Commission Regulation (EC) No 554/2003 of 27 March 2003 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2003-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, export refund, rice

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 554/2003
of 27 March 2003
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form
of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

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 Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 13(3) 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 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and
Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide
that the difference between quotations of prices on the
world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each
of those Regulations and the prices within the Commu-
nity may be covered by an export refund.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July
2000 laying down common implementing rules for
granting export refunds on certain agricultural products
exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I
to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1052/2002 (6), specifies the products for which a rate of
refund should be fixed,
to be applied where these
products are exported in the form of goods listed in
Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex
B to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate.

In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund
per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in
question must be fixed for each month.

The commitments entered into with regard to refunds
which may be granted for the export of agricultural
products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to
the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance
of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take
in such situations without,
precautionary measures
however, preventing
long-term
contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the
advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables
these various objectives to be met.

conclusion of

the

(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, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 160, 18.6.2002, p. 16.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Now that a settlement has been reached between the
European Community and the United States of America
on Community exports of pasta products to the United
States and has been approved by Council Decision 87/
482/EEC (7), it is necessary to differentiate the refund on
goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and 1902 19
according to their destination.

Pursuant to Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No
1520/2000 provides that a reduced rate of export refund
has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of the
production refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1722/93 (8), as
last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1786/2001 (9), for the
basic product
in question, used during the assumed
period of manufacture of the goods.

the Act of Accession of

Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the
price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However,
Protocol 19 of
the United
Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark stipulates that the neces-
sary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of
Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous
beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is neces-
sary to adapt
the refund rate applying to cereals
exported in the form of spirituous beverages.

It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-
able in the budget.

The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-
ered an opinion within the time limit
set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The rates of
the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and
listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in
Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, exported in the
form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/
92 or in Annex B to amended Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
respectively, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this
Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 March 2003.

(7) OJ L 275, 29.9.1987, p. 36.
(8) OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112.
(9) OJ L 242, 12.9.2001, p. 3.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2003.

For the Commission
Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the Commission

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to the Commission Regulation of 27 March 2003 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereals
and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

ANNEX

CN code

Description of products (1)

1001 10 00

Durum wheat:

– on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and 1902 19 to the United

States of America

– in other cases

1001 90 99

Common wheat and meslin:

– on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and 1902 19 to the United

States of America

– in other cases:

– – where Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 applies (2)

– – where goods falling within subheading 2208 (3) are exported

– – in other cases

1002 00 00

Rye

1003 00 90

Barley

– where goods falling within subheading 2208 (3) are exported

– in other cases

1004 00 00

Oats

1005 90 00

Maize (corn) used in the form of:

– starch:

– – where Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 applies (2)

– – where goods falling within subheading 2208 (3) are exported

– – in other cases

– glucose, glucose

syrup of CN codes
1702 30 51, 1702 30 59, 1702 30 91, 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50,
1702 90 75, 1702 90 79, 2106 90 55 (4):

syrup, maltodextrine, maltodextrine

– – where Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 applies (2)

– – where goods falling within subheading 2208 (2) are exported

– – in other cases

– where goods falling within subheading 2208 (2) are exported

– other (including unprocessed)

Potato starch of CN code 1108 13 00 similar to a product obtained from processed
maize:

– where Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 applies (3)

– – where goods falling within subheading 2208 (3) are exported

– in other cases

(EUR/100 kg)

Rate of refund per 100 kg of basic product

In case of advance
fixing of refunds

Other

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2,634

2,634

—

—

—

2,053

0,415

2,053

1,540

0,311

1,540

0,415

2,053

2,053

0,415

2,053

—

—

—

2,053

0,415

2,053

1,540

0,311

1,540

0,415

2,053

2,053

0,415

2,053

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CN code

Description of products (1)

ex 1006 30

Wholly-milled rice:

– round grain

– medium grain

– long grain

1006 40 00

Broken rice

1007 00 90

Sorghum

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(EUR/100 kg)

Rate of refund per 100 kg of basic product

In case of advance
fixing of refunds

13,000

13,000

13,000

3,300

—

Other

13,000

13,000

13,000

3,300

—

(1) As far as agricultural products obtained from the processing of a basic product or/and assimilated products are concerned, the coefficients shown in Annex E of

amended Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 shall be applied (OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1).

(2) The goods concerned fall under CN code 3505 10 50.
(3) Goods listed in Annex B of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93.
(4) For syrups of CN codes NC 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 60 90, obtained from mixing glucose and fructose syrup, the export refund may be granted only for

the glucose syrup.