EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.7.2000 L175/88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1540/2000
of 13 July 2000
fixingthe export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organization of the market incereals(
1),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1253/1999(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December1995onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinrice(
3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2072/98(4),and
in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article
13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that thedifference between quotations or prices on the worldmarket for the products listed in Article 1 of thoseRegulations and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Article13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95providesthatwhen refunds are being fixed account must be taken oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardtoprices and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken riceon the Community market on the one hand and pricesfor cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on theworld market on the other. The same Articles providethat it is also important to ensure equilibrium and thenatural development of prices and trade on the marketsincerealsandriceand,furthermore,totakeintoaccountthe economic aspect of the proposed exports, and theneed to avoid disturbances on the Community market.
(3)Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/95(
5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2993/95(6),
ontheimportandexportsystemforproductsprocessedfromcerealsandfromricedefinesthespecificcriteriatobe taken into account when the refund on these prod-ucts is being calculated.(4)Therefundtobegrantedinrespectofcertainprocessedproducts should be graduated on the basis of the ash,crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch content ofthe individual product concerned, this content being aparticularly good indicator of the quantity of basicproduct actually incorporated in the processed product.
(5)There is no need at present to fix an export refund formanioc, other tropical roots and tubers or floursobtainedtherefrom,giventheeconomicaspectofpoten-tial exports and in particular the nature and origin ofthese products. For certain products processed fromcereals,theinsignificanceofCommunityparticipationinworldtrademakesitunnecessarytofixanexportrefundat the present time.
(6)The world market situation or the specific requirementsof certain markets may make it necessary to vary therefund for certain products according to destination.
(7)Therefundmustbefixedonceamonth;whereasitmaybe altered in the intervening period.
(8)Certain processed maize products may undergo a heattreatment following which a refund might be grantedthat does not correspond to the quality of the product;whereas it should therefore be specified that on theseproducts, containing pregelatinized starch, no exportrefund is to be granted.
(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 1(1)(c) of Regula-tion (EC) No 3072/95 and subject to Regulation (EC) No1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to thisRegulation.(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 147, 30.6.1995, p. 55.
(6) OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 25.
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 July 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(EUR/tonne)
Productcode Refund(EUR/tonne)
Productcode RefundANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 13 July 2000 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and
rice
110220109200(1) 87,23
110220109400(1) 74,77
110220909200(1) 74,77
110290109100 0,00
110290109900 0,00
110290309100 47,32
110312009100 47,32
110313109100(1) 112,16
110313109300(1) 87,23
110313109500(1) 74,77
110313909100(1) 74,77
110319109000 35,54
110319309100 0,00
110321009000 0,00
110329209000 0,00
110411909100 0,00
110412909100 52,58
110412909300 42,06
110419109000 0,00
110419509110 99,70
110419509130 81,00
110421109100 0,00
110421309100 0,00
110421509100 0,00
110421509300 0,00
110422209100 42,06
110422309100 44,69110423109100 93,47
110423109300 71,66
110429119000 0,00
110429519000 0,00
110429559000 0,00
110430109000 0,00
110430909000 15,58
110710119000 0,00
110710919000 0,00
110811009200 0,00
110811009300 0,00
110812009200 99,70
110812009300 99,70
110813009200 99,70
110813009300 99,70
110819109200 44,08
110819109300 44,08
110900009100 0,00
170230519000(2) 97,67
170230599000(2) 74,77
170230919000 97,67
170230999000 74,77
170240909000 74,77
170290509100 97,67
170290509900 74,77
170290759000 102,34
170290799000 71,03
210690559000 74,77
(1) No refund shall be granted on products given a heat treatment resulting in pregelatinisation of the starch.
(2) Refunds are granted in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 (OJ L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 20), amended.
NB:The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), amended.