EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.4.2000 L81/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 673/2000
of 31 March 2000
fixingthe refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national
food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market incereals(
1),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1253/1999(2), and in particular the third subparagraph of
Article 13(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
3),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2072/98(4),andin
particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2681/74of21
October1974onCommunityfinancingofexpenditureincurredinrespectofthesupplyofagriculturalproductsasfoodaid(
5)laysdownthattheportionoftheexpendi-
ture corresponding to the export refunds on the prod-ucts in question fixed under Community rules is to becharged to the European Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
(2)In order to make it easier to draw up and manage thebudget for Community food aid actions and to enablethe Member States to know the extent of Communityparticipation in the financing of national food aidactions,theleveloftherefundsgrantedfortheseactions
should be determined.
(3)The general and implementing rules provided for inArticle 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and inArticle 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on exportrefundsareapplicable mutatis mutandis totheabovemen-
tioned operations.
(4)Thespecificcriteriatobeusedforcalculatingtheexportrefund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation(EC) No 3072/95.
(5)ThemeasuresprovidedforthisRegulationareinaccord-ance with the opinion of the Management Committeefor Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
ForCommunityandnationalfoodaidoperationsunderinter-
nationalagreementsorothersupplementaryprogrammes,andotherCommunityfreesupplymeasures,therefundsapplicableto cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in theAnnex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(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 288, 25.10.1974, p. 1.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.4.2000 L81/10
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 2000 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products
supplied as Community and national food aid
(EUR/t)
Productcode Refund
100110009400 0,00
100190999000 34,00
100200009000 65,00
100300909000 28,00
100400009400 57,00
100590009000 37,00
100630929100 163,00
100630929900 163,00
100630949100 163,00
100630949900 163,00
100630969100 163,00
100630969900 163,00
100630989100 163,00
100630989900 163,00
100630659900 163,00
100640009000 —
100700909000 37,00
110100159100 46,50
110100159130 46,50
110220109200 57,64
110220109400 49,40
110230009000 —
110290109100 40,20
110311109200 0,00
110311909200 0,00
110313109100 74,11
110314009000 —
110412909100 86,98
110421509100 53,60
NB:TheproductcodesaredefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), amended.