31987R3886

24 . 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 365/35

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3886/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on baled tobacco from the 1987 harvest

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, refund is to be granted only on the strips, not scraps, and the amount should be increased accordingly to take account of the results of threshing ; whereas, to avoid any Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European risk of confusion, the strips must measure at least 0,5 Economic Community, centimetres ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of Whereas the trade in threshed (stripped) tobacco involves 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market only a few tobacco varieties ; whereas some oriental varie­ in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) ties in particular are not threshed on account of their No 1974/87 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph small leaf size ; whereas the refund should therefore be of Article 9 ( 1 ) and the first sentence of the third subpara­ differentiated only for strips from varieties which are actu­ graph of Article 9 (2) thereof, ally threshed and the differentiated amount worked out by applying to the basic amount set for unthreshed Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 tobacco of the particular variety the coeffiient set in the the difference between world prices and Community Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 410/76 of 23 prices for the products referred to in Article 1 of the said February 1976, fixing the maximum permissible weight Regulation may be covered by an export refund ; losses in connection with the supervision of the first processing and market preparation of tobacco (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /86 (^ ; Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 of 15 February 1971 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on raw tobacco and fixing the amount of Whereas, following the introduction of the combined such refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No nomenclature by Council Regulation (EEC) 1977/87 (4), the granting of refunds must be limited to No 2658/87 Q, the nomenclature applicable from 1 baled tobacco produced from leaf tobacco harvested in January 1988 to export refunds on agricultural products­ the Community ; whereas the refunds must be fixed for was established by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (8) ; each variety produced in the Community in the light of the factors referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Whereas, to apply the rules and criteria referred to above No 326/71 ; in the present situation on the market in tobacco, and in particular in the light of Community and world prices, a refund should be fixed for the products listed in the Whereas for some varieties the outlets are very limited or Annex, at the levels and for the countries specified involve high transport costs ; whereas, moreover, some therein ; third countries exporting tobacco charge prices which have a marked effect on the competitive position of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Community tobacco ; whereas Article 4 of Regulation in accordance with the opinion of the Management (EEC) No 326/71 foresees criteria to be taken into Committee for Tobacco, account in the assessment of the exceptional cases referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 ; whereas in view of the abovementioned situation it may be concluded that these circumstances constitute exceptional cases which there­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fore justify the refund being fixed outside the limits speci­ fied in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 727/70 ; Article 1

The list of varieties of baled tobacco from the 1987 Whereas, as a result of progress in processing and market preparation, an increasingly large part of Community harvest on which the export refund referred to in Article production of certain varieties of tobacco is being 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is to be granted, the amount of the refund and the countries of destination exported in the form of threshed (stripped) tobacco ; whereas, consequently, the amount of the refund should shall be as specified in the Annexes. be differentiated according to the form in which the baled tobacco is presented ; whereas for exports of entirely The refund shall be granted on baled tobacco presented threshed (stripped) tobacco it should be specified that the in one of the following two forms :

(') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . O OJ No L 50, 26. 2. 1976, p. 11 . O OJ No L 184, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 30 . (6) OJ No L 187, 9 . 7. 1986, p. 9. 0 OJ No L 39, 17. 2. 1971 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 . O OJ No L 184, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 55. (8) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987 p. 1 .

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Article 2 (a) tobacco in the form of whole or cut (not stripped) leaves falling within subheading ex 2401 10 of the Combined Nomenclature (Annex I) ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the 1 January (b) threshed (totally stripped) tobacco in the form of strips 1988 . measuring at least 0,5 centimetres, falling within subheading ex 2401 20 of the Combined Nomencla­ ture (Annex II). It shall apply until 31 December 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1987 For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

24. 12. 87 No L 365/37 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX I

(ECU/kg) Amount of the refund Countries on tobacco in the form of Serial Product of whole or cut No Variety code destination (unstripped leaves) (') (Article 1 (2) (a))

