CELEX: 31996R1865
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1865/96 of 27 September 1996 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 247/ 14         EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 9 . 96
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1865/96
                                                     of 27 September 1996
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                    long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                    product on certain markets;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,
                                                                    Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month;
                                                                    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
  22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
  market in rice ('), and in particular the second subpara­         to the present situation on the market in rice and in
 graph of Article 13 (3) thereof,                                   particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
                                                                   within the Community and on the world market, that the
                                                                    refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto;
 Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
  provides that the difference between quotations or prices
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (3), as
 that Regulation and prices for those products within the          amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (4), prohibits
 Community may be covered by an export refund;                      trade between the European Community and the Federal
                                                                   Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
                                                                   this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
 Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95,             comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
                                                                   and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 (*); whereas
 provides that when refunds are being fixed account must           account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
 be taken of the existing situation and the future trend           refunds;
 with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
 rice on the Community market on the one hand and
 prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 the other; whereas the same Article provides that it is also      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 important to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­          Committee for Cereals,
 ment of prices and trade on the rice market and, further­
 more, 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 agree­
 ments concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the
 Treaty;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (2)
 lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
 allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and                                     Article 1
 specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be
 reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
 exported exceeds that maximum;                                   The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
                                                                   Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with the exception of those
                                                                   listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
Whereas Article 13 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95               natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
lated;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1996.
the refund for certain products according to destination;
                                                                  (3) OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
(') OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18 .                            (4) OJ No L 138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
 J) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                             (5 OJ No L 65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 September 1996.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                        ANNEX
                       to the Commission Regulation of 27 September 1996 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 (2)
       1006 20 11 000                 01                  199,00                    1006 30 65 900               01                    249,00
       1006 20 13 000                 01                                                                         04                    249,00
                                                          199,00
       1006 20 15 000                 01                  199,00                    1006 30 67 100
       1006 20 17 000                 —                     —
      1006 20 92 000                  01                  199,00                    1006 30 67 900               —                       —
      1006 20 94 000                  01                  199,00                    1006 30 92 100               01                    249,00
      1006 20 96 000                  01                  199,00                                                 02                   255,00
      1006 20 98 000                  —                     —                                                    03                   260,00
                                                                                                                04                    249,00
      1006 30 21 000                  01                  199,00
      1006 30 23 000                  01                  199,00                   1006 30 92 900               01                    249,00
      1006 30 25 000                  01                  199,00                                                04                    249,00
      1006 30 27 000                  —                     —
                                                                                   1006 30 94 100               01                    249,00
      1006 30 42 000                  01                  199,00
                                                                                                                02                    255,00
      1006 30 44 000                  01                  199,00                                                03                    260,00
      1006 30 46 000                 01                   199,00                                                04                    249,00
      1006 30 48 000                 —                      —
                                                                                   1006 30 94 900               01                    249,00
      1006 30 61 100                 01                  249,00
                                                                                                                04                    249,00
                                     02                  255,00
                                                                                                                —
                                     03                  260,00
                                     04                  249,00                    1006 30 96 100               01                    249,00
      1006 30 61 900                 01                  249,00                                                 02                    255,00
                                     04                  249,00                                                 03                    260,00
     1006 30 63 100                  01                  249,00                                                 04                    249,00
                                     02                  255,00
                                     03                  260,00                    1006 30 96 900               01                    249,00
                                     04                  249,00                                                 04                    249,00
     1006 30 63 900
                                                                                                               —
                                                         249,00
                                                                                                                                        —
                                     01
                                     04                  249,00
                                                                                  1006 30 98 100               —                        —
     1006 30 65 100                  01                  249,00
                                     02                  255,00                   1006 30 98 900
                                     03                  260,00
                                    04                   249,00                   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 Meiilla,
    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 amended
    Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation (EC) No 462/96 are observed.
NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.