CELEX: 31985R2985
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2985/85 of 25 October 1985 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 286/24                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 10 . 85
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2985/85
                                                    of 25 October 1985
                                fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                 to vary the refund for certain products according to
COMMUNITIES,                                                     destination ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas ,a separate refund should be fixed for pack­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     aged long grain rice to accommodate current demand
 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization              for the product on certain markets ;
of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation         Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
(EEC) No 1025/84 (2), and in particular the first                month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)            period ;
thereof,
                                                                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Committee,
                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                    relation to each other at any given moment within
provides that the difference between quotations or                   a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
prices on the world market for the products listed in                their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
products within the Community may be covered by an                    No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
export refund ;                                                       No 855/84 (6),
                                                                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for               these currencies recorded for a given period in
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing              relation to the Community currencies referred to
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                   in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the                 cient ;
existing situation and the future trend with regard to
prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the         Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Community market on the one hand and prices for                  criteria to the present situation on the market in rice
rice and broken rice on the world market on the                  and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and
other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also        broken rice within the Community and on the world
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­           market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in
opment of prices and trade on the rice market and,               the Annex hereto ;
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturb­           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
ances of the Community market ;                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                 Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies
the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced                                      Article 1
where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
                                                                 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 with the exception of
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
                                                                 those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account           in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
when the export refund on rice and broken rice is                hereto.
being calculated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                        Article 2
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
                                                                 1985 .
(') 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 .
(4  OJ  No L  154, 15. 6. 1976,  p. 11 .                         (6) 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, 25 October 1985.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 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                              180,00
                                                  — 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          l
                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (')                225,00
                                                  — Zone I                                             —
                                                  — Other third countries                              —
                                                  in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                  for export to :
                                                  — Zones I, II b) and VI                            233,00
                                                  — Zone V a) and VII c)                             243,00
                                     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).