EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.12.1999 L326/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2676/1999
of 17 December 1999
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,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals(
1),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation(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
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
3),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2072/98(4),andin
particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No2681/74of21October1974onCommunityfinancingofexpenditureincurredinrespectofthesupplyofagri-cultural products as food aid(
5) lays down that the
portionoftheexpenditurecorrespondingtotheexportrefunds on the products in question fixed underCommunity rules is to be charged to the EuropeanAgricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, GuaranteeSection;
(2)Whereas, in order to make it easier to draw up andmanagethebudgetforCommunityfoodaidactionsandto enable the Member States to know the extent ofCommunity participation in the financing of nationalfood aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for
these actions should be determined;
(3)Whereas the general and implementing rules providedforinArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92andinArticle 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on exportrefundsareapplicable mutatis mutandis totheabovemen-
tioned operations;
(4)Whereas the specific criteria to be used for calculatingthe export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 ofRegulation (EC) No 3072/95;
(5)Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation arein accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
ForCommunityandnationalfoodaidoperationsunderinter-
nationalagreementsorothersupplementaryprogrammes,andotherCommunityfreesupplymeasures,therefundsapplicableto cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in theAnnex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.
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 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.12.1999 L326/9
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 17 December 1999 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector
products supplied as Community and national food aid
(EUR/t)
Productcode Refund
100110009400 0,00
100190999000 42,50
100200009000 67,00
100300909000 30,00
100400009400 61,00
100590009000 47,00
100630929100 139,00
100630929900 139,00
100630949100 139,00
100630949900 139,00
100630969100 139,00
100630969900 139,00
100630989100 139,00
100630989900 139,00
100630659900 139,00
100640009000 —
100700909000 47,00
110100159100 58,25
110100159130 58,25
110220109200 71,02
110220109400 60,88
110230009000 —
110290109100 40,92
110311109200 15,00
110311909200 15,00
110313109100 91,31
110314009000 —
110412909100 90,96
110421509100 54,56
NB:TheproductcodesaredefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), amended.