31987R2960

2. 10 . 87 No L 279/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2960/87 of 1 October 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 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 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 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of 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 (*), 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 — 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 these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­ 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 to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 361 /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 Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, (') OJ No L 1 66, 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 : 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 2 October 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 1 October 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 228,00 — 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 (') 285,00 I

— 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 310,00 — zone V a) and VII c), Canada, zone VIII except Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar 315,00

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).