CELEX: 31998R0682
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 682/98 of 26 March 1998 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

L 94/16               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  27. 3. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 682/98
                                                      of 26 March 1998
                       fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the refund to be granted in respect of certain
                                                                   processed products should be graduated on the basis of
                                                                   the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              content of the individual product concerned, this content
Community,                                                         being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic
                                                                   product actually incorporated in the processed product;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               Whereas there is no need at present to fix an export
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                  refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission               flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article           potential exports and in particular the nature and origin
13 (3) thereof,                                                    of these products; whereas, for certain products processed
                                                                   from cereals, the insignificance of Community participa-
                                                                   tion in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             refund at the present time;
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the
market in rice (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
192/98 (4), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,              Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                   requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                   vary the refund for certain products according to destina-
                                                                   tion;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and
Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide that
the difference between quotations or prices on the world           Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regu-         it may be altered in the intervening period;
lations and prices for those products within the
Community may be covered by an export refund;
                                                                   Whereas certain processed maize products may undergo a
                                                                   heat treatment following which a refund might be granted
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95                   that does not correspond to the quality of the product;
provides that when refunds are being fixed account must            whereas it should therefore be specified that on these
be taken of the existing situation and the future trend            products, containing pregelatinized starch, no export
with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals, rice and      refund is to be granted;
broken rice on the Community market on the one hand
and prices for cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal prod-
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
ucts on the world market on the other; whereas the same
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Articles provide that it is also important to ensure equilib-
                                                                   Committee for Cereals,
rium and the natural development of prices and trade on
the markets in cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take
into account the economic aspect of the proposed
exports, and the need to avoid disturbances on the
Community market;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1518/95 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2993/
95 (6), on the import and export system for products
processed from cereals and from rice defines the specific
criteria to be taken into account when the refund on these                                  Article 1
products is being calculated;
(1) OJ  L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.                                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1)
(2) OJ  L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.                                 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 1 (1)
(3) OJ  L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.                                (c) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 and subject to Regula-
(4) OJ  L 20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16.
(5) OJ  L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 55.                                 tion (EC) No 1518/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the
(6) OJ  L 312, 23. 12. 1995, p. 25.                                Annex to this Regulation.
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                                                                    Article 2
                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 March 1998.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 26 March 1998.
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                     ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1998 fixing the export refunds on products
                                                      processed from cereals and rice
                                                           (ECU/tonne)                                                         (ECU/tonne)
            Product code                         Refund                                    Product code                 Refund
        1102 20 10 9200 (1)                      32,21                                1104 23 10 9100                   34,52
        1102 20 10 9400 (1)                      27,61                                1104 23 10 9300                   26,46
        1102 20 90 9200 (1)                      27,61                                1104 29 11 9000                    8,45
        1102 90 10 9100                          14,01                                1104 29 51 9000                    8,28
        1102 90 10 9900                            9,53                               1104 29 55 9000                    8,28
        1102 90 30 9100                          29,52                                1104 30 10 9000                    2,07
        1103 12 00 9100                          29,52                                1104 30 90 9000                    5,75
        1103 13 10 9100 (1)                      41,42                                1107 10 11 9000                   14,74
        1103 13 10 9300 (1)                      32,21                                1107 10 91 9000                   16,63
        1103 13 10 9500 (1)                      27,61                                1108 11 00 9200                   16,56
        1103 13 90 9100 (1)                      27,61                                1108 11 00 9300                   16,56
                                                                                      1108 12 00 9200                   36,82
        1103 19 10 9000                          33,40
                                                                                      1108 12 00 9300                   36,82
        1103 19 30 9100                          14,48
                                                                                      1108 13 00 9200                   36,82
        1103 21 00 9000                            8,45
                                                                                      1108 13 00 9300                   36,82
        1103 29 20 9000                            9,53
                                                                                      1108 19 10 9200                   33,44
        1104 11 90 9100                          14,01
                                                                                      1108 19 10 9300                   33,44
        1104 12 90 9100                          32,80                                1109 00 00 9100                    0,00
        1104 12 90 9300                          26,24                                1702 30 51 9000 (2)               40,40
        1104 19 10 9000                            8,45                               1702 30 59 9000 (2)               30,93
        1104 19 50 9110                          36,82                                1702 30 91 9000                   40,40
        1104 19 50 9130                          29,91                                1702 30 99 9000                   30,93
        1104 21 10 9100                          14,01                                1702 40 90 9000                   30,93
        1104 21 30 9100                          14,01                                1702 90 50 9100                   40,40
        1104 21 50 9100                          18,68                                1702 90 50 9900                   30,93
        1104 21 50 9300                          14,94                                1702 90 75 9000                   42,33
        1104 22 20 9100                          26,24                                1702 90 79 9000                   29,38
        1104 22 30 9100                          27,88                                2106 90 55 9000                   30,93
(1) No refund shall be granted on products given a heat treatment resulting in pregelatinization of the starch.
(2) Refunds are granted in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 (OJ L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 20), amended.
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.