31987R3869

23 . 12. 87 No L 363/52 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3869/87 of 22 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and product on certain markets ; Portugal, Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1907/87 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the Whereas, following the introduction of the combined fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof, nomenclature by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 0, the nomenclature applicable from 1 January 1988 to export refunds on agricultural products was esta­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (*) ;

Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, provides that the difference between quotations or prices refunds should be calculated on the following basis : 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 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­ granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (8); amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­ — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on tion to the Community currencies referred to in the the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on the rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the Whereas it follows from applying these rules and . criteria economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to to the present situation on the market in rice and in avoid disturbances of the Community market ; particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice 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 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when in accordance with the opinion of the Management the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­ lated ; Committee for Cereals,

0 OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . h) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 51 . (4 OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 . P) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. b) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 . (8) 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 1 January 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

23 . 12. 87 No L 363/54 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

(ECU/ tonne)

Destination Amount Product code of refund of refund (')

1006 20 10 000 1006 20 90 000 01 240,00 02 1006 30 11 000 1006 30 19 000 1006 30 91 000 1006 30 99 100 03 327,00 05 327,00 06 332,00 07 332,00 08 327,00 09 327,00 10 332,00 11 332,00 12 332,00 14 332,00 1006 30 99 900 01 300,00 03 04 13 300,00 1006 40 00 000

(') The destinations are identified as follows : 01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia 02 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italie 03 Zone I 04 Third countries other than Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italie and countries of Zone I 05 Zone II b) 06 Zone IV a) 07 Zone IV b) 08 Zone VI 09 Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla 10 Zone V a) 11 Zone VII c) 12 Canada 13 Destinations, mentioned in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 ) 14 Zone VIII, except Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar.

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 amended Regulation (EEC) No 3294/86 (OJ No L 304, 30. 11 . 1986).