CELEX: 31995R0719
Language: en
Date: 1995-03-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 719/95 of 31 March 1995 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

1 . 4. 95            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 73/ 27
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 719/95
                                                        of 31 March 1995
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.                      Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                  rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                  the refund for certain products according to destination ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
                                                                  Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                  long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76             product on certain markets ;
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
 market in rice ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession
 of Austria, Finland and Sweden and in particular the first
 sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2)
 thereof,                                                         Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
                                                                  whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation         (EEC) No 1418/76
 provides that the difference between    quotations or prices
on the world market for the products     listed in Article 1 of   Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 that Regulation and prices for those    products within the       1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (4), as last
 Community may be covered by an          export refund ;          amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (% are used to
                                                                  convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                  and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                  conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
                                                                  whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for           lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (6), as last amended by Regula­
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the       tion (EC) No 157/95 0 ;
amount of such refunds (2), provides that when refunds are
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on            Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article          to the present situation on the market in rice and in
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium          particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
and the natural development of prices and trade on the            within the Community and on the world market, that the
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the            refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;
                                                                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (8) prohi­
                                                                  bits trade between the European Community and the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (3)               Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                   whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and           tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be            thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice           when fixing the refunds ;
exported exceeds that maximum ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when       Committee for Cereals,
the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
lated :
                                                                  (4)  OJ No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
                                                                  O    OJ No L  22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                              (*)  OJ No L  108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(2) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                              O    OJ No L  24, 1 . 2. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                               8) OJ No L  102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
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ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
                                                              natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                        Article 1
                                                                                      Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1995.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 March 1995.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Franz FISCHLER
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                       to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1995 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                              (ECU/ tonne)                                                                (ECU/ tonne)
                                                           Amount                                                                      Amount
         Product code           Destination (')                                       Product code          Destination (')          of refunds (2)
                                                         of refunds 0
        1006 20 11 000                01                    224,00                  1006 30 65 100               01                     281,00
                                                                                                                  02                    287,00
        1006 20 13 000                01                    224,00
                                                                                                                  03                    292,00
        1006 20 15 000                01                    224,00                                                04                    281,00
      . 1006 20 17 000               —                        —
                                                                                    1006 30 65 900                01                    281,00
        1006 20 92 000                01                    224,00                                                04                    281,00
        1006 20 94 000                01                    224,00                  1006 30 67 100                                        —
        1006 20 96 000                01                    224,00                  1006 30 67 900                                        —
        1006 20 98 000
                                                                                                                                        281,00
                                     —                        —
                                                                                    1006 30 92 100                01
        1006 30.21 000                01                    224,00                                                02                    287,00
        1006 30 23 000               01                     224,00                                                03                    292,00
        1006 30 25 000                01                    224,00                                                04                    281,00
        1006 30 27 000                                                              1006 30 92 900                01                    281,00
                                                                                                                  04                    281,00
        1006 30 42 000                01                    224,00
        1006 30 44 000                01                    224,00
                                                                                    1006 30 94 100                01                    281,00
                                                                                                                  02                    287,00
        1006 30 46 000                01                    224,00                                                03                    292,00
        1006 30 48 000               —                        —
                                                                                                                  04                    281,00
        1006 30 61 100                01                    281,00                  1006 30 94 900                01                    281,00
                                      02                    287,00                                                04                    281,00
                                      03                    292,00
                                                                                    1006 30 96 100                01                    281,00
                                      04                    281,00
                                                                                                                  02                    287,00
        1006 30 61 900               01                     281,00                                                03                    292,00
                                     04                     281,00                                                04                    281,00
        1006 30 63 100               01                     281,00                  1006 30 96 900                01                    281,00
I                                    02                     287,00                                                04                    281,00
                                     03                     292,00          I                          l
                                                                                    1006 30 98 100                                        —
                                                            281,00
                                                                                                                  —
                                     04
                                                                                    1006 30 98 900
        1006 30 63 900               01                     281,00
                                                                                                                  —                       —
I                                    04                     281,00                  1006 40 00 000                —                       —
 (') The destinations are identified as follows :
     01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia,
     02 Zones I, II, III, VI, Ceuta and Melilla,
     03 Zones IV, V, VII (c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar,
     04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87
 (2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
     (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
 NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.