Commission Regulation (EC) No 2676/1999 of 17 December 1999 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, State aid, cereals, export refund, food aid, rice

L 326/8

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Official Journal of the European Communities

18. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2676/1999

of 17 December 1999

fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national
food aid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1253/1999 (2), and in particular the third subparagraph of
Article 13(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (4), and in
particular Article 13(3) thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing
of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agri-
cultural products as food aid (5)
the
portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export
in question fixed under
refunds on the products
Community rules is to be charged to the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee
Section;

lays down that

(2) Whereas,

in order to make it easier to draw up and
manage the budget for Community food aid actions and
to enable the Member States to know the extent of
Community participation in the financing of national

food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for
these actions should be determined;

(3) Whereas the general and implementing rules provided
for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export
refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovemen-
tioned operations;

(4) Whereas the specific criteria to be used for calculating
the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of
Regulation (EC) No 3072/95;

(5) Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation are
the Management

in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For Community and national food aid operations under inter-
national agreements or other supplementary programmes, and
other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable
to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the
Annex.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 288, 25.10.1974, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 December 1999 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector
products supplied as Community and national food aid

(EUR/t)

Product code

1001 10 00 9400

1001 90 99 9000

1002 00 00 9000

1003 00 90 9000

1004 00 00 9400

1005 90 00 9000

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 30 65 9900

1006 40 00 9000

1007 00 90 9000

1101 00 15 9100

1101 00 15 9130

1102 20 10 9200

1102 20 10 9400

1102 30 00 9000

1102 90 10 9100

1103 11 10 9200

1103 11 90 9200

1103 13 10 9100

1103 14 00 9000

1104 12 90 9100

1104 21 50 9100

Refund

0,00

42,50

67,00

30,00

61,00

47,00

139,00

139,00

139,00

139,00

139,00

139,00

139,00

139,00

139,00

—

47,00

58,25

58,25

71,02

60,88

—

40,92

15,00

15,00

91,31

—

90,96

54,56

NB: The product codes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No

3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), amended.