Commission Regulation (EC) No 2672/1999 of 16 December 1999 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences
Date: 1999-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, rice

17. 12. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 325/57

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2672/1999

of 16 December 1999

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

when the export refund on rice and broken rice is being
calculated;

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,

(1) 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;

(2) 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
development of prices and trade on the rice market and,
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur-
bances of the Community market with limits resulting
from agreements concluded in accordance with Article
228 of the Treaty;

(3) 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;

(4) Whereas export possibilities exist

for a quantity of
4 974 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 1432/1999 (5)
should be used;
this when the
whereas account should be taken of
refunds are fixed;

(5) Whereas Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account

(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 166, 1.7.1999, p. 56.

(6) Whereas the world market situation or the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
to vary the refund for certain products according to
destination;

(7) Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
product on certain markets;

(8) Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month;
whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;

(9) 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;

(10) 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;

(11) 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 4 974 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 17 December 1999.

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17. 12. 1999

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

to the Commission Regulation of 16 December 1999 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and
suspending, the issue of export licences

ANNEX

(EUR/t)

(EUR/t)

Product code

Destination (1)

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

Amount
of refunds

99,00
99,00
99,00
—
99,00
99,00
99,00
—
99,00
99,00
99,00
—
99,00
99,00
99,00
—
123,00
127,00 (2)
132,00 (2)
127,00
127,00
123,00
127,00
123,00
127,00 (2)
132,00 (2)
127,00
127,00
123,00
127,00
123,00
127,00 (2)
132,00 (2)
127,00
127,00

Product code

Destination (1)

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

—

—

Amount
of refunds

123,00
127,00

127,00

—

123,00
127,00 (2)
132,00 (2)
127,00
127,00

123,00
127,00

123,00
127,00 (2)
132,00 (2)
127,00
127,00

123,00
127,00

123,00
127,00 (2)
132,00 (2)
127,00
127,00

123,00
127,00

127,00

—

—

(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 total quantity of 1 859 t of wholly milled rice equivalent,

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, refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation

(EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of 900 t,

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 702 t.
(2) For rice of destinations 02 and 03, refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of 1 513 t.
NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.