COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3223/93 of 25 November 1993 on statistical information relating to the payment of export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof, and to the corresponding provisions of the other regulations on the common organization of markets referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amounts of such refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3381/90 (4),

Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and the corresponding provisions of the other regulations on the common organization of markets referred to in the second citation of this Regulation provide for the granting of export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80, lays down, for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, general rules for the granting of export refunds and the criteria for fixing their amount;

Whereas it is essential for the Commission, in order to be able to monitor satisfactorily measures adopted concerning export refunds granted on agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, to have at its disposal certain statistical information; whereas such information should therefore be transmitted to it by the competent authorities of the Member States;

Whereas, provisions concerning the communication of the statistical information in question laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1762/89 (5) must be amended; whereas for reasons of clarity that Regulation should be replaced;

Whereas this Regulation should be applied with effect from the first day of the month in which the EAGGF Guarantee 1993/94 year begins;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the relevant management committees,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Member States shall, at the latest by the end of the month following each month of the calendar year, communicate the necessary statistical information to the Commission at the following address:

Commission of the European Communities,

Directorate General III,

Non-Annex II Trade Regime.

200 rue de la Loi,

B-1049 Brussels, Belgium.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation:

- 'groups of goods' means the groups listed in column (1) of Annex A,

- 'basic agricultural products' means the products listed in Annex B,

- 'refunds granted' means refunds which have been granted in the manner referred to in Chapter 2 or 3 of Title 2 or in Article 47 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (6).

Article 3

The necessary statistical information referred to in Article 1 shall comprise:

- the volume of exports of goods covered by Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 having received export refunds the previous month, expressed in tonnes or other units of measure, indicating unit, broken down according to group of goods,

- within each group of goods referred to in the first indent, the amount of the refunds granted the previous month for each of the basic agricultural products, expressed in national currency,

- within each group of goods referred to in the first indent, the quantities of each of the basic products to which the refunds relate expressed in tonnes or other units of measure, indicating unit.

Article 4

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Regulation (EEC) No 1762/89 is repealed.

Article 5

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

It shall apply to refunds paid from 1 October 1993 onwards.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 November 1993.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64.

(3) OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 27.

(4) OJ No L 327, 27. 11. 1990, p. 4.

(5) OJ No L 172, 21. 6. 1989, p. 23.

(6) OJ No L 351, 14. 12. 1987, p. 1.

