CELEX: 31986R1285
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1285/86 of 30 April 1986 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 114/44                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 5 . 86
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1285/86
                                                          of 30 April 1986
                                     fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
                                                                     lated :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                     rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  the refund for certain products according to destination ;
 Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                    product on certain markets ;
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3768/85 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
                                                                    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation          (EEC) No 1418/76           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
provides that the difference between       quotations or prices
on the world market for the products      listed in Article 1 of
that Regulation and prices for those       products within the      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Community may be covered by an             export refund ;               tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                         of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                         rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                   tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0,
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­              these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market                 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium
and the natural development of prices and trade on the              Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the              to the present situation on the market in rice and in
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to             particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                        within the Community and on the world market, that the
                                                                    refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the
maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for
which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percen­           Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
tage by which that refund is to be reduced where the                of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds              of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
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
                                                                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(') OJ  No  L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 1 .                             Committee for Cereals,
(2) OJ  No  L  362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .
(3) OJ  No  L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 36.
 4) OJ  No  L  154, 15.  6. 1976, p. 11 .                           0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, 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 1986.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 April 1986.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1986 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                             220,00
                                                    — 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 (')               275,00
                                                    — Zone I
                                                    — Other third countries                             —
                                                    in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                    for export to :
                                                    — Zones I, II b), IV a), IV b) and VI             310,00
                                                    — Zone V a) and VII c) and Canada                 320,00
                                       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 3817/85 (OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985).