EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 5. 98 L 135/42
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 972/98
of 7 May 1998
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 themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article
13 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organization of themarket in rice (
3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
192/98 (4), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide thatthe difference between quotations or prices on the worldmarket for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regu-lations and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
provides that when refunds are being fixed account mustbe taken of the existing situation and the future trendwith regard to prices and availabilities of cereals, rice andbroken rice on the Community market on the one handand prices for cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal prod-ucts on the world market on the other; whereas the sameArticles provide that it is also important to ensure equilib-rium and the natural development of prices and trade onthe markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore, to takeinto account the economic aspect of the proposedexports, and the need to avoid disturbances on theCommunity market;
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1518/95 (
5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2993/
95 (6), on the import and export system for products
processed from cereals and from rice defines the specificcriteria to be taken into account when the refund on theseproducts is being calculated;Whereas the refund to be granted in respect of certain
processed products should be graduated on the basis ofthe ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starchcontent of the individual product concerned, this contentbeing a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basicproduct actually incorporated in the processed product;
Whereas there is no need at present to fix an export
refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers orflours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect ofpotential exports and in particular the nature and originof these products; whereas, for certain products processedfrom cereals, the insignificance of Community participa-tion in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an exportrefund at the present time;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary tovary the refund for certain products according to destina-tion;
Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
it may be altered in the intervening period;
Whereas certain processed maize products may undergo a
heat treatment 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;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
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 Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and subject to Regula-tion (EC) No 1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in theAnnex to this Regulation.(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 55.
(6) OJ L 312, 23. 12. 1995, p. 25.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 5. 98 L 135/43
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 7 May 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(ECU/tonne)
Product code Refund(ECU/tonne)
Product code RefundANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 7 May 1998 fixing the export refunds on products
processed from cereals and rice
1102 20 10 9200 (1) 39,51
1102 20 10 9400 (1) 33,86
1102 20 90 9200 (1) 33,86
1102 90 10 9100 62,27
1102 90 10 9900 42,34
1102 90 30 9100 39,92
1103 12 00 9100 39,92
1103 13 10 9100 (1) 50,80
1103 13 10 9300 (1) 39,51
1103 13 10 9500 (1) 33,86
1103 13 90 9100 (1) 33,86
1103 19 10 9000 39,83
1103 19 30 9100 64,34
1103 21 00 9000 17,55
1103 29 20 9000 42,34
1104 11 90 9100 62,27
1104 12 90 9100 44,36
1104 12 90 9300 35,49
1104 19 10 9000 17,55
1104 19 50 9110 45,15
1104 19 50 9130 36,69
1104 21 10 9100 62,27
1104 21 30 9100 62,27
1104 21 50 9100 83,02
1104 21 50 9300 66,42
1104 22 20 9100 35,49
1104 22 30 9100 37,711104 23 10 9100 42,33
1104 23 10 9300 32,45
1104 29 11 9000 17,55
1104 29 51 9000 17,21
1104 29 55 9000 17,21
1104 30 10 9000 4,30
1104 30 90 9000 7,06
1107 10 11 9000 30,63
1107 10 91 9000 73,89
1108 11 00 9200 34,42
1108 11 00 9300 34,42
1108 12 00 9200 45,15
1108 12 00 9300 45,15
1108 13 00 9200 45,15
1108 13 00 9300 45,15
1108 19 10 9200 33,44
1108 19 10 9300 33,44
1109 00 00 9100 0,00
1702 30 51 9000 (2) 53,23
1702 30 59 9000 (2) 40,75
1702 30 91 9000 53,23
1702 30 99 9000 40,75
1702 40 90 9000 40,75
1702 90 50 9100 53,23
1702 90 50 9900 40,75
1702 90 75 9000 55,77
1702 90 79 9000 38,71
2106 90 55 9000 40,75
(1) No refund shall be granted on products given a heat treatment resulting in pregelatinization 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.