CELEX: 32000R2845
Language: en
Date: 2000-12-22
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2845/2000 of 22 December 2000 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences

23.12.2000              EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 328/43
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2845/2000
                                                            of 22 December 2000
                fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 (5)    Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 defines the
                                                                                   specific criteria to be taken into account when the
                                                                                   export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                              lated.
Community,
                                                                            (6)    The world market situation or the specific requirements
                                                                                   of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22                          refund for certain products according to destination.
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (2),              (7)    A separate refund should be fixed for packaged long
and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 13(3) and                     grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
(15) thereof,                                                                      product on certain markets.
                                                                            (8)    The refund must be fixed at least once a month; whereas
Whereas:
                                                                                   it may be altered in the intervening period.
(1)      Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that             (9)    It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the
         the difference between quotations or prices on the world                  present situation on the market in rice and in particular
         market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regu-                 to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice within
         lation and prices for those products within the                           the Community and on the world market, that the
         Community may be covered by an export refund.                             refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                                            (10)   For the purposes of administering the volume restric-
(2)      Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, provides                     tions resulting from Community commitments in the
         that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                   context of the WTO, the issue of export licences with
         of the existing situation and the future trend with regard                advance fixing of the refund should be restricted.
         to prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the
         Community market on the one hand and prices for rice               (11)   The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
         and broken rice on the world market on the other. The                     accordance with the opinion of the Management
         same Article provides that it is also important to ensure                 Committee for Cereals,
         equilibrium and the natural development of prices and
         trade on the rice market and, furthermore, to take into
         account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
         and the need to avoid disturbances of the Community
         market with limits resulting from agreements concluded             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
(3)      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361/76 (3) lays down                                           Article 1
         the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice
         for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
         percentage by which that refund is to be reduced where             Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with the exception of those listed
         the proportion of broken rice in the rice exported                 in paragraph 1(c) of that Article, exported in the natural state,
         exceeds that maximum.                                              shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(4)      Export possibilities exist for a quantity of
         15 979 tonnes of rice to certain destinations. The                                             Article 2
         procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Commission
         Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 (4), as last amended by                 With the exception of the quantity of 15 979 tonnes provided
         Regulation (EC) No 2110/2000 (5) should be used.                   for in the Annex, the issue of export licences with advance
         Account should be taken of this when the refunds are               fixing of the refund is suspended.
         fixed.
(1) OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ  L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.                                                                        Article 3
(3) OJ  L  154, 15.6.1976, p. 11.
(4) OJ  L  117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(5) OJ  L  250, 5.10.2000, p. 23.                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2001.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
         Done at Brussels, 22 December 2000.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                               ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 2000 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and
                                                            suspending the issue of export licences
                                                  Unit of         Amount of                                                                 Unit of          Amount of
       Product code          Destination                                                       Product code           Destination
                                               measurement        refunds (1)                                                            measurement          refunds (1)
   1006 20 11 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                   1006 30 65 9100              R01                 EUR/t             194,00
   1006 20 13 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                                                R02                 EUR/t             199,00
                                                                                                                         R03                 EUR/t             204,00
   1006 20 15 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00
                                                                                                                          064                EUR/t             157,00
   1006 20 17 9000                —               EUR/t               —                                                  A97                 EUR/t             199,00
   1006 20 92 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                                            021 and 023             EUR/t             199,00
   1006 20 94 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                   1006 30 65 9900              R01                 EUR/t             194,00
                                                                                                                          064                EUR/t             157,00
   1006 20 96 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00
                                                                                                                         A97                 EUR/t             199,00
   1006 20 98 9000                —               EUR/t               —                     1006 30 67 9100          021 and 023             EUR/t             199,00
   1006 30 21 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                                                 064                EUR/t             157,00
   1006 30 23 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                   1006 30 67 9900               064                EUR/t             157,00
   1006 30 25 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                   1006 30 92 9100              R01                 EUR/t             194,00
                                                                                                                         R02                 EUR/t             199,00
   1006 30 27 9000                —               EUR/t               —                                                  R03                 EUR/t             204,00
   1006 30 42 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                                                 064                EUR/t             157,00
   1006 30 44 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                                                A97                 EUR/t             199,00
   1006 30 46 9000              R01               EUR/t            155,00                                            021 and 023             EUR/t             199,00
                                                                                            1006 30 92 9900              R01                 EUR/t             194,00
   1006 30 48 9000                —               EUR/t               —                                                  A97                 EUR/t             199,00
   1006 30 61 9100              R01               EUR/t            194,00                                                 064                EUR/t             157,00
                                R02               EUR/t            199,00                   1006 30 94 9100              R01                 EUR/t             194,00
                                R03               EUR/t            204,00                                                R02                 EUR/t             199,00
                                                                                                                         R03                 EUR/t             204,00
                                064               EUR/t            157,00                                                 064                EUR/t             157,00
                                A97               EUR/t            199,00                                                A97                 EUR/t             199,00
                            021 and 023           EUR/t            199,00                                            021 and 023             EUR/t             199,00
   1006 30 61 9900              R01               EUR/t            194,00                   1006 30 94 9900              R01                 EUR/t             194,00
                                                                                                                         A97                 EUR/t             199,00
                                A97               EUR/t            199,00                                                 064                EUR/t             157,00
                                064               EUR/t            157,00                   1006 30 96 9100              R01                 EUR/t             194,00
   1006 30 63 9100              R01               EUR/t            194,00                                                R02                 EUR/t             199,00
                                R02               EUR/t            199,00                                                R03                 EUR/t             204,00
                                                                                                                          064                EUR/t             157,00
                                R03               EUR/t            204,00
                                                                                                                         A97                 EUR/t             199,00
                                064               EUR/t            157,00                                            021 and 023             EUR/t             199,00
                                A97               EUR/t            199,00                   1006 30 96 9900              R01                 EUR/t             194,00
                            021 and 023           EUR/t            199,00                                                A97                 EUR/t             199,00
                                                                                                                          064                EUR/t             157,00
   1006 30 63 9900              R01               EUR/t            194,00
                                                                                            1006 30 98 9100          021 and 023             EUR/t             199,00
                                064               EUR/t            157,00                   1006 30 98 9900                —                 EUR/t                —
                                A97               EUR/t            199,00                   1006 40 00 9000                —                 EUR/t                —
(1) The procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 applies to licences applied for under that Regulation for the following quantitites, depending on
    destination:
    Destination R01: 3 000 t
    Destinations R02, R03: 3 009 t
    Destinations 021 and 023: 500 t
    Destination 064: 9 170 t
    Destination A97: 300 t.
NB: The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as
      amended.
      The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 46).
      The other destinations are defined as follows:
      R01 Switzerland, Liechtenstein, communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia.
      R02 Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Ex-Spanish Sahara, Cyprus, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Kuwait, United
              Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, West Bank/Gaza Strip, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic,
              Slovenia, Slovakia, Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Russia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Former Yugoslav Republic
              of Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, Kazakstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajiki-
              stan, Kyrgyzstan.
      R03 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador,
              Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Bermuda, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, A40, A11 except Suriname,
              Guyana, Madagascar.