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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1688/2000
of 28 July 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
December1995onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinrice(
1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2072/98(2),and
inparticularthesecondsubparagraphofArticle13(3)and(15)thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95providesthat
thedifferencebetweenquotationsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1ofthatRegu-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, providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbrokenriceontheCommunity market on the one hand and prices for riceand broken rice on the world market on the other. ThesameArticleprovidesthatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibrium 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)CommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(3)laysdown
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)Article13(5)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95definesthespecific 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)Therefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;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)No3072/95withtheexceptionofthoselistedin paragraph 1(c) of that Article, exported in the natural state,shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
Theissueofexportlicenceswithadvancefixingoftherefundis
suspended.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 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, 28 July 2000.
For the Commission
Pedro SOLBES MIRA
Member of the Commission
(EUR/t)
Productcode Destination(1)Amount
ofrefunds(EUR/t)
Productcode Destination(1)Amount
ofrefundsANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 28 July 2000 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending
the issue of export licences
100620119000 01 95,00
100620139000 01 95,00
100620159000 01 95,00
100620179000 ——
100620929000 01 95,00
100620949000 01 95,00
100620969000 01 95,00
100620989000 ——
100630219000 01 95,00
100630239000 01 95,00
100630259000 01 95,00
100630279000 ——
100630429000 01 95,00
100630449000 01 95,00
100630469000 01 95,00
100630489000 ——
100630619100 01 119,00
02 125,00
03 130,00
04 125,00
05 125,00
100630619900 01 119,00
04 125,00
100630639100 01 119,00
02 125,00
03 130,00
04 125,00
05 125,00
100630639900 01 119,00
04 125,00
100630659100 01 119,00
02 125,00
03 130,00
04 125,00
05 125,00100630659900 01 119,00
04 125,00
100630679100 05 125,00
100630679900 ——
100630929100 01 119,00
02 125,00
03 130,00
04 125,00
05 125,00
100630929900 01 119,00
04 125,00
100630949100 01 119,00
02 125,00
03 130,00
04 125,00
05 125,00
100630949900 01 119,00
04 125,00
100630969100 01 119,00
02 125,00
03 130,00
04 125,00
05 125,00
100630969900 01 119,00
04 125,00
100630989100 05 125,00
100630989900 ——
100640009000 ——
(1) The destinations are identified as follows:
01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia,
02 Zones I, II, III, VI, excluding Turkey,03 Zones IV, V, VII(c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Suriname, Guyana and Madagascar,04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87,05 Ceuta and Melilla.
NB:The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.