1 Badischer Geudertheimer 2401 10 70 0107 0,34 01 2 Badischer Burley E 2401 10 20 0207 0,34 . 01 3 Virgin D 2401 10 10 0307 0,30 02 4 (a) Paraguay 2401 10 70 0417 0,34 01 (b) Dragon vert and hybrids thereof, Philippin, Petit­ Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre 2401 10 70 0427 0,34 01 7 Bright 2401 10 80 0707 0,30 02 8 Burley I 2401 10 20 0807 0,30 02 9 Maryland 2401 10 30 0907 0,30 02 10 Kentucky 2401 10 41 1007 0,44 02 11 (a) Forchheimer Havana II c) 2401 10 70 1117 0,34 01 13 Xanti-Yaka 2401 10 60 1307 0,44 03 14 (a) Perustiza 2401 10 60 1417 0,44 03 (b) Samsun 2401 10 60 1427 0,30 03 15 Erzegovina 2401 10 60 1507 0,44 03 16 (a) Round Tip 2401 10 90 1617 02 ) (b) Scafati 2401 10 90 1627 > 0,72 02 2401 10 90 1637 ) 02 (c) Sumatra I 17 Basmas 2401 10 60 1707 0,34 03 18 Katerini and similar varieties 2401 10 60 1807 0,34 03 19 (a) Kaba Koulak classic 2401 10 60 1917 0,34 03 (b) Elassona 2401 10 60 1927 0,34 03 20 (a) Kaba Koulak non classic 2401 10 60 2017 0,44 03 (b) Myrodata Smyrne, Trapezous, and Phi I 2401 10 60 2027 0,44 03 21 Myrodata Agrinion 2401 10 60 2107 0,44 03 22 Zichnomyrodata 2401 10 60 2207 0,34 03 23 Tsebelia 2401 10 60 2307 0,44 03 24 Mavra 2401 10 60 2407 0,44 03 25 Burley EL 2401 10 20 2507 0,30 02 26 Virginia EL 2401 10 10 2607 0,30 02 27 Santa/ Fe 2401 10 70 2707 0,34 01 28 Burley fermente 2401 10 70 2807 0,34 01 29 Havana E 2401 10 70 2907 0,34 01 30 Round Scafati 2401 10 90 3007 0,44 02 31 Virginia E 2401 10 10 3107 0,30 02 32 Burley E 2401 10 20 3207 0,30 02 33 Virginia P 2401 10 10 3307 0,30 02 34 Burley P 2401 10 20 3407 0,30 02

(') 01 All third countries ; 02 All third countries except the United States and Canada. 03 All third countries except Turkey and Yugoslavia.

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ANNEX II

(ECU/kg) Amount of the refund Countries Serial Product on threshed of No Variety code destination (totally stripped) tobacco (Article 1 (2) (b)) (')

1 Badischer Geudertheimer 2401 20 70 0107 0,47 01 2 Badischer Burley E 2401 20 20 0207 0,47 01 3 Virgin D 2401 20 10 0307 0,42 02 4 (a) Paraguay 2401 20 70 0417 0,47 01 (b) Dragon and hyrids thereof, Philippin, Petit­ Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre 2401 20 70 0427 0,47 01 7 Bright 2401 20 80 0707 0,42 02 8 Burley I 2401 20 20 0807 0,42 02 9 Maryland 2401 20 30 0907 0,42 02 10 Kentucky 2401 20 41 1007 0,61 02 11 (a) Forchheimer Havana II c) 2401 20 70 1117 0,47 01 23 Tsebelia 2401 20 60 2307 0,61 03 25 Burley EL 2401 20 20 2507 0,42 02 26 Virginia EL 2401 20 10 2607 0,42 02 27 Santa Fe 2401 20 70 2707 0,47 01 28 Burley fermente 2401 20 70 2807 0,47 01 29 Havana E 2401 20 70 2907 0,47 01 31 Virginia E 2401 20 10 3107 0,42 02 32 Burley E 2401 20 20 3207 0,42 02 33 Virginia P 2401 20 10 3307 0,42 02 34 Burley P 2401 20 20 3407 0,42 02

(') 01 All third countries ; 02 All third countries except the United States and Canada. 03 All third countries except Turkey and Yugoslavia.