31988R3665

25 . 11 . 88 No L 318/ 19 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3665/88 of 24 November 1988 fixing the export refunds on baled tobacco from the 1988 harvest

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, whereas, consequently, the amount of the refund should be differentiated according to the form in which the baled tobacco is presented ; whereas for exports of entirely Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European threshed (stripped) tobacco it should be specified that the Economic Community, 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of risk of confusion, the strips must measure at least 0,5 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market centimetres ; in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2267/88 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph Whereas the trade in threshed (stripped) tobacco involves of Article 9 ( 1 ) and the first sentence of the third subpara­ only a few tobacco varieties ; whereas some oriental varie­ graph of Article 9 (2) thereof, ties in particular are not threshed on account of their small leaf size ; whereas the refund should therefore be differentiated only for strips from varieties which are actu­ Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 ally threshed and the differentiated amount worked out the difference between world prices and Community by applying to the basic amount set for unthreshed prices for the products referred to in Article 1 of the said tobacco of the particular variety the coeffiient set in the Regulation may be covered by an export refund ; Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 410/76 of 23 February 1976, fixing the maximum permissible weight losses in connection with the supervision of the first Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 of processing and market preparation of tobacco (*), as last 15 February 1971 laying down general rules for granting amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2131 /86 (*); export refunds on raw tobacco and fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1977/87 (4), the granting of refunds must be limited to Whereas, to apply the rules and criteria referred to above baled tobacco produced from leaf tobacco harvested in in the present situation on the market in tobacco, and in the Community ; whereas the refunds must be fixed for particular in the light of Community and world prices, a each variety produced in the Community in the light of refund should be fixed for the products listed in the the factors referred to in Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) Annex, at the levels and for the countries specified No 326/71 ; therein ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Whereas for some varieties the outlets are very limited or in accordance with the opinion of the Management involve high transport costs ; whereas, moreover, some Committee for Tobacco, third countries exporting tobacco charge prices which have a marked effect on the competitive position of Community tobacco ; whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 foresees criteria to be taken into account in the assessment of the exceptional cases HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 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 i Article 1 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 ; The list of varieties of baled tobacco from the 1988 harvest on which the export refund referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is to be granted, the Whereas, as a result of progress in processing and market amount of the refund and the countries of destination preparation, an increasingly large part of Community shall be as specified in the Annexes. production of certain varieties of tobacco is being exported in the form of threshed (stripped) tobacco ; The refund shall be granted on baled tobacco presented in one of the following two forms : (') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 199, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 18 . (3) OJ No L 39, 17. 2. 1971 , p. 1 . O OJ No L 50, 26. 2. 1976, p. 11 . 4) OJ No L 184, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 55. V) OJ No L 187, 9. 7. 1986, p. 9.

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(a) tobacco in the form of whole or cut (not stripped) Article 2 leaves falling within CN code ex 2401 10 (Annex I) ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the 1 January (b) threshed (totally stripped) tobacco in the form of strips 1989 . measuring at least 0,5 centimetres, falling within CN code ex 2401 20 (Annex II). it shall apply until 31 December 1989 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 November 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

25 . 11 . 88 No L 318 /21 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX I

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

1 Badischer Geudertheimer 034 01 2401 10 70^107 . 2 Badischer Burley E 2401 10 20 0207 0,34 01 3 Virgin D 2401 10 10 0307 0,30 02 A 4 (a) Paraguay 2401 10 70 0417 0,34 01 I (b) Dragon vert and hybrids thereof, Philippin, Petit- - Grammont (Flobecq), Semois, Appelterre 2401 10 70 0427 I 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 I ) 1 (b) Scafati 2401 10 90 1627 0,72 02 ' (c) Sumatra I 2401 10 90 1637 02 Il

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 L

27 Santa Fe - 2401 10 70 2707 0,34 01 28 Burley fermente 2401 10 702807 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 L

(') 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 (totally stripped) tobacco destination (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 2401 20 70 1117 0,47 01 (a) Forchheimer Havana II c) 23 Tsebelia 2401 20 60 2307 0,61 03 25 Burley EL 2401 20 20 2507 0,42 02 26 2401 20 10 2607 0,42 02 Virginia EL 27 Santa Fe 2401 20 70 2707 0,47 01 28 2401 20 70 2807 0,47 01 Burley fermente 29 Havana E 2401 20 70 2907 0,47 01 31 2401 20 10 3107 0,42 02 Virginia E 32 2401 20 20 3207 0,42 02 Burley E 33 2401 20 10 3307 0,42 02 Virginia P 34 2401 20 20 3407 0,42 02 Burley P

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