31989R0277

No L 32/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 2. 89

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 277/89 of 2 February 1989 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 2229/88 (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 1636/87 i6) ; 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 1361 /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 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ* No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30. (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 . H OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

3. 2. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 32/25

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 3 February 1989.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 February 1989. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

No L 32/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 2. 89

ANNEX

to die Commission Regulation of 2 February 1989 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

(ECU/ tonne) Product code Amount Destination (') of refunds

1006 20 11 000 1006 20 13 000 01 163,20 1006 20 15 000 01 163,20 1006 20 17 000 — — 1006 20 92 000 — — 1006 20 94 000 01 163,20 1006 20 96 000 01 163,20 1006 20 98 000 — — 1006 30 21 000 — — 1006 30 23 000 01 163,20 1006 30 25 000 01 163,20 1006 30 27 000 _ — 1006 30 42 000 — — 1006 30 44 000 01 163,20 1006 30 46 000 01 163,20 1006 30 48 000 — — 1006 3061 000 — — 1006 30 63 100 01 204,00 03 216,00 \ 05 216,00 06 221,00 07 221,00 \ 08 216,00 09 216,00 10 221,00 11 221,00 12 221,00* 13 204,00 14 221,00 1006 30 63 900 01 204,00 13 204,00 1006 30 65 100 01 204,00 03 216,00 05 216,00 l 06 221,00 l 07 221,00 08 216,00 09 216,00 10 221,00 l 11 221,00 12 221,00 13 204,00 14 221,00 1006 30 65 900 01 204,00 13 204,00 1006 30 67 100 — — 1006 30 67 900 — — 1006 30 92 000 — —

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(ECU / tonne) Amount Product code Destination (') of refunds

1006 30 94 100 01 204,00 f 03 216,00 05 216,00 06 221,00 I 07 221,00 08 216,00 I 09 216,00 10 221,00 I 11 221,00 12 221,00 13 204,00 14 221,00 1006 30 94 900 01 204,00 13 204,00 1006 30 96 100 01 204,00 l 03 216,00 05 216,00 06 221,00 07 221,00 08 216,00 09 216,00 10 221,00 11 221,00 12 221,00 13 204,00 14 221,00 1006 30 96 900 01 204,00 13 204,00 I 1006 30 98 100 — — 1006 3098 900 — — 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 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, 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 296/88 (OJ No L 30, 2. 2. 1988). 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. 10. 1986).