EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.2000 L80/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 663/2000
of 30 March 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,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
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)Article13ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92andArticle
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)No3072/95providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardtoprices and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandandpricesforcereals,rice,brokenriceandcerealproductsontheworld market on the other. The same Articles providethat it is also important to ensure equilibrium and thenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeonthemarketsincerealsandriceand,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,crudefibre,tegument,protein,fatandstarchcontentofthe individual product concerned, this content being aparticularly good indicator of the quantity of basicproductactuallyincorporatedintheprocessedproduct.
(5)Thereisnoneedatpresenttofixanexportrefundformanioc, 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)Theworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequirementsof 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 grantedthatdoesnotcorrespondtothequalityoftheproduct;whereas it should therefore be specified that on theseproducts, containing pregelatinized starch, no exportrefund is to be granted.
(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)of
Regulation(EEC)No1766/92andinArticle1(1)(c)ofRegula-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 31 March 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.Done at Brussels, 30 March 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(EUR/tonne)
Productcode Refund(EUR/tonne)
Productcode RefundANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 2000 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals
and rice
110220109200(1) 57,64
110220109400(1) 49,40
110220909200(1) 49,40
110290109100 40,20
110290109900 27,34
110290309100 78,28
110312009100 78,28
110313109100(1) 74,11
110313109300(1) 57,64
110313109500(1) 49,40
110313909100(1) 49,40
110319109000 46,09
110319309100 41,54
110321009000 35,54
110329209000 27,34
110411909100 40,20
110412909100 86,98
110412909300 69,58
110419109000 35,54
110419509110 65,87
110419509130 53,52
110421109100 40,20
110421309100 40,20
110421509100 53,60
110421509300 42,88
110422209100 69,58
110422309100 73,93110423109100 61,76
110423109300 47,35
110429119000 35,54
110429519000 34,84
110429559000 34,84
110430109000 8,71
110430909000 10,29
110710119000 62,02
110710919000 47,70
110811009200 69,68
110811009300 69,68
110812009200 65,87
110812009300 65,87
110813009200 65,87
110813009300 65,87
110819109200 53,20
110819109300 53,20
110900009100 0,00
170230519000(2) 82,74
170230599000(2) 63,34
170230919000 82,74
170230999000 63,34
170240909000 63,34
170290509100 82,74
170290509900 63,34
170290759000 86,70
170290799000 60,17
210690559000 63,34
(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.