Commission Regulation (EC) No 498/2003 of 19 March 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice
Date: 2003-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, export licence, export refund, import licence, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 498/2003

of 19 March 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the
system of import and export licences for cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 13(11) 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 last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
411/2002 (4), and in particular Article 9(2) and Article 13(15)
thereof,

It has been found that, in periods of increase in refund
rates, the security of EUR 15 per tonne laid down in
Article 10(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 is not suffi-
cient to prevent large numbers of export licences in
force for cereals and cereal products being returned to
the issuing authorities. As such returns may generate
they
problems in the administration of
should be discouraged by raising that security.

the exports,

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Negotiations with a view to adapting the trade agree-
ment between the Community and Poland establishing
certain concessions in the form of Community tariff
quotas for certain agricultural products and the total
liberalisation of trade in other agricultural products have
recently been concluded. In the cereals sector, one of the
new concessions provided for is the abolition of export
refunds for malt.

(2) With a view to adopting this agreement, and in order to
clarify the export terms at the beginning of April 2003
for all exporters in the cereals sector,
in particular in
view of the period of validity of export licences, those
export refunds should be abolished from 1 April 2003.

(3)

The authorities of Poland have undertaken to ensure that
only consignments of Community products covered by
the trade agreement on which no refund has been
granted are allowed for import into that country. To that
end, Article 7a of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1162/95 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2305/2002 (6), should apply to malt exports to Poland.

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(6) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 92.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 10(d), the first subparagraph is replaced by the
following:

‘EUR 20 per tonne for the products referred to in Article 1
of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 in the case of export
licences.’

2. Annex IV is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Point 2 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 April 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX IV

Products affected by the abolition of export refunds referred to in Article 7a

Third country

Products

Bulgaria

Estonia

Hungary

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Czech Republic

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

1001 10 00 9200, 1001 10 00 9400, 1001 90 91 9000, 1001 90 99 9000,
1002 00 00 9000, 1003 00 10 9000, 1003 00 90 9000, 1004 00 00 9200,
1004 00 00 9400, 1005 10 90 9000, 1005 90 00 9000, 1008 20 00 9000,
1102 10 00 9500, 1102 10 00 9700, 1102 10 00 9900, 1107 10 19 9000,
1107 10 99 9000, 1107 20 00 9000, 1102 90 10 9100, 1102 90 10 9900,
1102 90 30 9100, 1103 20 20 9000, 1107 10 11 9000, 1107 10 91 9000

All products referred to in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and rice
starch falling within CN code 1108 19 10

1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, 1001 90 99, 1002 00 00, 1003 00 10, 1003 00 90,
1004 00 00, 1005 10 90, 1005 90 00, 1007 00 90, 1008 20 00, 1101 00 11,
1101 00 15, 1101 00 90, 1102 10 00, 1102 20 10, 1102 20 90, 1102 90 10,
1102 90 30, 1103 11 10, 1103 11 90, 1103 13 10, 1103 13 90, 1103 19 10,
1103 19 30, 1103 19 40, 1103 20 20, 1103 20 60, 1104 12 90, 1104 19 10,
1104 19 50, 1104 19 69, 1104 22 20, 1104 22 30, 1104 23 10, 1104 29 01,
1104 29 03, 1104 29 05, 1104 29 11, 1104 29 51, 1104 29 55, 1104 30 10,
1104 30 90, 1107 10 11, 1107 10 19, 1107 10 91, 1107 10 99, 1107 20 00

1001 10 00, 1001 90 91, 1001 90 99, 1002 00 00, 1003 00 10, 1003 00 90,
1004 00 00, 1101 00 11, 1101 00 15, 1101 00 90, 1102 10 00, 1102 90 10,
1102 90 30, 1103 11 10, 1103 11 90, 1103 19 10, 1103 19 40, 1103 20 60

1001 10 00 1001 90 91 1001 90 99, 1002 00 00, 1004 00 00, 1008 20 00,
1101 00 11, 1101 00 15, 1101 00 90, 1102 10 00, 1103 11 10, 1103 11 90,
1103 19 40, 1102 90 30, 1103 19 10, 1103 20 60, 1104 12 90, 1104 19 10,
1104 22 20, 1104 22 30,1104 29 11, 1104 29 51, 1104 29 55, 1104 30 10,
1107 10 11, 1107 10 19, 1107 10 91, 1107 10 99 and 1107 20 00

1001 90, 1101, 1102, 1107 10 11, 1107 10 19, 1107 10 91, 1107 10 99,
1107 20 00 and ex 2302 with the exception of products falling within CN code
2302 50

1001 90 91 9000, 1001 90 99 9000, 1002 00 00 9000, 1003 00 10 9000,
1003 00 90 9000, 1004 00 00 9200, 1004 00 00 9400, 1005 10 90 9000,
1005 90 00 9000, 1008 20 00 9000, 1107 10 19 9000, 1107 10 99 9000,
1107 20 00 9000

1001 10 00 9200, 1001 10 00 9400, 1001 90 91 9000, 1001 90 99 9000,
1005 10 90 9000, 1005 90 00 9000, 1101 00 11 9000, 1101 00 15 9100,
1101 00 15 9130, 1101 00 15 9150, 1101 00 15 9170, 1101 00 15 9180,
1101 00 15 9190, 1101 00 90 9000, 1103 11 10 9200, 1103 11 10 9400,
1103 11 10 9900, 1103 11 90 9200, 1103 11 90 9800, 1103 20 60 9000,
1107 10 11 9000, 1107 10 19 9000, 1107 10 91 9000, 1107 10 99 9000,
1107 20 00 9000

1001 10 00 9200, 1001 10 00 9400, 1001 90 91 9000, 1001 90 99 9000,
1002 00 00 9000, 1003 00 10 9000, 1003 00 90 9000, 1004 00 00 9200,
1004 00 00 9400, 1005 10 90 9000, 1005 90 00 9000, 1008 20 00 9000,
1107 10 99 9000

1001 10 00 9200, 1001 10 00 9400, 1001 90 91 9000, 1001 90 99 9000,
1002 00 00 9000, 1003 00 10 9000, 1003 00 90 9000, 1004 00 00 9200,
1004 00 00 9400, 1005 10 90 9000, 1005 90 00 9000, 1008 20 00 9000,
1102 10 00 9500, 1102 10 00 9700, 1102 10 00 9900, 1107 10 19 9000,
1107 10 99 9000, 1107 20 00 9000, 1102 20 10 9200, 1102 20 10 9400,
1102 20 90 9200, 1102 90 10 9100, 1102 90 10 9900, 1102 90 30 9100,
1103 13 10 9100, 1103 13 10 9300, 1103 13 10 9500, 1103 20 20 9000,
1107 10 11 9000, 1107 10 91 9000’