ANNEX A

Group of products

"" ID="1">1> ID="2">0403 10 51 to 0403 10 99 and 0403 90 71 to 0403 90 99"> ID="1">2> ID="2">0710 40"> ID="2">0711 90 30"> ID="2">2001 90 30"> ID="2">2004 90 10"> ID="2">2005 80"> ID="2">2008 99 85"> ID="1">3> ID="2">1302 31 to 1302 39"> ID="1">4> ID="2">1517 10 10"> ID="2">1517 90 10"> ID="1">5> ID="2">1518 00 10"> ID="1">6> ID="2">1520 90 00"> ID="1">7> ID="2">1702 50 00"> ID="1">8> ID="2">1702 90 10"> ID="1">9> ID="2">1704 10"> ID="1">10> ID="2">1704 90 30"> ID="1">11> ID="2">1704 90 51 to 1704 90 99"> ID="1">12> ID="2">1806"> ID="1">13> ID="2">1901 10"> ID="1">14> ID="2">1901 20"> ID="1">15> ID="2">1901 90 11 and 1901 90 19"> ID="1">16> ID="2">1901 90 90"> ID="1">17> ID="2">1902 11"> ID="2">1902 19"> ID="1">18> ID="2">1902 20 91"> ID="2">1902 20 99"> ID="2">1902 30"> ID="1">19> ID="2">1902 40"> ID="1">20> ID="2">1903"> ID="1">21> ID="2">1904"> ID="2">ex 2008 92"> ID="2">ex 2008 99"> ID="1">22> ID="2">1905 10"> ID="1">23> ID="2">1905 20"> ID="1">24> ID="2">1905 30"> ID="1">25> ID="2">1905 40"> ID="1">26> ID="2">1905 90"> ID="1">27> ID="2">2001 90 40"> ID="2">2004 10 91"> ID="2">2005 20 10"> ID="2">2008 11 10"> ID="2">2008 91"> ID="2">2008 99 91"> ID="1">28> ID="2">2101"> ID="1">29> ID="2">2102 10 31 to 2102 10 39"> ID="2">2102 20 11 to 2102 20 19"> ID="1">30> ID="2">2103 10"> ID="2">2103 20"> ID="2">2103 90"> ID="1">31> ID="2">2104 10"> ID="1">32> ID="2">2105"> ID="1">33> ID="2">2106 10"> ID="1">34> ID="2">2106 90 10"> ID="2">2106 90 91 to 2106 90 99"> ID="1">35> ID="2">2202 10"> ID="1">36> ID="2">2202 90 10"> ID="1">37> ID="2">2202 90 91 to 2202 90 99"> ID="1">38> ID="2">2203"> ID="1">39> ID="2">2205"> ID="1">40> ID="2">2208 20"> ID="2">ex 2208 30 91 and"> ID="2">ex 2208 30 99"> ID="2">2208 50"> ID="2">2208 90 31"> ID="2">2208 90 39"> ID="2">2208 90 51"> ID="2">2208 90 53"> ID="2">2208 90 55"> ID="2">2208 90 59"> ID="2">2208 90 71"> ID="2">2208 90 73"> ID="2">2208 90 79"> ID="1">41> ID="2">2520 20"> ID="2">6809 11 and"> ID="2">6809 19"> ID="1">42> ID="2">2839 90"> ID="1">43> ID="2">chapter 29"> ID="1">44> ID="2">chapter 30"> ID="1">45> ID="2">ex chapter 35"> ID="1">46> ID="2">chapter 38"> ID="2">3203"> ID="2">3204 11 to 3204 19"> ID="1">47> ID="2">chapter 39"> ID="1">48> ID="2">4813 90 90"> ID="2">4818 10"> ID="2">4823 11"> ID="2">4823 19"> ID="2">4823 20"> ID="2">4823 51"> ID="2">4823 59"> ID="2">4823 90 51"> ID="2">4823 90 71"> ID="2">4823 90 79"> ID="1">49> ID="2">3307 49"> ID="2">3307 90"> ID="2">3401 19"> ID="2">3402"> ID="2">3403 11"> ID="2">3403 19 10"> ID="2">3405"> ID="2">3407">

ANNEX B

"" ID="1">ex 0402 10 19> ID="2">Milk powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, obtained by the spray process, with a fat content not exceeding 1,5 % by weight and with a water content of less than 5 % by weight (PG 2)"> ID="1">ex 0402 21 19> ID="2">Milk powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, obtained by the spray process, with a fat content of 26 % by weight and a water content of less than 5 % by weight (PG 3)"> ID="1">ex 0404 10> ID="2">Powdered whey, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, obtained by spray process, with a water content less than 5 % by weight (PG 1)"> ID="1">ex 0405 00> ID="2">Butter with a fat content by weight of 82 % (PG 6)"> ID="1">ex 0407 00 30> ID="2">Poultry eggs in shell, fresh or preserved, other than eggs for hatching"> ID="1">ex 0408> ID="2">Eggs not in shell, and eggs yolks, suitable for human consumption, fresh, dried or otherwise preserved, not sweetened"> ID="1">1001> ID="2">Wheat and meslin"> ID="1">1002 00 00> ID="2">Rye"> ID="1">1003 00 80> ID="2">Barley"> ID="1">1004 00 00> ID="2">Oats"> ID="1">1005 90 00> ID="2">Maize other than maize sowing"> ID="1">1006 20> ID="2">Husked rice"> ID="1">ex 1006 30> ID="2">Wholly milled rice"> ID="1">1006 40 00> ID="2">Broken rice"> ID="1">1007 00 90> ID="2">Grain sorghum, other than hybrid for sowing"> ID="1">1101 00 00> ID="2">Wheat or meslin flour"> ID="1">1102 10 00> ID="2">Rye flour"> ID="1">1103 11 30 1103 11 50> ID="2">Groats and meal of durum wheat"> ID="1">1103 11 90> ID="2">Groats and meal of common wheat"> ID="1">1701 11 00 to 1701 12 99> ID="2">(beet or cane) raw sugar"> ID="1">1701 99 10> ID="2">White sugar"> ID="1">ex 1702 10 90> ID="2">Lactose containing, in the dry state, 98,5 % by weight of the pure product (PG 12)"> ID="1">ex 1702 40 10> ID="2">Isoglucose containing in the dry state, 41 % or more by weight of fructose"> ID="1">ex 1702 90 90> ID="2">Beet or cane syrups containing, in the dry state 85 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)"> ID="1">1703> ID="2">Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar">