Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/1999 of 12 March 1999 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences
Date: 1999-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, export licence, export refund, rice

L 66/6

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Official Journal of the European Communities

13. 3. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 546/1999

of 12 March 1999

fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of
export licences

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu-
lated;

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 organisation of the
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2072/98 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 13(3) and (15) thereof,

Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of
that Regulation and prices for those products within the
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 must
be taken of the existing situation and the future trend
with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
rice on the Community market on the one hand and
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on
the other; whereas the same Article provides that it is also
important 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 the
proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances of
the Community market with limits resulting from agree-
ments concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the
Treaty;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361/76 (3)
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum;

Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 2 595 t
of rice to certain destinations; whereas the procedure laid
down in Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1162/95 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/
98 (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 account when

(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.
(4) OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(5) OJ L 56, 26. 2. 1998, p. 12.

the world market

Whereas
the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
vary the refund for certain products according to destina-
tion;

situation or

Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
product 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 in
particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
within the Community and on the world market, that the
refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto;

Whereas, for the purposes of administering the volume
restrictions resulting from Community commitments in
the context of the WTO, the issue of export licences with
advance fixing of the refund should be restricted;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee 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 those
listed in paragraph 1(c) of that Article, exported in the
natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

With the exception of the quantity of 2 595 t provided for
in the Annex, the issue of export licences with advance
fixing of the refund is suspended.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 1999.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 12 March 1999.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

to the Commission Regulation of 12 March 1999 fixing the export refunds on rice and
broken rice and suspending, the issue of export licences

ANNEX

Product code

Destination (1)

(EUR/t)

Amount
of refunds

Product code

Destination (1)

(EUR/t)

Amount
of refunds

1006 20 11 9000
1006 20 13 9000
1006 20 15 9000
1006 20 17 9000
1006 20 92 9000
1006 20 94 9000
1006 20 96 9000
1006 20 98 9000
1006 30 21 9000
1006 30 23 9000
1006 30 25 9000
1006 30 27 9000
1006 30 42 9000
1006 30 44 9000
1006 30 46 9000
1006 30 48 9000
1006 30 61 9100

1006 30 61 9900

1006 30 63 9100

1006 30 63 9900

1006 30 65 9100

01
01
01
—
01
01
01
—
01
01
01
—
01
01
01
—
01
02
03
04
05
01
04
01
02
03
04
05
01
04
01
02
03
04
05

83,00
83,00
83,00
—
83,00
83,00
83,00
—
83,00
83,00
83,00
—
83,00
83,00
83,00
—
104,00
—
—
—
110,00
104,00
—
104,00
—
—
—
110,00
104,00
—
104,00
—
—
—
110,00

1006 30 65 9900

1006 30 67 9100

1006 30 67 9900

1006 30 92 9100

1006 30 92 9900

1006 30 94 9100

1006 30 94 9900

1006 30 96 9100

1006 30 96 9900

1006 30 98 9100

1006 30 98 9900

1006 40 00 9000

01
04

05

—

01
02
03
04
05

01
04

01
02
03
04
05

01
04

01
02
03
04
05

01
04

05

—

—

104,00
—

110,00

—

104,00
—
—
—
110,00

104,00
—

104,00
—
—
—
110,00

104,00
—

104,00
—
—
—
110,00

104,00
—

110,00

—

—

(1) The destinations are identified as follows:

01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia; refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation

(EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a quantity of 1 974 t of milled rice equivalent,

02 Zones I, II, III, VI,
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; refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of 621 t.

NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.