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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 296/88

of 1 February 1988

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 redefining the destinaton zones for export refunds or levies and for certain export licences for cereals and rice

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 3989/87 (2), and in particular Article 16 (6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3990/87 (4), and in particular Article 17 (6) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1548/87 (6), defined the destination zones to be used to fix export refunds or levies for cereals and rice;

Whereas Puerto Rico is part of the customs territory of the United States of Amercia; whereas it should therefore be withdrawn from Zone IV (b);

Whereas a number of territories are politically part of a Member State but do not fall within the geographical scope of the common agricultural policy; whereas they are not therefore part of the customs territory of the Community and refunds may be granted on exports to them; whereas in order to facilitate exportation of Community agricultural products to them they should be grouped in a specific destination zone;

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

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 1 February 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 181, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1987, p. 15.

(5) OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1977, p. 53.

(6) OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987, p. 14.

ANNEX

ZONE I

(a) Libya

Egypt

Israel

Lebanon

Syria

Cyprus

Turkey

(b) Morocco

Algeria

Tunisia

(c) Jordan

(d) Malta

Yugoslavia

Albania

ZONE II

(a) Poland

Soviet Union (Baltic ports)

(b) Norway

Sweden

Finland

Faeroe Islands

Iceland

Greenland

ZONE III

(a) Czechoslovakia

Hungary

(b) Romania

Bulgaria

Soviet Union (Black Sea ports)

ZONE IV

(a) Mexico, countries and territories of Central America (except ACP countries)

(b) Greater and Lesser Antilles and Bermuda (except ACP countries, Puerto Rico, Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles)

(c) Countries and territories of South America (Atlantic Coast)

(d) Countries and territories of South America (Pacific Coast)

ZONE V

(a) Namibia (South West Africa)

Ex-Spanish Sahara

East and West African coastal islands (except ACP countries)

(b) Republic of South Africa

ZONE VI

Countries and territories of the Arabian Peninsula

Iraq

Iran

ZONE VII

(a) Afghanistan

Pakistan

India (including Sikkim)

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Burma

Bhutan

Islans of the Indian Ocean (except ACP countries)

(b) Thailand

Kampuchea

Laos

Japan

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

(c) Other countries and territories of Asia and Oceania (except New Caledonia and dependencies, French Polynesia, the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and the Wallis and Futuna Islands)

Austalia

New Zealand

ZONE VIII

(a) ACP countries

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Comoros (not including Mayotte)

Congo

Ivory Coast

Djibouti

Dominica

Ethiopia

Fiji

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Grenada

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Equatorial Guinea

Guyana

Jamaica

Kenya

Kiribati

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritius

Mauritania

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Uganda

Papua New Guinea

Cental African Republic

Rwanda

St Kitts-Nevis

St Vincent and the Grenadines

St Lucia

Solomon Islands

Western Samoa

Sao Tomé and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

Surinam

Swaziland

Tanzania

Chad

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Zaire

Zimbia

Zimbabwe

(b) French Polynesia

New Caledonia and dependencies

Wallis and Futuna Islands

French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Mayotte

Netherlands Antilles

Aruba