CELEX: 32000R0443
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 443/2000 of 25 February 2000 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences

L 54/36                 EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                   26. 2. 2000
                                             COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 443/2000
                                                             of 25 February 2000
                fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 (5)    Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 defines the
                                                                                   specific criteria to be taken into account when the
                                                                                   export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                              lated.
Community,
                                                                            (6)    The world market situation or the specific requirements
                                                                                   of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22                          refund for certain products according to destination.
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in
rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (2), and            (7)    A separate refund should be fixed for packaged long
in particular the second subparagraph of Article 13(3) and (15)                    grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
thereof,                                                                           product on certain markets.
                                                                            (8)    The refund must be fixed at least once a month; whereas
Whereas:                                                                           it may be altered in the intervening period.
                                                                            (9)    It follows from applying these rules and criteria to the
(1)      Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provides that                    present situation on the market in rice and in particular
         the difference between quotations or prices on the world                  to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice within
         market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regu-                 the Community and on the world market, that the
         lation and prices for those products within the                           refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto.
         Community may be covered by an export refund.
                                                                            (10)   For the purposes of administering the volume restric-
                                                                                   tions resulting from Community commitments in the
(2)      Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, provides                     context of the WTO, the issue of export licences with
         that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                   advance fixing of the refund should be restricted.
         of the existing situation and the future trend with regard
         to prices and availabilities of rice and broken rice on the
                                                                            (11)   The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
         Community market on the one hand and prices for rice
                                                                                   accordance with the opinion of the Management
         and broken rice on the world market on the other. The
                                                                                   Committee for Cereals,
         same Article provides that it is also important to ensure
         equilibrium and the natural development of prices and
         trade on the rice market and, furthermore, 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 agreements concluded             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
         in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty.
                                                                                                        Article 1
(3)      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361/76 (3) lays down
         the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
         for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the              Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with the exception of those listed
         percentage by which that refund is to be reduced where             in paragraph 1(c) of that Article, exported in the natural state,
         the proportion of broken rice in the rice exported                 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
         exceeds that maximum.
(4)      Export possibilities exist for a quantity of 5 015 tonnes                                      Article 2
         of rice to certain destinations. The procedure laid down
         in Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/             With the exception of the quantity of 5 015 tonnes provided
         95 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1432/                for in the Annex, the issue of export licences with advance
         1999 (5) should be used. Account should be taken of                fixing of the refund is suspended.
         this when the refunds are fixed.
(1) OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ  L  265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.                                                                        Article 3
(3) OJ  L  154, 15.6.1976, p. 11.
(4) OJ  L  117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(5) OJ  L  166, 1.7.1999, p. 56.                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2000.
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                           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                           Done at Brussels, 25 February 2000.
                                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                                             Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                                                  ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 25 February 2000 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and
                                                             suspending, the issue of export licences
                                                                           (EUR/t)                                                                                   (EUR/t)
                                                                 Amount                                                                                    Amount
        Product code               Destination (1)                                                Product code              Destination (1)
                                                                of refunds                                                                                of refunds
    1006 20 11 9000                      01                      117,00                       1006 30 65 9900                    01                        147,00
    1006 20 13 9000                      01                      117,00                                                          04                        151,00
    1006 20 15 9000                      01                      117,00
    1006 20 17 9000                      —                          —                         1006 30 67 9100                    05                        151,00
    1006 20 92 9000                      01                      117,00                       1006 30 67 9900                     —                           —
    1006 20 94 9000                      01                      117,00
    1006 20 96 9000                      01                      117,00                       1006 30 92 9100                    01                        147,00
    1006 20 98 9000                      —                          —                                                            02                        151,00 (2)
    1006 30 21 9000                      01                      117,00                                                          03                        156,00 (2)
    1006 30 23 9000                      01                      117,00                                                          04                        151,00
    1006 30 25 9000                      01                      117,00                                                          05                        151,00
    1006 30 27 9000                      —                          —                         1006 30 92 9900                    01                        147,00
    1006 30 42 9000                      01                      117,00                                                          04                        151,00
    1006 30 44 9000                      01                      117,00
    1006 30 46 9000                      01                      117,00                       1006 30 94 9100                    01                        147,00
    1006 30 48 9000                      —                          —                                                            02                        151,00 (2)
    1006 30 61 9100                      01                      147,00                                                          03                        156,00 (2)
                                         02                      151,00 (2)                                                      04                        151,00
                                         03                      156,00 (2)                                                      05                        151,00
                                         04                      151,00
                                         05                      151,00                       1006 30 94 9900                    01                        147,00
    1006 30 61 9900                      01                      147,00                                                          04                        151,00
                                         04                      151,00                       1006 30 96 9100                    01                        147,00
    1006 30 63 9100                      01                      147,00                                                          02                        151,00 (2)
                                         02                      151,00 (2)                                                      03                        156,00 (2)
                                         03                      156,00 (2)                                                      04                        151,00
                                         04                      151,00                                                          05                        151,00
                                         05                      151,00
    1006 30 63 9900                      01                      147,00                       1006 30 96 9900                    01                        147,00
                                         04                      151,00                                                          04                        151,00
    1006 30 65 9100                      01                      147,00
                                         02                      151,00 (2)                   1006 30 98 9100                    05                        151,00
                                         03                      156,00 (2)                   1006 30 98 9900                     —                           —
                                         04                      151,00
                                         05                      151,00                       1006 40 00 9000                     —                           —
( ) The destinations are identified as follows:
 1
    01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia, refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95
        in respect of a total quantity of 2 733 t of wholly milled rice equivalent,
    02 Zones I, II, III, VI, excluding Turkey,
    03 Zones IV, V, VII (c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Suriname, Guyana and Madagascar,
    04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation
       (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of 800 t,
    05 Ceuta and Melilla, refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of 473 t.
(2) For rice of destinations 02 and 03, refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of 1 009 t.
NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.