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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3026/86

of 1 October 1986

fixing production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (2),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 of 25 March 1986 establishing general rules applying to production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors (3), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 of 10 July 1986 laying down detailed rules for the control and payment of production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors (4) provides that the production refund shall be fixed on a quarterly basis using the difference between the intervention price for maize applicable in the first month of the period in question and the cif price used for calculation of the maize import levy, multiplied by a coefficient of 1,6; whereas the same Article provides for the possibility of altering the calculated refund in the event of significant movements in the prices of maize and wheat;

Whereas the production refunds to be fixed in this Regulation should be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 to establish the exact amount payable;

Whereas it is necessary, during the transitional period established by Title II of Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86, to fix separate production refunds for maize and potato starch, wheat starch and rice starch; whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 provides that the refund payable in the absence of proof of origin of the starch shall be that fixed for wheat starch, where applicable adjusted by the coefficients listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The production refunds payable in the cereals and rice sectors in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 and calculated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2169/86 shall be as follows:

1.2 // // ECU/tonne // (i) for maize starch and products derived from maize starch: // 74,70 // (ii) for rice starch and products derived from rice starch: // 72,30 // (iii) for wheat starch and products derived from wheat starch: // 70,70 // (iv) for potato starch and products derived from potato starch: // 74,70

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 October 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 1986.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29.

(3) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 6.

(4) OJ No L 189, 11. 7. 1986, p. 12.