Commission Regulation (EC) No 147/2009 of 20 February 2009 on defining the destination zones for exports refunds, export levies and certain export licences for cereals and rice (Codified version)
Date: 2009-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, export levy, export licence, export refund

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 147/2009

of 20 February 2009

on defining the destination zones for exports refunds, export levies and certain export licences for
cereals and rice

(Codified version)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agri­
cultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agri­
cultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular
its Article 170, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural
Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The destination zones to be used for the purpose of setting
differentiated export refunds and levies are delimited in Annex
I to this Regulation for the products referred to in points (a), (b)
and (c) of Part I and in points (a) and (b) of Part II of Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 of 29 July
exports
for
1992 redefining the destination zones
refunds, export
licences for
levies and certain export
cereals and rice (2) has been substantially amended
several times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality
the said Regulation should be codified.

The destination zones to be used for the purpose of
setting export refunds and levies on cereals and rice
should be determined.

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex III.

Article 3

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

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2009.

For the Commission
The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 214, 30.7.1992, p. 20.
(3) See Annex II.

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Zone I

(a) Morocco

Algeria

Tunisia

(b) Egypt

Israel

Lebanon

Syria

Turkey

Western Sahara

(c) Libya

Zone II

(a) Norway

Faeroe Islands

Iceland

(b) Russia (North)

Belarus

Zone III

(a) Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

ANNEX I

Uzbekistan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Zone IV

(a) Mexico

Countries and territories of Central America (except ACP countries)

(b) Greater and Lesser Antilles and Bermuda (except ACP countries,

Puerto Rico and OCTs)

(c) Countries and territories of South America (Atlantic Coast, other

than OCTs)

(d) Countries and territories of South America (Pacific Coast)

Zone V

Republic of South Africa

Zone VI

Countries and territories of the Arabian Peninsula

Jordan

Iraq

Iran

Zone VII

(a) Afghanistan

Pakistan

Territory of the former Yugoslavia excluding Slovenia, Croatia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina

India (including Sikkim)

(b) Albania

(c) Russia (South)

Armenia

Georgia

Azerbaijan

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Myanmar

Bhutan

Republic of Moldova

Islands of the Indian Ocean (except ACP countries and OCTs)

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

(b) Thailand

Cambodia

Laos

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Japan

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

(c) Other countries and territories of Asia and Oceania (except OCTs)

Australia

New Zealand

Zone VIII

(a)

(ACP countries)

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Comoros (not including Mayotte)

Congo

Côte d’Ivoire

Djibouti

Dominica

Ethiopia

Fiji

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Grenada

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Equatorial Guinea

Guyana

Haiti

Jamaica

Kenya

Kiribati

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritius

Mauritania

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Uganda

Papua New Guinea

Dominican Republic

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Lucia

Salomon Islands

Samoa

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

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Tanzania

Chad

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zambia

Zimbabwe

(b)

(OCTs)

French Polynesia

New Caledonia and dependencies

Wallis and Futuna

French Southern Territories

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Mayotte

Netherlands Antilles

Aruba

Greenland

Anguilla

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands

British Virgin Islands

Montserrat

Pitcairn Islands

St Helena and dependencies

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

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ANNEX II

Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92
(OJ L 214, 30.7.1992, p. 20).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 3304/94
(OJ L 341, 30.12.1994, p. 48).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1950/2005
(OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 18).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1996/2006
(OJ L 398, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

Only Article 1(2)

Only Article 3

Only Article 2

ANNEX III

Correlation table

Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92

This Regulation

Article 1, first paragraph

Article 1, second paragraph

—

Article 2, first paragraph

Article 2, second paragraph

Annex

—

—

Article 1

—

Article 2

Article 3

—

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III