COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2145/92 of 29 July 1992 redefining the destination zones for export refunds, export levies and 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 1738/92 (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 674/92 (4), and in particular Article 17 (6) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/89 (6) determined the destination zones to be used for the purpose of setting export refunds and levies on cereals and rice;

Whereas political changes in the Eastern bloc, i.e. the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia into independent countries, require an updating of the destination zones as set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77; whereas in that Annex the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia should be replaced by the countries formed out of them; whereas the opportunity should also be taken to regroup the countries of zones I, II, III and VIII;

Whereas for clarity Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 should be repealed and its provisions taken up in the present Regulation;

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

The destination zones to be used for the purpose of setting differentiated export refunds and levies on the products listed under (a), (b) and (c) in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and under (a) and (b) in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 are delimited in the Annex to this Regulation.

Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 is hereby repealed.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 August 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1992. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 180, 1. 7. 1992, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. (4) OJ No L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7. (5) OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1977, p. 53. (6) OJ No L 292, 11. 10. 1989, p. 10.

ANNEX

Zone I

(a) Morocco

Algeria

Tunisia

(b) Malta

Egypt

Israel

Lebanon

Syria

Cyprus

Turkey

Ex-Spanish Sahara

(c) Libya

Zone II

(a) Poland

Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

Hungary

(b) Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

(c) Norway

Sweden

Finland

Faeroe Islands

Iceland

(d) Russia (North)

Belarus

Zone III

(a) Bosnia-Herzegovina

Croatia

Slovenia

Territory of the former Yugoslavia excluding Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina

(b) Albania

Romania

Bulgaria

(c) Russia (South)

Armenia

Georgia

Azerbaijan

Moldavia

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Kyrghyzstan

Uzbekistan

Tadjikistan

Turkmenistan

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 and OCT)

(c) Countries and territories of South America (Atlantic Coast, other than OCT)

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

Zone V

Republic of South Africa

Zone VI

Countries and territories of the Arabian Peninsula

Jordan

Iraq

Iran

Zone VII

(a) Afghanistan

Pakistan

India (including Sikkim)

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Myanmar

Bhutan

Islands of the Indian Ocean (except ACP countries and OCT)

(b) Thailand

Kampuchea

Laos

Japan

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

(c) Other countries and territories of Asia and Oceania (except OCT)

Australia

New Zealand

Zone VIII

(a) (ACP countries)

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Comoros (not including Mayotte)

Congo

Ivory Coast

Djibouti

Dominica

Ethiopia

Fiji

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Grenada

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Equatorial Guinea

Guyana

Haiti

Jamaica

Kenya

Kiribati

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritius

Mauritania

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Uganda

Papua New Guinea

Dominican Republic

Rwanda

St. Kittis-Nevis

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

St. Lucia

Salomon Islands

Western Samoa

Sao Tomé and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Tanzania

Chad

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

(b) (OCT)

French Polynesia

New Caledonia and dependencies

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Southern and Antarctic Territories

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Mayotte

Netherlands Antilles

Aruba

Greenland

Anguilla

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands

South Sandwich Islands and dependencies

Turks and Caicos Islands

British Virgin Islands

Montserrat

Pitcairn

St. Helena and dependencies

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory