CELEX: 31991R2755
Language: en
Date: 1991-09-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2755/91 of 19 September 1991 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

20. 9 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 264/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2755/91
                                                     of 19 September 1991
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                   long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                   product on certain markets ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
                                                                   whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
No 1 806/89 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the       refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                        rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                        the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation          (EEC) No 1418/76              tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
provides that the difference between      quotations or prices          tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (6);
on the world market for the products      listed in Article 1 of
that Regulation and prices for those      products within the      — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Community may be covered by an            export refund ;               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                       Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                 cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are         Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­           to the present situation on the market in rice and in
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­        particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market           within the Community and on the world market, that the
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on             refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
and the natural development of prices and trade on the             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the             Committee for Cereals,
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                                       Article 1
exported exceeds that maximum ;
                                                                   The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                  Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when        listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­          natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
lated ;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­                                     Article 2
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
the refund for certain products according to destination ;
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 September
                                                                    1991 .
(') OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.
(2) OJ  No  L  177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1.
(3) OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                            (5) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L  154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                           (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 19 September 1991 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 19 September 1991 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                    broken rice
                                                                                           (ECU / tonne)
                                                                                 Amount
                     Product code                    Destination (')            of refunds
                    1006 20 1 1 000                       —                         —
                    1006 20 13 000                        01                      152,20
                    1006 20 15 000                        0!                      152,20
                    1006 20 17 000                        —                         —
                    1006 20 92 000                        —                         —
                    1006 20 94 000                        01                      152,20
                    1006 20 96 000                        01                      152,20
                    1006 20 98 000                                                  —
                    1006 30 21 000                        —                         —
                    1006 30 23 000                        01                      152,20
                    1006 30 25 000                        01                      152,20
                    1006 30 27 000                        —                         —
                    1006 30 42 000                        —                         —
                    1006 30 44 000                        01                      152,20
                    1006 30 46 000                        01                      152,20
                    1006 30 48 000                        —                         —
                    1006 30 61 100                        01                      190,25
          \                                               02                      196,25
                                                          03                      201,25
                                                          04                      190,25
                    1006 30 61 900                        —                         —
                    1006 30 63 100                        01                      190,25
                                                          02                      196,25
          \                                               03                      201,25
                                                          04                      190,25
                    1006 30 63 900                        01                      190,25
                                                          04                      190,25
                    1006 30 65 100                        01                      190,25
                                                          02                      196,25
                                                          03                      201,25
                                                          04                      190,25
                    1006 30 65 900                        01                      190,25
                                                          04                      190,25
                    1006 30 67 100                        —                         —
                    1006 30 67 900                        —                         —
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                                                                                                              (ECU/ tonne)
                                                                                                    Amount
                           Product code                         Destination (')                    of refunds
                          1006 30 92 100                             01                              190,25
            \                                                        02                              196,25
            !                                                        03                              201,25
                                                                     04                              190,25
                          1006 30 92 900                             01                              190,25
                                                                     04                              190,25
            l                                                        05                              187,00
                          1006 30 94 100                             01                              190,25
                                                                     02                              196,25
            \                                                        03                              201,25
                                                                     04                              190,25
                          1006 30 94 900                             01                              190,25
            l                                                        04                              190,25
                                                                     05                              180,00
                          1006 30 96 100                             01                              190,25
            !                                                        02                              196,25
                                                                     03                              201,25
                                                                     04                              190,25
                          1006 30 96 900                             01                              190,25
            I                                                        04                              190,25
            \                                                        05                              180,00
                          1006 30 98 100                             —                                  —
                          1006 30 98 900                             —                                  —
                          1006 40 00 000                             —                                  —
              (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                  01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia,
                  02 Zones I, II, III, VI, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla,
                  03 Zones zones IV, V a), VII c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar,
                  04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12.
                     1987, p. 1 ),
                  05 Zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VIII, except Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar.
              NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 24/77 (OJ
                     No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 35), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/89 (JO No L 292,
                     11 . 10. 1989, p. 10).