EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.7.1999 L201/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1696/1999
of 30 July 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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
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), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98(4), and in
particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financingof expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agri-cultural products as food aid(
5) lays down that the
portion of the expenditure corresponding to the exportrefunds 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
For Community and national food aid operations under inter-
national agreements or other supplementary programmes, andother Community free supply measures, the refunds applicableto cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in theAnnex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 July 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 31.7.1999 L201/17
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 July 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 37,00
100200009000 55,00
100300909000 41,00
100400009400 41,00
100590009000 61,00
100630929100 145,00
100630929900 145,00
100630949100 145,00
100630949900 145,00
100630969100 145,00
100630969900 145,00
100630989100 145,00
100630989900 145,00
100630659900 145,00
100640009000 —
100700909000 61,00
110100159100 50,00
110100159130 50,00
110220109200 85,79
110220109400 73,54
110230009000 —
110290109100 52,01
110311109200 0,00
110311909200 0,00
110313109100 110,30
110314009000 —
110412909100 83,84
110421509100 69,34
NB:TheproductcodesaredefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1), amended.