                                          02                                     —
                         1006 30 11 000                               —                                       —
                         1006 30 19 000                            '  —                                       —
                         1006 30 91 000                                  :                                    —
                         1006 30 99 100                               01                                   280,00
                                                                      03                                   300,00
           \                                                          05                                   300,00
                                                                      06                                   305,00
                                                                      07                                   305,00
           I                                                          08                                   300,00
                                                                      09                                   300,00
                                                                      10                                   305,00
                                                                      11                                   305,00
           I                                                          12                                   305,00
                                                                      13                                   280,00
           I                                                          14                                   305,00
                         1006 30 99 900                               01                                   280,00
                                                                      13                                   280,00
                         1006 40 00 000                               —                                       —
             (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                 01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia
                 02 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the communes of Livigno and Campione
                    d'ltalie
                 03 Zone I
                 04 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione
                    d'ltalie 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 1124/77 (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).