CELEX: 31987R0877
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 877/87 of 26 March 1987 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 83/46                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  27. 3 . 87
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 877/87
                                                           of 26 March 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 1449/86 (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            (EEQ 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 1676/85Q,
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 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
                                                                      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(') OJ  No   L  166, 25.  6. 1976, p.  1.                              Committee for Cereals,
(2) OJ  No   L 133,  21 . 5. 1986, p. 1.
0   OJ  No   L 166,  25.  6. 1976, p. 36.
0   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 27 March 1987.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 March 1987.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                                    ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 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'Italia                                        256,00
                                                        — 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'Italia   as     well    as    destinations
                                                            mentioned in Article 5 of Commission
                                                            Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (■)                           320,00
                                                        — 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, the
                                                             Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla                        345,00
                                                        — zone V a) and VII c) and Canada                             350,00
                                           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 1 124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977), as last
                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3817/85 (OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985).
                    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).