CELEX: 31987R3558
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3558/87 of 26 November 1987 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

27 . 11 . 87                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 337/ 63
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3558 /87
                                                          of 26 November 1987
                                         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 1907/87 (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,
                                                                        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation               (EEC) No 1418 /76
provides that the difference between           quotations or prices
on the world market for the products           listed in Article 1 of * — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
that Regulation and prices for those           products within the           tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Community may be covered by an                 export refund ;               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 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                             tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regula­
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                       tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 ;
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 j
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 to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                          Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and                  of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be                   of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
 reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                 tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
exported exceeds- that maximum ;                                         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
                                                                         Committee for Cereals,
(') OJ   No  L 166,   25 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 182,   3 . 7. 1987, p. 51 .
(3) OJ   No  L  166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , p. 36 .                            0 OJ No L 164, 24 . 6 . 1985, p . 1 .
(4  OJ   No  L  154,  15. 6 . 1976, p. 11 .                              («) OJ No L 153 , 13 . 6 . 1987, p . 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  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 December
listed in paragraph 4 (c) of that Article, exported in the     1987 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in rail Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 26 November 1987 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN _
                                                                             Vice -President
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                                                                       ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 26 November 1987 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                                      240,00
                                                          — 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 (')                         300,00
                                                          — Other third countries
                                                          in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less
                                                          for export to :
                                                          — zones I , II b), and VI, the Canary
                                                               Islands, Ceuta and Melilla                             325,00
                                                          — zones IV a), IV b), V a) and VII c),
                                                               Canada, zone VIII except Surinam,
                                                              Guyana and Madagascar                                   330,00
                                           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 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 Regulation (EEC) No 3294/86 (OJ No L 304, 30 . 11 . 1986).