EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.5.2000 L127/43
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1133/2000
of 26 May 2000
fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2072/98(2),and
inparticularthesecondsubparagraphofArticle13(3)and(15)thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95providesthat
thedifferencebetweenquotationsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1ofthatRegu-lation and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbrokenriceontheCommunity market on the one hand and prices for riceand broken rice on the world market on the other. ThesameArticleprovidesthatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibrium and the natural development of prices andtrade on the rice market and, furthermore, to take intoaccount the economic aspect of the proposed exportsand the need to avoid disturbances of the Communitymarket with limits resulting from agreements concludedin accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(3)CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(3)laysdown
the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in ricefor which an export refund is fixed and specifies thepercentage by which that refund is to be reduced wherethe proportion of broken rice in the rice exportedexceeds that maximum.
(4)Export possibilities exist for a quantity of 3711 tonnesof rice to certain destinations. The procedure laid downinArticle7(4)ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No1162/95(
4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1432/
1999(5) should be used. Account should be taken of
this when the refunds are fixed.(5)Article13(5)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95definesthespecific criteria to be taken into account when theexport refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu-lated.
(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)A separate refund should be fixed for packaged longgrain rice to accommodate current demand for theproduct on certain markets.
(8)Therefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;whereasit may be altered in the intervening period.
(9)It follows from applying these rules and criteria to thepresent situation on the market in rice and in particularto quotations or prices for rice and broken rice withinthe Community and on the world market, that therefund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto.
(10)For the purposes of administering the volume restric-tions resulting from Community commitments in thecontext of the WTO, the issue of export licences withadvance fixing of the refund should be restricted.
(11)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 of
Regulation(EC)No3072/95withtheexceptionofthoselistedin paragraph 1(c) of that Article, exported in the natural state,shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
With the exception of the quantity of 3711 tonnes provided
for in the Annex, the issue of export licences with advancefixing of the refund is suspended.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 May 2000.(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 154, 15.6.1976, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(5) OJ L 166, 1.7.1999, p. 56.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 May 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(EUR/t)
Productcode Destination(1)Amount
ofrefunds(EUR/t)
Productcode Destination(1)Amount
ofrefundsANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 26 May 2000 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and
suspending, the issue of export licences
100620119000 01 123,00
100620139000 01 123,00
100620159000 01 123,00
100620179000 ——
100620929000 01 123,00
100620949000 01 123,00
100620969000 01 123,00
100620989000 ——
100630219000 01 123,00
100630239000 01 123,00
100630259000 01 123,00
100630279000 ——
100630429000 01 123,00
100630449000 01 123,00
100630469000 01 123,00
100630489000 ——
100630619100 01 153,00
02 159,00(2)
03 164,00(2)
04 159,00
05 159,00
100630619900 01 153,00
04 159,00
100630639100 01 153,00
02 159,00(2)
03 164,00(2)
04 159,00
05 159,00
100630639900 01 153,00
04 159,00
100630659100 01 153,00
02 159,00(2)
03 164,00(2)
04 159,00
05 159,00100630659900 01 153,00
04 159,00
100630679100 05 159,00
100630679900 ——
100630929100 01 153,00
02 159,00(2)
03 164,00(2)
04 159,00
05 159,00
100630929900 01 153,00
04 159,00
100630949100 01 153,00
02 159,00(2)
03 164,00(2)
04 159,00
05 159,00
100630949900 01 153,00
04 159,00
100630969100 01 153,00
02 159,00(2)
03 164,00(2)
04 159,00
05 159,00
100630969900 01 153,00
04 159,00
100630989100 05 159,00
100630989900 ——
100640009000 ——
(1) The destinations are identified as follows:
01 Liechtenstein,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'Italia,refundsfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofRegulation(EC)No1162/95
in respect of a total quantity of 1324 t of wholly milled rice equivalent,
02 Zones I, II, III, VI, excluding Turkey,03 Zones IV, V, VII (c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Suriname, Guyana and Madagascar,04 DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,refundsfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofRegulation
(EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of 800 t,
05 Ceuta and Melilla, refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of 300 t.
(
2) Forriceofdestinations 02and03,refundsfixedundertheprocedure laiddowninArticle7(4)ofRegulation (EC)No1162/95inrespectofatotalquantityof1287 t.
NB:The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.