CELEX: 31998R2753
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2753/98 of 18 December 1998 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid

19. 12. 98           EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 345/23
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2753/98
                                                   of 18 December 1998
                 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as
                                           Community and national food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the above-
                                                                   mentioned operations;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                         Whereas the specific criteria to be used for calculating the
                                                                   export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regula-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               tion (EC) No 3072/95;
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission               Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1103/
Regulation (EC) No 2547/98 (2), and in particular the              97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof,                       introduction of the euro (6) provides that as from 1
                                                                   January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
                                                                   ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
                                                                   rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the
                                                                   the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-
market in rice (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                   tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;
2072/98 (4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation are in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/             accordance with the opinion of the Management
74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of                    Committee for Cereals,
expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricul-
tural products as food aid (5) lays down that the portion of
the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on
the products in question fixed under Community rules is            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas, in order to make it easier to draw up and                 For Community and national food aid operations under
manage the budget for Community food aid actions and               international agreements or other supplementary
to enable the Member States to know the extent of                  programmes, and other Community free supply measures,
Community participation in the financing of national               the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products
food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these       shall be as set out in the Annex.
actions should be determined;
Whereas the general and implementing rules provided for                                       Article 2
in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 18 December 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.
(5) OJ L 288, 25. 10. 1974, p. 1.                                  (6) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                  ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 18 December 1998 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal
                 and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
                                                                       (EUR/tonne)
                                  Product code                  Refund
                                1001 10 00 9400                   0,00
                                1001 90 99 9000                  31,00
                                1002 00 00 9000                  70,00
                                1003 00 90 9000                  56,00
                                1004 00 00 9400                  57,00
                                1005 90 00 9000                  49,00
                                1006 30 92 9100                 142,00
                                1006 30 92 9900                 142,00
                                1006 30 94 9100                 142,00
                                1006 30 94 9900                 142,00
                                1006 30 96 9100                 142,00
                                1006 30 96 9900                 142,00
                                1006 30 98 9100                 142,00
                                1006 30 98 9900                 142,00
                                1006 30 65 9900                 142,00
                                1006 40 00 9000                   —
                                1007 00 90 9000                  49,00
                                1101 00 15 9100                  42,50
                                1101 00 15 9130                  42,50
                                1102 20 10 9200                  77,66
                                1102 20 10 9400                  66,56
                                1102 30 00 9000                   —
                                1102 90 10 9100                  73,35
                                1103 11 10 9200                  21,00
                                1103 11 90 9200                  21,00
                                1103 13 10 9100                  99,85
                                1103 14 00 9000                   —
                                1104 12 90 9100                  86,56
                                1104 21 50 9100                  97,80
                         NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in
                             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.
                             12. 1987, p. 1), amended.