EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30.6.2000 L 158/44
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1398/2000
of 29 June 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 2072/98(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)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.(5)The world market situation or the specific requirementsof certain markets may make it necessary to vary therefund for certain products according to destination.
(6)A separate refund should be fixed for packaged longgrain rice to accommodate current demand for theproduct on certain markets.
(7)The refund must be fixed at least once a month; whereasit may be altered in the intervening period.
(8)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.
(9)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.
(10)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
The issue of export licences with advance fixing of the refund is
suspended.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 June 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.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 June 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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