EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 L 343/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2731/98
of 17 December 1998
fixing the 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 themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article
13 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organization of themarket in rice (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (4), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide thatthe difference between quotations or prices on the worldmarket for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regu-lations and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
provides that when refunds are being fixed account mustbe taken of the existing situation and the future trendwith regard to prices and availabilities of cereals, rice andbroken rice on the Community market on the one handand prices for cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal prod-ucts on the world market on the other; whereas the sameArticles provide that it is also important to ensure equilib-rium and the natural development of prices and trade onthe markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore, to takeinto account the economic aspect of the proposedexports, and the need to avoid disturbances on theCommunity market;
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1518/95 (
5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2993/
95 (6), on the import and export system for products
processed from cereals and from rice defines the specificcriteria to be taken into account when the refund on theseproducts is being calculated;
Whereas the refund to be granted in respect of certain
processed products should be graduated on the basis ofthe ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starchcontent of the individual product concerned, this contentbeing a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic
product actually incorporated in the processed product;
Whereas there is no need at present to fix an export
refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers orflours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect ofpotential exports and in particular the nature and originof these products; whereas, for certain products processedfrom cereals, the insignificance of Community participa-tion in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an exportrefund at the present time;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary tovary the refund for certain products according to destina-tion;
Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
it may be altered in the intervening period;
Whereas certain processed maize products may undergo a
heat treatment 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;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to theintroduction of the euro (
7) provides that, as from 1
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at therate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance 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 Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and subject to Regula-tion (EC) No 1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in theAnnex to this Regulation.
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(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. (7) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 L 343/17
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(ECU/tonne)
Product code Refund(ECU/tonne)
Product code RefundANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 17 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on products
processed from cereals and rice
1102 20 10 9200 (1) 77,66
1102 20 10 9400 (1) 66,56
1102 20 90 9200 (1) 66,56
1102 90 10 9100 73,35
1102 90 10 9900 49,88
1102 90 30 9100 77,90
1103 12 00 9100 77,90
1103 13 10 9100 (1) 99,85
1103 13 10 9300 (1) 77,66
1103 13 10 9500 (1) 66,56
1103 13 90 9100 (1) 66,56
1103 19 10 9000 51,70
1103 19 30 9100 75,80
1103 21 00 9000 30,99
1103 29 20 9000 49,88
1104 11 90 9100 73,35
1104 12 90 9100 86,56
1104 12 90 9300 69,25
1104 19 10 9000 30,99
1104 19 50 9110 88,75
1104 19 50 9130 72,11
1104 21 10 9100 73,35
1104 21 30 9100 73,35
1104 21 50 9100 97,80
1104 21 50 9300 78,24
1104 22 20 9100 69,25
1104 22 30 9100 73,581104 23 10 9100 83,21
1104 23 10 9300 63,79
1104 29 11 9000 30,99
1104 29 51 9000 30,38
1104 29 55 9000 30,38
1104 30 10 9000 7,60
1104 30 90 9000 13,87
1107 10 11 9000 54,08
1107 10 91 9000 87,04
1108 11 00 9200 60,76
1108 11 00 9300 60,76
1108 12 00 9200 88,75
1108 12 00 9300 88,75
1108 13 00 9200 88,75
1108 13 00 9300 88,75
1108 19 10 9200 42,56
1108 19 10 9300 42,56
1109 00 00 9100 0,00
1702 30 51 9000 (2) 102,82
1702 30 59 9000 (2) 78,72
1702 30 91 9000 102,82
1702 30 99 9000 78,72
1702 40 90 9000 78,72
1702 90 50 9100 102,82
1702 90 50 9900 78,72
1702 90 75 9000 107,74
1702 90 79 9000 74,78
2106 90 55 9000 78,72
(1) No refund shall be granted on products given a heat treatment resulting in pregelatinization 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.