31985R2985

No L 286/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 10 . 85

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2985/85 of 25 October 1985 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN to vary the refund for certain products according to COMMUNITIES, destination ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas ,a separate refund should be fixed for pack­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No aged long grain rice to accommodate current demand 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization for the product on certain markets ; of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a (EEC) No 1025/84 (2), and in particular the first month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) period ; thereof, Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Committee, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 relation to each other at any given moment within provides that the difference between quotations or a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on prices on the world market for the products listed in their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) products within the Community may be covered by an No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) export refund ; No 855/84 (6), — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for these currencies recorded for a given period in granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing relation to the Community currencies referred to the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­ refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the cient ; existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the Whereas it follows from applying these rules and Community market on the one hand and prices for criteria to the present situation on the market in rice rice and broken rice on the world market on the and in particular to quotations or prices for rice and other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also broken rice within the Community and on the world important to ensure equilibrium and the natural devel­ market, that the refund should be fixed as set out in opment of prices and trade on the rice market and, the Annex hereto ; furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturb­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Management ances of the Community market ; Committee for Cereals, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced Article 1 where the proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds that maximum ; The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418 /76 with the exception of Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 those listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported defines the specific criteria to be taken into account in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex when the export refund on rice and broken rice is hereto . being calculated ; Article 2 Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1985 . (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6 . 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 13 . 0 OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. 0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . (4 OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 . (6) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .

26 . 10 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 286/25

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 25 October 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

No L 286 / 26 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 10 . 85

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 1985 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 180,00 — 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 l Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (') 225,00 — Zone I — — — Other third countries in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less for export to : — Zones I, II b) and VI 233,00 — Zone V a) and VII c) 243,00 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 501 /85(0J No L 60 , 28 . 2. 1985).