EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.12.2000 L 302/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2623/2000
of 30 November 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
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market inrice (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (2),
and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 13(3) and(15) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that
the difference between quotations or prices on the worldmarket for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regu-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, providesthat when refunds are being fixed account must be takenof the existing situation and the future trend with regardto prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on theCommunity market on the one hand and prices for riceand broken rice on the world market on the other. Thesame Article provides that it is also important to ensureequilibrium 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) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361/76 (3) lays down
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 of15 310 tonnes of rice to certain destinations. Theprocedure laid down in Article 7(4) of CommissionRegulation (EC) No 1162/95 (
4), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2110/2000 (5) should be used.
Account should be taken of this when the refunds arefixed.(5) Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 defines thespecific 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) The refund must be fixed at least once a month; 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) No 3072/95 with the exception of those listedin 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 15 310 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 1 December 2000.(1) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 154, 15.6.1976, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(5) OJ L 250, 5.10.2000, p. 23.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.12.2000 L 302/19
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 November 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.12.2000 L 302/20
Product code DestinationUnit of
measurementAmount of
refunds (1)Product code DestinationUnit of
measurementAmount of
refunds (1)ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 2000 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and
suspending the issue of export licences
1006 20 11 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 20 13 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 20 15 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 20 17 9000 — EUR/t —
1006 20 92 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 20 94 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 20 96 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 20 98 9000 — EUR/t —
1006 30 21 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 30 23 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 30 25 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 30 27 9000 — EUR/t —
1006 30 42 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 30 44 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 30 46 9000 R01 EUR/t 135,00
1006 30 48 9000 — EUR/t —
1006 30 61 9100 R01 EUR/t 169,00
R02 EUR/t 174,00
R03 EUR/t 179,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
021 and 023 EUR/t 174,00
1006 30 61 9900 R01 EUR/t 169,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
1006 30 63 9100 R01 EUR/t 169,00
R02 EUR/t 174,00
R03 EUR/t 179,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
021 and 023 EUR/t 174,00
1006 30 63 9900 R01 EUR/t 169,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
A97 EUR/t 174,001006 30 65 9100 R01 EUR/t 169,00
R02 EUR/t 174,00
R03 EUR/t 179,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
021 and 023 EUR/t 174,00
1006 30 65 9900 R01 EUR/t 169,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
1006 30 67 9100 021 and 023 EUR/t 174,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
1006 30 67 9900 064 EUR/t 131,00
1006 30 92 9100 R01 EUR/t 169,00
R02 EUR/t 174,00
R03 EUR/t 179,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
021 and 023 EUR/t 174,00
1006 30 92 9900 R01 EUR/t 169,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
1006 30 94 9100 R01 EUR/t 169,00
R02 EUR/t 174,00
R03 EUR/t 179,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
021 and 023 EUR/t 174,00
1006 30 94 9900 R01 EUR/t 169,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
1006 30 96 9100 R01 EUR/t 169,00
R02 EUR/t 174,00
R03 EUR/t 179,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
021 and 023 EUR/t 174,00
1006 30 96 9900 R01 EUR/t 169,00
A97 EUR/t 174,00
064 EUR/t 131,00
1006 30 98 9100 021 and 023 EUR/t 174,00
1006 30 98 9900 — EUR/t —
1006 40 00 9000 — EUR/t —
(1) The procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 applies to licences applied for under that Regulation for the following quantit ites, depending on
destination:Destination R01: 3 320 tDestinations R02, R03: 1 750 tDestinations 021 and 023: 440 tDestination 064: 9 500 tDestination A97: 300 t.
NB:The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as
amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 46).
The other destinations are defined as follows:
R01 Switzerland, Liechtenstein, communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia.
R02 Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Ex-Spanish Sahara, Cyprus, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Kuwait, United
Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, West Bank/Gaza Strip, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic,Slovenia, Slovakia, Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Russia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republicof Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajiki-stan, Kyrgyzstan.
R03 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Bermuda, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, A40, A11 except Suriname,Guyana, Madagascar.