CELEX: 31997R1686
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1686/97 of 28 August 1997 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 238/22          fENl                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29 . 8 . 97
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1686/97
                                                          of 28 August 1997
                          fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           criteria to be taken into account when the refund on
                                                                       these products is being calculated;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas the refund to be granted in respect of certain
  Community,                                                           processed products should be graduated on the basis of
                                                                       the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch
                                                                       content of the individual product concerned, this content
                                                                       being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 product actually incorporated in the processed product;
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission                 Whereas there is no need at present to fix an export
  Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 13          refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or
 (3) thereof,                                                          flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of
                                                                       potential exports and in particular the nature and origin
                                                                       of these products; whereas, for certain products processed
                                                                       from cereals, the insignificance of Community participa­
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of               tion in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export
 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                    refund at the present time;
 market in rice (3), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
                                                                       Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                       requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
 Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and                 vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
 Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that                 tion ;
 the difference between quotations or prices on the world
 market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regu­            Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
 lations and prices for those products within the Commu­               it may be altered in the intervening period;
 nity may be covered by an export refund;
                                                                      Whereas certain processed maize products may undergo a
                                                                       heat treatment following which a refund might be granted
 Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95                      that does not correspond to the quality of the product;
 provides that when refunds are being fixed account must              whereas it should therefore be specified that on these
 be taken of the existing situation and the future trend               products, containing pregelatinized starch, no export
 with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals, rice and         refund is to be granted;
 broken rice on the Community market on the one hand
 and prices for cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal
 products on the world market on the other; whereas the               Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
 same Articles provide that it is also important to ensure            delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
                                                                      chairman,
 equilibrium and the natural development of prices and
 trade on the markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore,
 to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed
 exports, and the need to avoid disturbances on the
 Community market;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No
 1518/95 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
 2993/95 (*), on the import and export system for products                                     Article 1
 processed from cereals and from rice defines the specific
                                                                      The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
(') OJ  No  L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .                             (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 1 ( 1 )
 2  OJ  No  L  126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.                              (c) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and subject to Regula­
(3) OJ  No  L  329,  30. 12. 1995, p. 18 .
(<) OJ  No  L  147,  30. 6. 1995, p. 55.                              tion (EC) No 1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the
(5) OJ  No  L  312,  23. 12. 1995, p. 25.                             Annex to this Regulation .
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                                                  Article 2
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 August 1997.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 28 August 1997.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                  Ritt BJERREGAARD
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                     ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 28 August 1997 fixing the export refunds on products
                                                       processed from cereals and rice
                                                           (ECU/tonne)                                                       (ECU/tonne)
            Product code                          Refund                                   Product code               Refund
         1102 20 10 9200 (')                      34,51                                1104 23 10 9100                36,98
         1102 20 10 9400 (*)                      29,58                                1104 23 10 9300                 28,35
         1102 20 90 9200 (')                      29,58                                1104 29 11 9000                  0,00
         110290 10 9100                           10,40                                1104 29 51 9000                  0,00
         1102 90 10 9900                            7,07                               1104 29 55 9000                  0,00
         1102 90 30 9100                          10,19                                1104 30 10 9000                  0,00
                                                                                       1104 30 90 9000                  6,16
         1103 12 00 9100                          10,19
                                                                                       1107 10 11 9000                  0,00
         1103  13 10  9100 (')                    44,37
                                                                                       1107 10 91 9000                 12,34
         1103  13 10  9300 (')                    34,51
                                                                                       1108 11 00 9200                  0,00
         1103  13 10  9500 (■)                    29,58
                                                                                       1108 11 00 9300                  0,00
         1103  13 90  9100 (')                    29,58
                                                                                       1108 12 00 9200                39,44
         1103 19 10 9000                          22,98
                                                                                       1108 12 00 9300                39,44
         1103 19 30 9100                          10,74
                                                                                      1108 13 00 9200                 39,44
         1103 21 00 9000                            0,00
                                                                                      1108 13 00 9300                 39,44
         1103 29 20 9000                            7,07                              1108 19 10 9200                 18,44
         1104 11 90 9100                          10,40                               1108 19 10 9300                 18,44
         1104 12 90 9100                          11,32                               1109 00 00 9100                   0,00
         1104 12 90 9300                           9,06                               1702 30 51 9000 (2)             38,64
         1104 19 10 9000                           0,00                               1702 30 59 9000 (2)             29,58
         1104 19 50 9110                          39,44                               1702 30 91 9000                 38,64
         1104 19 50 9130                          32,05                               1702 30 99 9000                 29,58
         1104 21 109100                           10,40                               1702 40 90 9000                 29,58
         1104 21 30 9100                          10,40                               1702 90 50 9100                 38,64
         1104 21 50 9100                          13,86                               1702 90 50 9900                 29,58
         1104 21 50 9300                          11,09                               1702 90 75 9000                 40,49
         1104 22 20 9100                           9,06                               1702 90 79 9000                 28,10
         1104 22 30 9100                           9,62                               2106 90 55 9000                 29,58
(') No refund shall be granted on products given a heat treatment resulting in pregelatinization of the starch .
(2) Refunds are granted in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 (OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20), amended.
NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 ),
      amended.