Commission Regulation (EC) No 729/2003 of 25 April 2003 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
Date: 2003-04-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, State aid, cereals, export refund, food aid, rice

26.4.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 105/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 729/2003

of 25 April 2003

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
1666/2000 (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 last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
411/2002 (4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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 agricultural products
as food aid (5) lays down that the portion of the expendi-
ture corresponding to the export
refunds on the
products in question fixed under Community rules is to
be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.

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)

(4)

(5)

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.

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.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
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.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 April 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 288, 25.10.1974, p. 1.

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to the Commission Regulation of 25 April 2003 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products
supplied as Community and national food aid

ANNEX

(EUR/t)

Product code

1001 10 00 9400

1001 90 99 9000

1002 00 00 9000

1003 00 90 9000

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

1007 00 90 9000

1101 00 15 9100

1101 00 15 9130

1102 10 00 9500

1102 20 10 9200

1102 20 10 9400

1103 11 10 9200

1103 13 10 9100

1104 12 90 9100

Refund

0,00

16,00

28,00

13,00

23,00

153,00

153,00

153,00

153,00

153,00

153,00

153,00

153,00

153,00

23,00

21,90

20,50

38,25

35,35

30,30

0,00

45,45

0,00

NB: The product codes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC)

No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), amended.