CELEX: 31991R3215
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3215/91 of 4 November 1991 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

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5. 11 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 304/5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3215/91
                                                      of 4 November 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              product on certain markets ;
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                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 No 1 806/89 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the
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
                                                                         of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                 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 1 676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­
provides that the difference between      quotations or prices           tion (EEC) No 2205/90 («) ;
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
                                                                         a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the        Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are         to the present situation on the market in rice and in
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­           particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­        within the Community and on the world market, that the
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market           refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on
 the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 and the natural development of prices and trade on the            Committee for Cereals,
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 361 /76 (4)
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and                                        Article 1
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice            The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                     Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those
                                                                    listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                   natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
lated ;                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary            publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                    Communities.
the refund for certain products according to destination ;
                                                                    It shall apply with effect from 1 November 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.                            0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O   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, 4 November 1991 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                     ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 4 November 1991 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                   broken rice
                                                                                         (ECU / tonne)
                                                                               Amount
                    Product code                    Destination (')           of refunds
                   1006 20 11 000
                   1006 20 13 000                        01                     185,74
                   1006 20 15 000                        01                     185,74
                   1006 20 17 000
                   1006 20 92 000
                   1006 20 94 000                        01                     185,74
                   1006 20 96 000                        01                     185,74
                   1006 20 98 000
                   1006 30 21 000
                   1006 30 23 000                        01                     185,74
                   1006 30 25 000                        01                     185,74
                   1006 30 27 000
                   1006 30 42 000
                   1006 30 44 000                        01                     185,74
                   1006 30 46 000                        01                     185,74
                   1006 30 48 000
                   1006 30 61 100                        01                     232,17
                                                         02                     238,17
                                                         03                     243,17
                                                         04                     232,17
                   1006 30 61 900                        01                     232,17
                                                         04                     232,17
                   1006 30 63 100                        01                     232,17
                                                         02                     238,17
                                                         03                     243,17
                                                         04                     232,17
                   1006 30 63 900                        01                     232,17
                                                         04                     232,17
                   1006 30 65 100                        01                     232,17
                                                         02                     238,17
                                                         03                     243,17
                                                         04                     232,17
                   1006 30 65 900                        01                     232,17
                                                         04                     232,17
                   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                             232,17
                                                                  02                             238,17
                                                                  03                             243,17
                                                                  04                             232,17
                      1006 30 92 900                              01                             232,17
                                                                  04                             232,17
                      1006 30 94 100                              01                             232,17
                                                                  02                              238,17
                                                                  03                              243,17
                                                                   04                             232,17
                      1006 30 94 900                               01                             232,17
                                                                   04                             232,17
                      1006 30 96 100                               01                             232,17
                                                                   02                             238,17
                                                                   03                             243,17
                                                                   04                             232,17
                       1006 30 96 900                              01                             232,17
                                                                   04                             232,17
                       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 ).
           NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ
                  Nq 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).