CELEX: 31987R3869
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3869/87 of 22 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

23 . 12. 87
No L 363/52                              Official Journal of the European Communities
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3869/87
                                                     of 22 December 1987
                                    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
                                                                    the refund for certain products according to destination ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for 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,
                                                                    Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1907/87 (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 0, the nomenclature applicable from 1 January
                                                                     1988 to export refunds on agricultural products was esta­
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (*) ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 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
 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 1636/87 (8);
 being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market                   these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
  on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on                    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
  the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article                   previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
  provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium
  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
                                                                       refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
  Whereas to Commission 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              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 .
   h) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 51 .                                 (4 OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
   (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                                 P) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
   b) 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 January 1988.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 22 December 1987.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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No L 363/54                            Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                               broken rice
                                                                                                                     (ECU/ tonne)
                                                                 Destination                               Amount
                           Product code                                                                   of refund
                                                                 of refund (')
                         1006 20 10 000
                         1006 20 90 000                               01                                   240,00
                                                                      02
                         1006 30 11 000
                         1006 30 19 000
                         1006 30 91 000
                         1006 30 99 100                               03                                   327,00
                                                                      05                                    327,00
                                                                      06                                    332,00
                                                                      07                                    332,00
                                                                      08                                    327,00
                                                                      09                                    327,00
                                                                       10                                   332,00
                                                                       11                                   332,00
                                                                       12                                   332,00
                                                                       14                                   332,00
                          1006 30 99 900                               01                                   300,00
                                                                       03
                                                                       04
                                                                       13                                   300,00
                          1006 40 00 000
             (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                 01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia
                 02 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the communes of Livigno and Campione
                     d'Italie
                 03 Zone I
                 04 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione
                     d'Italie 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 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (OJ No L 317,
                      12. 12. 1979, 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 1548/87 (OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987).
                     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. 11 . 1986).