EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 2. 2000 L 54/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 439/2000
of 25 February 2000
fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national
food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals (
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1253/1999 (2), and in particular the third subparagraph of
Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market inrice (
3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (4), and in
particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21
October 1974 on Community financing of expenditureincurred in respect of the supply of agricultural productsas food aid (
5) lays down that the portion of the expendi-
ture corresponding to the export refunds on the prod-ucts in question fixed under Community rules is to becharged to the European Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2) In order to make it easier to draw up and manage thebudget for Community food aid actions and to enablethe Member States to know the extent of Communityparticipation in the financing of national food aidactions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions
should be determined.
(3) The general and implementing rules provided for inArticle 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and inArticle 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on exportrefunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovemen-
tioned operations.
(4) The specific criteria to be used for calculating the exportrefund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation(EC) No 3072/95.
(5) The measures provided for this Regulation are in accord-ance with the opinion of the Management Committeefor Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For Community and national food aid operations under inter-
national agreements or other supplementary programmes, andother Community free supply measures, the refunds applicableto cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in theAnnex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 February 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(5) OJ L 288, 25.10.1974, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 2. 2000 L 54/26
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 25 February 2000 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector
products supplied as Community and national food aid
(EUR/t)
Product code Refund
1001 10 00 9400 0,00
1001 90 99 9000 33,00
1002 00 00 9000 66,00
1003 00 90 9000 29,00
1004 00 00 9400 60,00
1005 90 00 9000 40,00
1006 30 92 9100 163,00
1006 30 92 9900 163,00
1006 30 94 9100 163,00
1006 30 94 9900 163,00
1006 30 96 9100 163,00
1006 30 96 9900 163,00
1006 30 98 9100 163,00
1006 30 98 9900 163,00
1006 30 65 9900 163,00
1006 40 00 9000 —
1007 00 90 9000 40,00
1101 00 15 9100 45,00
1101 00 15 9130 45,00
1102 20 10 9200 55,92
1102 20 10 9400 47,93
1102 30 00 9000 —
1102 90 10 9100 40,79
1103 11 10 9200 0,00
1103 11 90 9200 0,00
1103 13 10 9100 71,89
1103 14 00 9000 —
1104 12 90 9100 103,84
1104 21 50 9100 54,38
NB:The product codes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), amended.