CELEX: 31993R0704
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 704/93 of 26 March 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 74/ 14                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 3 . 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 704/93
                                                          of 26 March 1993
                                     fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                    long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              product on certain markets ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76               whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
 market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 674/92 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the         Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                      1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 38 13/92 0 are used to
                                                                    convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                    and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation           (EEC) No 1418/76         conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 provides that the difference between      quotations or prices     whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
 on the world market for the products      listed in Article 1 of   tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 that Regulation and prices for those      products within the      lation (EEC) No 38 19/92 (6) ;
 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 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
                                                                    within the Community and on the world market, that the
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the         refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­        Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 Q, as last
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3534/92 (8), prohibits
 on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on             trade between the Community and the Republics of
 the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article           Serbia and Montenegro ; whereas this prohibition does
 provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium           not apply to certain situations as given in the limitative
and the natural development of prices and trade on the              enumeration laid down in Articles 2 and 3 ; whereas this
 rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the             should be taken into account when refunds are fixed ;
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                   The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when         Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those
the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­           listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
lated :                                                             natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­                                        Article 2
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
the refund for certain products according to destination ;          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1993.
(') OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             O   OJ No  L  387,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.                               (6) OJ No  L  387,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                             0   OJ No  L  151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
 4) OJ  No  L  154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                            (8) OJ No  L 358,   8 . 12. 1992, p. 16.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 26 March 1993 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                             (ECU / tonne)                                                                  (ECU / tonne)
                                                          Amount                                                                         Amount
        Product code           Destination (')                                       Product code            Destination (')
                                                        of refunds (2)                                                                 of refunds (2)
      1006 20 11 000                 01                    205,00                   1006 30 65 100                01                      257,00
      1006 20 13 000                 01                    205,00                                                 02                      263,00
                                                                                                                  03                      268,00
      1006 20 15 000                 01                    205,00
                                                                                                                  04                      257,00
      1006 20 17 000                —                        —
                                                                                    1006 30 65 900                01                      257,00
      1006 20 92 000                 01                    205,00
                                                                                                                  04                      257,00
      1006 20 94 000                 01                    205,00
                                                                                    1006 30 67 100                —                         —
      1006 20 96 000                 01                    205,00
                                                                                    1006 30 67 900                —                         —
      1006 20 98 000                —                        —
                                                                                   1006 30 92100                  01                      257,00
      1006 30 21 000                01                     205,00
                                                                                                                  02                      263,00
      1006 30 23 000                01                     205,00                                                 03                      268,00
      1006 30 25 000                01                     205,00                                                 04                      257,00
      1006 30 27 000                —                        —                     1006 30 92 900                 01                      257,00
     1006 30 42 000                 01                    205,00                                                  04                      257,00
     1006 30 44 000                 01                    205,00                   1006 30 94 100                 01                      257,00
     1006 30 46 000                 01                    205,00                                                  02                      263,00
                                                                                                                  03                      268,00
     1006 30 48 000                 —                        —
                                                                                                                  04                      257,00
     1006 30 61 100                 01                    257,00
                                                                                   1006 30 94 900                 01                      257,00
                                    02                    263,00
                                                                                                                  04                     257,00
                                    03                    268,00
                                    04                    257,00                   1006 30 96 100                 01                     257,00
                                                                                                                  02                     263,00
     1006 30 61 900                 01                    257,00
                                                                                                                  03                     268,00
                                    04                    257,00
                                                                                                                  04                     257,00
     1006 30 63 100                 01                    257,00
                                                                                   1006 30 96 900                 01                     257,00
                                    02                    263,00
                                                                                                                  04                     257,00
                                    03                    268,00
                                    04                    257,00                   1006 30 98 100                 —                         —
     1006 30 63 900                 01                    257,00                   1006 30 98 900                 —                         —
                                    04                    257,00                   1006 40 00 000                 —                         —
(') The destinations are identified as follows :
    01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia,
    02 Zones I, II, III, VI, Ceuta and Melilla,
    03 Zones IV, VII c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar,
    04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 ), as last amended by Regulation
        (EEC) No 1525/92 (OJ No L 160, 13 . 6. 1992, p. 7).
(2) Refunds for exports to the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro may only be granted for humanitarian aid supplied by charitable organizations fulfilling
    the conditions laid down in Article 2 (a) and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92.
NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (OJ No L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 20).