EN Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 2. 98 L 50/36
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 408/98
of 19 February 1998
fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
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 organization of themarket in rice (
1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
192/98 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
provides that the difference between quotations or priceson the world market for the products listed in Article 1of that Regulation and prices for those products withinthe Community may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas Article 13 (4) 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 rice and brokenrice on the Community market on the one hand andprices for rice and broken rice on the world market onthe other; whereas the same Article provides that it is alsoimportant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop-ment of prices and trade on the rice market and, further-more, to take into account the economic aspect of theproposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances ofthe Community market with limits resulting from agree-ments concluded in accordance with Article 228 of theTreaty;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361/76 (
3)
lays down the maximum percentage of broken riceallowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed andspecifies the percentage by which that refund is to bereduced where the proportion of broken rice in the riceexported exceeds that maximum;
Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 5 000
tonnes of rice to certain destinations; whereas the pro-cedure laid down in Article 7 (4) of Commission Regula-tion (EC) No 1162/95 (
4), as last amended by Regulation(EC) No 932/97 (5) should be used; whereas account
should be taken of this when the refunds are fixed;
Whereas Article 13 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
defines the specific criteria to be taken into accountwhen the export refund on rice and broken rice is beingcalculated;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific re-
quirements of certain markets may make it necessary tovary the refund for certain products according to destina-tion;
Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
long grain rice to accommodate current demand for theproduct on certain markets;
Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month;
whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
to the present situation on the market in rice and inparticular to quotations or prices for rice and broken ricewithin the Community and on the world market, that therefund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto;
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 of
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with the exception of thoselisted in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in thenatural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 February
1998.
(1) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2. (5) OJ L 135, 27. 5. 1997, p. 2.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.2.98 L50/37
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19February1998.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(1)Amount
ofrefunds(2)(ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(1)Amount
ofrefunds(2)ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof19February1998fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
100620119000 01 63,00
100620139000 01 63,00
100620159000 01 63,00
100620179000 ¾ ¾
100620929000 01 63,00
100620949000 01 63,00
100620969000 01 63,00
100620989000 ¾ ¾
100630219000 01 63,00
100630239000 01 63,00
100630259000 01 63,00
100630279000 ¾ ¾
100630429000 01 63,00
100630449000 01 63,00
100630469000 01 63,00
100630489000 ¾ ¾
100630619100 01 79,00
02 85,00
03 90,00
04 79,00
100630619900 01 79,00
04 79,00
100630639100 01 79,00
02 85,00
03 90,00
04 79,00
100630639900 01 79,00
04 79,00
100630659100 01 79,00
02 85,00
03 90,00
04 79,00100630659900 01 79,00
04 79,00
100630679100 05 85,00
100630679900 ¾ ¾
100630929100 01 79,00
02 85,00
03 90,00
04 79,00
100630929900 01 79,00
04 79,00
¾ ¾
100630949100 01 79,00
02 85,00
03 90,00
04 79,00
100630949900 01 79,00
04 79,00
¾ ¾
100630969100 01 79,00
02 85,00
03 90,00
04 79,00
100630969900 01 79,00
04 79,00
¾ ¾
100630989100 05 85,00
100630989900 ¾ ¾
100640009000 ¾ ¾
(1)Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned’Italia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,
05CeutaandMelilla.
(2)RefundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofamendedRegulation(EC)No1162/95inrespectofaquantityof
5000tonnes.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2145/92.