CELEX: 31997R0744
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-25 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 744/97 of 25 April 1997 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

26. 4 . 97           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 110 / 11
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 744/97
                                                        of 25 April 1997
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
                                                                   lated;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                         Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                   rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             the refund for certain products according to destination;
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the
market in rice ('), and in particular the second subpara­          Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
graph of Article 13 (3) thereof,                                   long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                   product on certain markets;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation           (EC) No 3072/95
provides that the difference between     quotations or prices      Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month;
on the world market for the products     listed in Article 1 of    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
that Regulation and prices for those     products within the
Community may be covered by an           export refund;            Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
                                                                   to the present situation on the market in rice and in
Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95,              particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
provides that when refunds are being fixed account must            within the Community and on the world market, that the
be taken of the existing situation and the future trend            refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto;
with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
the other; whereas the same Article provides that it is also       Committee for Cereals,
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­
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             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the Community market with limits resulting from agree­
ments concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the
Treaty;                                                                                     Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (2)                The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                    Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with the exception of those
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and            listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be             natural state , shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas Article 13 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1997.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 25 April 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18 .
 2 OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .
 ---pagebreak---  No L 110 / 12               EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              26 . 4. 97
                                                                         ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 25 April 1997 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                             (ECU / tonne)                                               (ECU / tonne)
                                                          Amount                                                      Amount
       Product code              Destination (')         of refunds
                                                                                     Product code    Destination (') of refunds
     1006 20 11 9000                  01                   226,00                  1006 30 65 9900        01           283,00
     1006 20 13 9000                                                                                      04           283,00
                                      01                   226,00
     1006 20 15 9000                  01                   226,00                  1006 30 67 9100
     1006 20 17 9000
                                                                                   1006 30 67 9900        —
     1006 20 92 9000                  01                   226,00
                                                                                                                         —
     1006 20 94 9000                  01                   226,00                  1006 30 92 9100        01           283,00
     1006 20 96 9000                  01                   226,00                                         02           289,00
                                                                                                          03           294,00
     1006 20 98 9000
                                                                                                          04           283,00
     1006 30 21 9000                  01                   226,00
     1006 30 23 9000                  01                   226,00                  1006 30 92 9900        01           283,00
     1006 30 25 9000                  01                   226,00                                         04           283,00
     1006 30 27 9000                  —                      —
                                                                                                   I
     1006 30 42 9000                  01                   226,00                  1006 30 94 9100        01           283,00
     1006 30 44 9000                  01                   226,00                                         02           289,00
                                                                                                          03           294,00
     1006 30 46 9000                  01                   226,00
                                                                                                          04           283,00
     1006 30 48 9000
     1006 30 61 9100                  01                   283,00                  1006 30 94 9900        01           283,00
                                      02                   289,00                                         04           283,00
                                      03                   294,00                                         —              —
                                      04                   283,00
                                                                                   1006 30 96 9100        01           283,00
     1006 30 61 9900                  01                   283,00
                                                                                                          02           289,00
                                      04                   283,00
                                                                                                          03           294,00
     1006 30 63 9100                  01                   283,00                                         04           283,00
                                      02                   289,00
                                      03                   294,00                  1006 30 96 9900        01           283,00
                                      04                   283,00                                         04           283,00
     1006 30 63 9900                  01                   283,00                                         —              —
                                      04                   283,00
                                                                                   1006 30 98 9100        —              —
     1006 30 65 9100                  01                   283,00
                                      02                   289,00                  1006 30 98 9900        —              —
                                      03                   294,00
\                                     04                   283,00                  1006 40 00 9000        —              —
 (') 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.
  NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.