31986R0555

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 555/86 of 28 February 1986 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 the refund for certain products according to destination ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 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 3768/85 (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 (EEC) 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 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ that Regulation and prices for those products within the 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 Regulation (EEC) 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for No 1676/85 0, granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­ tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­ these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; 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 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percen­ of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case tage by which that refund is to be reduced where the of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ proportion of broken rice in the rice 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 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. h) 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 1 March 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1986 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 210,00 — 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 (') 262,50 — 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 300,00 — Zone V a) and VII c) and Canada 310,00 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).