CELEX: 31997R2161
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-31
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2161/97 of 31 October 1997 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid

L. LI . 97            PEN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 298 /31
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2161 /97
                                                         of 31 October 1997
                      fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as
                                              Community and national food aid
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export
                                                                    refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the above­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              mentioned operations;
 Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               Whereas the specific criteria to be used for calculating the
 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                  export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regula­
 market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission               tion (EC) No 3072/95;
 Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular the third
 subparagraph of Article 1 3 (2) thereof,                           Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation are in
                                                                    accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             Committee for Cereals,
 22 December 1995 on the common organization of the
 market in rice (3), and in particular Article 1 3 (3) thereof,
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2681 /74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricul­
 tural products as food aid (4) lays down that the portion of
 the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on                                     Article 1
 the products in question fixed under Community rules is
 to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and            For Community and national food aid operations under
 Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section;                                 international agreements or other supplementary
                                                                    programmes, and other Community free supply measures,
 Whereas, in order to make it easier to draw up and                 the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products
 manage the budget for Community food aid actions and               shall be as set out in the Annex.
 to enable the Member States to know the extent of
 Community participation in the financing of national
 food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these                               Article 2
 actions should be determined;
 Whereas the general and implementing rules provided for            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
 in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in                1997 .
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels, 31 October 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(■) OJ   L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0   OJ   L 126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
0   OJ   L 329,  30. 12. 1995, p. 18 .
 4) OJ   L 288,  25. 10. 1974, p. 1 .
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                                                    ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1997 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice
                        sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
                                                                                 (ECU/tonne)
                                     Product code                     Refund
                                  1001 10 00 9400                        0
                                   1001 90 99 9000                     10,00
                                  1002 00 00 9000                      26,00
                                  1003 00 90 9000                      13,00
                                  1004 00 00 9400                      23,00
                                  1005 90 00 9000                      25,00
                                  1006 30 92 9100                    210,00
                                  1006 30 92 9900                    210,00
                                  1006 30 94 9100                    210,00
                                  1006 30 94 9900                    210,00
                                  1006 30 96 9100                    210,00
                                  1006 30 96 9900                    210,00
                                  1006 30 98 9100                    210,00
                                  1006 30 98 9900                    210,00
                                  1006 40 00 9000                       —
                                  1007 00 90 9000                      25,00
                                  1101 00 159100                       13,00
                                  1101 00 159130                       13,00
                                  1102 20 10 9200                      25,96
                                  1102 20 10 9400                      22,25
                                  1102 30 00 9000                       —
                                  1102 90 10 9100                      17,67
                                  1103 11 10 9200                       0
                                  1103 11 90 9200                       0
                                  1103 13 10 9100                      33,37
                                  1103 14 00 9000                       —
                                  1104 12 90 9100                      26,88
                                  1104 21 50 9100                      23,56
                           NB: The product codes are defined in Commission Regulation
                               (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 ), amended.