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No L 371 /61 30 . 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3970/87

of 29 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, system for products processed from cereals and from rice Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (8), defines the specific criteria to be taken into Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European account when the refund on these products is being Economic Community, calculated ;

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas, on the basis of the criteria laid down in Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2744/75, particular account should be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 taken of the prices and quantities of basic products used of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the to calculate the variable component of the levy ; whereas market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 1 No 3808/87 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1077/68 (®), as of Article 16 (2) thereof, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2764/71 (10), provide that the amount of the export refund should, for certain products, be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 tion refund granted in respect of the basic products ; of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3877/87 (4), and in particular the fourth subparagraph Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to of Article 17 (2) thereof, the present situation on the market in products processed from cereals and rice that the export refund should be Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, fixed at an amount which will cover the difference between Community prices and world market prices ; Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and Article 17 of Regulation (EEC)'No 1418/76 provide that the difference between quotations or prices on the world Whereas when the refund is being calculated account market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regur should be taken of the quantities of raw materials used to lations and prices for those products within the Commu­ determine the variable component of the levy ; wheireas nity may be covered by an export refund ; the quantities of raw materials used for certain processed products may vary according to the end use of the product ; whereas, depending on the manufacturing Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No process used, products other than the main product are 2746/75 (*), and Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No obtained, the quantity and value of which may vary with 1431 /76 (^ laying down general rules for granting export the nature and quality of the main products being manu­ refunds on cereals and rice respectively and criteria for factured ; whereas cumulation of the refunds on the fixing the amount of such refunds, provide that when various products manufactured by a single process from refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the exis­ the same basic product may make it possible, in certain ting situation and the future trend with regard to prices cases, to export to third countries at prices which are and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the lower than world market prices ; whereas the refund on Community market on the one hand and prices for certain products should therefore be limited to an amount cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on the world which, while allowing access to the world market, will market on the other ; whereas the same Articles provide ensure that the aims of the common organization of the that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the markets are respected ; natural development of prices and trade on the markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports, and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market ; Whereas the refund to be granted in respect of certain processed products, should be graduated on the basis of the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No content of the individual product concerned, this content 2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and export being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic product actually incorporated in the processed product ; (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 357, 19 . 12. 1987, p. 12. (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L ' 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65. 0 OJ No L 365, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 49. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . 0 OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 1 . fó OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. H OJ No L 283, 24. 12. 1971 , p. 30.

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Whereas there is no need at present to fix an export — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ potential exports and in particular the nature and origin tion to the Community currencies referred to in the of these products ; whereas, for certain products processed previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; from cereals, the insignificance of Community participa­ Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; tion in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; refund at the present time ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­ of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ the refund for certain products according to destination ; tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in the case of exports to Portugal ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2806/71 (') lays down additional rules for granting export refunds for Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are certain products processed from cereals and rice ; in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, Whereas, following the introduction of the combined nomenclature by Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2658/87 (2), the nomenclature applicable from 1 January 1988 to export refunds on agricultural products was esta­ Article 1 blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3) ; The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (d) Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and subject to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ Annex to this Regulation. tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central The refund on export to Portugal has not been .fixed. rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ Article 2 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (4), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1636/87(0, 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, 29 December 1987.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 284, 28 . 12. 1971 , p. 9. 0 OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

30 . 12. 87 No L 371 /63 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 December 1987 altering the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne) Product code Refund Product code Refund

1102 20 10 100 0 177,93 1104 22 10 100 0 209,33 1102 20 10 300 0 152,51 1104 22 10 900 0 1102 20 10 900 0 1104 22 30 100 0 222,41 1102 20 90 100 0 152,51 1104 22 30 900 0 1102 20 90 900 0 1104 22 50 000 0 1102 30 00 000 1104 23 10 100 0 0 190,64 1102 90 10 100 190,70 1104 23 10 300 0 0 146,15 1104 23 10 900 1102 90 10 900 129,67 1102 90 30 100 235,49 1104 29 10 100 0 1104 29 10 900 1102 90 30 900 1104 29 91 000 115,00 1103 12 00 100 235,49 1104 29 95 000 115,00 1103 12 00 900 1104 30 10 000 31,58 1103 13 11 100 00 228,76 1104 30 90 000 31,77 1103 13 11 300 OH6) 177,93 1107 10 11 000 224,87 1103 13 11 500 00 152,51 1107 10 91 000 226,29 1103 13 11 900 1108 11 00 100 224,66 1103 13 19 100 (')O 228,76 1108 11 00 900 1103 13 19 300 00 177,93 1108 12 00 100 187,34 1103 13 19 500 0 0 152,51 1108 12 00 900 1103 13 19 900 1108 13 00 100 187,34 1103 13 90 100 00 152,51 1108 13 00 900 1103 13 90 900 1108 14 00 100 1103 14 00 000 1108 14 00 900 1103 19 10 000 115,00 1108 19 10 100 260,12 1103 19 30 100 197,05 1108 19 10 900 1103 19 30 900 1108 19 90 100 1103 21 00 000 128,86 1108 19 90 900 1103 29 20 000 129,67 1109 00 00 100 112,33 1103 29 30 000 1109 00 00 900 1103 29 40 000 129,63 1702 30 91 000 0 244,72 1104 11 90 100 190,70 187,34 1702 30 99 000 0 1104 11 90 900 187,34 1702 40 90 000 0 1104 12 90 100 261,66 1702 90 50 100 0 187,34 1104 12 90 300 209,33 1702 90 50 900 1104 12 90 900 1702 90 75 000 1104 19 10 000 128,86 1702 90 79 000 177,98 1104 19 50 110 203,34 2106 90 55 000 187,34 1104 19 50 130 165,22 2302 10 10 000 30,44 1104 19 50 150 230210 90 100 30,44 1104 19 50 190 2302 10 90 900 1104 19 50 900 2302 20 10 000 30,44 1104 19 91 000 2302 20 90 100 30,44 1104 21 10 100 0 190,70 2302 20 90 900 1104 21 10 900 0 2302 30 10 000 30,44 1104 21 30 100 0 190,70 2302 30 90 000 30,44. 1104 21 30 900 0 2302 40 10 000 30,44 254,26 2302 40 90 000 30,44 1104 21 50 100 0 203,41 2303 10 11 100 93,67 1104 21 50 300 0 1104 21 50 900 2303 10 11 900

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Notes

(') The export refund is paid in respect of maize, groats and meal : — of which a percentage not exceeding 30 % passes through a sieve with an aperture of 315 microns, — of which a percentage not exceeding 5 % passes through a sieve with an aperture of 1 50 microns. (2) 'Hulled grains' are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821 /68 (OJ No L 149, 29. 6. 1968, p. 46). (3) 'Pearled grains' are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821 /68 (OJ No L 149, 29. 6. 1968, p. 46). (4) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 the product falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 and 59 enjoys the same export refund as the product falling within subheadings 1702 30 91 and 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50. (*) The analytical method to be used for the determination of the fatty matter content is that printed in Annex I (Method A) to Directive 84/4/EEC (OJ No L 15, 18 . 1 . 1984, p. 28). (*) The procedure to be followed for the determination of the fatty matter content is as follows : — the sample has to be crushed so that 90 % or more can pass through a sieve with an aperture of 500 microns and 100 % can pass through a sieve with an aperture of 1 000 microns, — the analytical method to be used afterwards is that which is printed in Annex I (Method A) to Directive 84/4/EEC (OJ No L 15, 18 . 1 . 1984, p. 28).