31985R3622

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3622/85 of 20 December 1985 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 1 025/84 (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 coefficient provided for in Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (*), as provides that the difference between quotations or prices last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (*), on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the that Regulation and prices for those products within the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Community may be covered by an export refund ; these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; 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 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percen­ tage by which that refund is to be reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds Article 1 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 rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary Article 2 the refund for certain products according to destination ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986. (') 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 . 0 OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 . h OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1985 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 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 193,00 — 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 (') 241,25 — Zone I — Other third countries in immediate packings of 5 kg net or less for export to : — Zones I, II b) and VI 247,00 — Zone V a) and VII c) 257,00 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).