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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 856/2000
of 27 April 2000
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 the market incereals(
1),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1253/1999(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December1995onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinrice(
3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2072/98(4),and
in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and Article
13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that thedifference between quotations or prices on the worldmarket for the products listed in Article 1 of thoseRegulations and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Article13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95providesthatwhen refunds are being fixed account must be taken oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardtoprices and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken riceon the Community market on the one hand and pricesfor cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on theworld market on the other. The same Articles providethat it is also important to ensure equilibrium and thenatural development of prices and trade on the marketsincerealsandriceand,furthermore,totakeintoaccountthe economic aspect of the proposed exports, and theneed to avoid disturbances on the Community market.
(3)Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/95(
5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2993/95(6),
ontheimportandexportsystemforproductsprocessedfromcerealsandfromricedefinesthespecificcriteriatobe taken into account when the refund on these prod-ucts is being calculated.(4)Therefundtobegrantedinrespectofcertainprocessedproducts should be graduated on the basis of the ash,crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch content ofthe individual product concerned, this content being aparticularly good indicator of the quantity of basicproduct actually incorporated in the processed product.
(5)There is no need at present to fix an export refund formanioc, other tropical roots and tubers or floursobtainedtherefrom,giventheeconomicaspectofpoten-tial exports and in particular the nature and origin ofthese products. For certain products processed fromcereals,theinsignificanceofCommunityparticipationinworldtrademakesitunnecessarytofixanexportrefundat the present time.
(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)Therefundmustbefixedonceamonth;whereasitmaybe altered in the intervening period.
(8)Certain processed maize products may undergo a heattreatment 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.
(9)The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-ered an opinion within the time limit set by itschairman,
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 Regula-tion (EC) No 3072/95 and subject to Regulation (EC) No1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to thisRegulation.(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 147, 30.6.1995, p. 55.
(6) OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 25.
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 April 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(EUR/tonne)
Productcode Refund(EUR/tonne)
Productcode RefundANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 27 April 2000 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals
and rice
110220109200(1) 54,04
110220109400(1) 46,32
110220909200(1) 46,32
110290109100 30,92
110290109900 21,02
110290309100 63,20
110312009100 63,20
110313109100(1) 69,48
110313109300(1) 54,04
110313109500(1) 46,32
110313909100(1) 46,32
110319109000 44,32
110319309100 31,95
110321009000 32,46
110329209000 21,02
110411909100 30,92
110412909100 70,22
110412909300 56,18
110419109000 32,46
110419509110 61,76
110419509130 50,18
110421109100 30,92
110421309100 30,92
110421509100 41,22
110421509300 32,98
110422209100 56,18
110422309100 59,69110423109100 57,90
110423109300 44,39
110429119000 32,46
110429519000 31,82
110429559000 31,82
110430109000 7,96
110430909000 9,65
110710119000 56,64
110710919000 36,69
110811009200 63,64
110811009300 63,64
110812009200 61,76
110812009300 61,76
110813009200 61,76
110813009300 61,76
110819109200 51,68
110819109300 51,68
110900009100 0,00
170230519000(2) 77,13
170230599000(2) 59,05
170230919000 77,13
170230999000 59,05
170240909000 59,05
170290509100 77,13
170290509900 59,05
170290759000 80,82
170290799000 56,10
210690559000 59,05
(1) No refund shall be granted on products given a heat treatment resulting in pregelatinisation 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.