CELEX: 31989R0517
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 517/89 of 28 February 1989 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 517/89
                                                        of 28 February 1989
                   fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice products
                         exported in die form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           (a) the average costs incurred by processing industries in
                                                                           obtaining supplies of the basic products in question
                                                                           on the Community market and the prices ruling on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      the world markets ;
Economic Community,
                                                                      (b) the level of the refunds on exports of processed agri­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                       cultural products covered by Annex II to the Treaty
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                       which are manufactured under similar conditions ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 166/89 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the
fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof,                        (c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the
                                                                           industries which use Community products and those
                                                                           which use third-country products under inward
                                                                           processing arrangements ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2229/88 (4), and in particular the first sentence of the           Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                        provides that, when the rate of the refunds is being fixed,
                                                                      account should be taken, where appropriate, of produc­
                                                                      tion refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent
Whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                effect applicable in all Member States in accordance with
and Article 17 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                    the Regulation on the common organization of the
provides that the difference between quotations of prices             market in the product in question to the basic products
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of           listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated
each of those Regulations and the prices within the                   products ; whereas such production refunds are granted
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                        under the conditions laid down in Council Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 2742/75 of 29 October 1975 on production
                                                                      refunds in the cereals and rice sectors Q, as last amended
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 of 11                     by Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 (8), and Council Regula­
November 1980 laying down general rules for granting                  tion (EEC) No 1009/86 of 25 March 1986 establishing
export refunds on certain agricultural products exported              general rules applying to production refunds in the
in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the                   cereals and rice sector :
Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such
refunds ^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3209/88 (®), specifies the products for which a rate of
refund should be fixed, to be applied where these                     Whereas account should be taken, for the purposes of
products are exported in the form of goods listed in                  Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80, of the
Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 or in Annex B                   production refund provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
to Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 as appropriate ;                        2742/75 applicable during the month in which exporta­
                                                                       tion occurs ; whereas, moreover, in the absence of
                                                                       evidence that no production refund was granted under
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of                  Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 the export refund should
Article 4 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80, the rate of            be further reduced by the amount of the production
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic                     refund applicable on the day of acceptance of the export
products in question must be fixed for each month ;                    declaration ; whereas this system is the only one which
                                                                       discards the risk of fraud ;
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Article,
that rate must be determined with particular reference to :           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 of 4
                                                                       Match 1980 on the advance payment of export refunds in
(') OJ  No L   281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             respect of agricultural products (9), as amended by Regula­
(2) OJ  No L   20, 25. 1 . 1989, p. 16.
(3) OJ  No L   166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L   197, 26. 7. 1988 , p. 30.                               O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57.
0   OJ  No L   323, 29 . 11 . 1980, p. 27.                             («) OJ No L 94, 9 . 4. 1986, p. 6.
(6) OJ No L 286, 20. 10. 1988, p. 6.                                   0 OJ No L 62, 7. 3 . 1980, p. 5.
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tion (EEC) No 2026/83 (l), and Commission Regulation              ance of the export declaration and the request for obtain­
(EEC) No 3665/87 of 27 November 1987 laying down                  ing the export refund, of proof that the basic products
common detailed rules for the application of the system           used in the manufacture of the products to be exported
of export refunds on agricultural products (2) lay down           have not benefited from the production refund provided
rules on the advance payment of export refunds that must          for in that Regulation, and that such refund will not be
be adhered to when these are adjusted ;                           applied for.
Whereas, now that a settlement has been reached between
                                                                  The proof referred to in the first subparagraph is provided
the European Economic Community and the United                    by the presentation by the exporter of a declaration from
States of America on Community exports of pasta                   the processor of the basic product in question attesting
products to the United States and has been approved by            that the latter product has not benefited from a produc­
Council Decision 87/482/EEC (3), it is necessary to differ­       tion refund as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
entiate the refund on goods falling within subheadings            1009/86, and that no application for such refund will be
 1902 11 00 and 1902 19 of the combined nomenclature
                                                                  made .
according to their destination ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are          3. When the proof referred to in paragraph 2 is not
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                  provided, the export refund :
Committee for Cereals,
                                                                  (a) applicable on the date of acceptance of the export
                                                                      declaration for the goods, or on the day specified in
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                         Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, where
                                                                      the rate is not fixed in advance ;
                            Article 1
                                                                  (b) of which the rate is fixed in advance,
 1 . Without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3 the rates of
the refunds applicable to the basic products appearing in         will be reduced by the amount of the production refund
Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 and listed                 applicable under Regulation (EEC) No 1009/86 to the
either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 or in          basic product in question on the day of acceptance of the
Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76, exported in       export declaration for the goods, or on the day specified
                                                                  in Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, if the
the form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC)           goods have been placed under the export refund advance
No 2727/75 or in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  payment arrangements.
 1418/76 respectively, are hereby fixed as shown in the
Annex to this Regulation.
2. For the products listed in the Annex to Regulation                                      Article 2
(EEC) No 1009/86, the refunds given in the Annex to this
Regulation shall be applied on presentation, at the accept­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 February 1989.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                           Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                                Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 199, 22. 7. 1983, p. 12.
(2) OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 275, 29. 9. 1987, p. 36.
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                                                       ANNEX
          to die Commission Regulation of . 28 February 1989 fixing the rates of the refunds
          applicable to certain cereal and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by
                                               Annex II to the Treaty
                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                                 Rate
                CN code                                  Description                          of refund
              1001 10 90        Durum wheat :
                                — On exports of goods falling within CN codes
                                    1902 1 1 00 and 1902 19 to the United States of America    12,116
                                — In all other cases                                           12,238
              1001 90 99        Common wheat, and meslin (mixed wheat and rye) :
                                — For the manufacture of starch                                  5,286
                                — Other than for the manufacture of starch :
                                    — On exports of goods falling within CN codes
                                        1902 11 00 and 1902 19 to the United States of
                                       America                                                   5,926
                                    — In all other cases                                         5,986
              1002 00 00        Rye                                                              5,721
              1003 00 90        Barley                                                           6,439
               1004 00 90       Oats                                                             2,148
               1005 90 00       Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing :
                                — For the manufacture of starch                                  7,521
                                — Other than for the manufacture of starch                        8,021
              1006 20            Round grain husked rice                                        37,529
                                Medium grain husked rice                                        37,654
                                 Long grain husked rice                                         37,654
           ex 1 006 30           Round grain wholly milled rice                                 48,425
                                 Medium grain wholly milled rice                                54,571
                                 Long grain wholly milled rice                                  54,571
               1006 40 00        Broken rice :
                                 — For the manufacture of starch                                  9,898
                                 — Other than for the manufacture of starch                     10,498
               1007 00 90        Sorghum                                                          6,210
               1101 00 00        Wheat or meslin flour :
                                 — On exports of goods falling within             CN codes
                                     1902 1 1 00 and 1902 19 to the United States of America      6,947
                                 — In all other cases                                             7,017
               1102 10 00        Rye flour                                                      15,513
               1103 11 10        Durum wheat groats and meal :
                                 — On exports of goods falling within             CN codes
                                     1902 11 00 and 1902 19 to the United States of America     18,780
                                 — In all other cases                                            18,969
               1103 11 90        Common wheat groats and meal :
                                 — On exports of goods falling within CN codes
                                     1902 11 00 and 1902 19 to the United States of America       6,947
                                 — In all other cases                                             7,017