CELEX: 31994R0667
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 667/94 of 25 March 1994 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 83/8                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                26. 3 . 94
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 667/94
                                                         of 25 March 1994
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
                                                                    lated :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
                                                                    Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                    rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                    the refund for certain products according to destination ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
 market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
 No 1544/93 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the        long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                      product on certain markets ;
                                                                    Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation           (EEC) No 1418/76         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
provides that the difference between       quotations or prices
on the world market for the products      listed in Article 1 of
that Regulation and prices for those       products within the
 Community may be covered by an            export refund ;
                                                                    Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                     1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as
                                                                    amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (6), are used to
                                                                    convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for             conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the         whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are          tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, as amended by Regulation
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­         (EC) No 574/94 (8) ;
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium            Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
and the natural development of prices and trade on the              to the present situation on the market in rice and in
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the              particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to             within the Community and on the world market, that the
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                        refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
                                                                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (') prohi­
                                                                    bits trade between the European Community and the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)                 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                     whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and             tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be              thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice             when fixing the refunds ;
exported exceeds that maximum ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                   Committee for Cereals,
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
                                                                    0   OJ  No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(') OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.                              (6) OJ  No L  320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(2) OJ  No  L  154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5.                              O   OJ  No L  108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(3) OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                             (8) OJ  No L  69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
 4  OJ  No  L  154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                            0   OJ  No L  102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
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ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
                                                              natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                       Article 1
                                                                                      Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1994.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 25 March 1994.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          Rene STEICHEN
                                                                    Member of the Commission
 ---pagebreak---  No L 83/10                                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                               26. 3. 94
                                                                         ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 25 March 1994 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                             (ECU/tonne)                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                                                          Amount                                                                      Amount
       Product code            Destination (')                                       Product code          Destination (')
                                                        of refunds (2)                                                              nf rpfiinrlc ^
      1006 20 11 000                 01                    187,00                  1006 30 65 100                01                    234,00
      1006 20 13 000                 01                    187,00                                                02                    240,00
                                                                                                                 03                    245,00
      1006 20 15 000                 01                    187,00
                                                                                                                 04                    234,00
      1006 20 17 000                —                        —
                                                                                   1006 30 65 900                01                    234,00
     1006 20 92 000                 01                     187,00
                                                                                                                 04                    234,00
     1006 20 94 000                 01                     187,00
                                                                                   1006 30 67 100               —                        —
     1006 20 96 000                 01                     187,00
                                                                                   1006 30 67 900               —                        —
     1006 20 98 000                 —                        —
                                                                                   1006 30 92 100                01                    234,00
     1006 30 21 000                 01                     187,00
                                                                                                                 02                    240,00
     1006 30 23 000                 01                     187,00                                                03                    245,00
     1006 30 25 000                 01                     187,00                                                04                    234,00
     1006 30 27 000                 —                        —                     1006 30 92 900                01                    234,00
     1006 30 42 000                 01                     187,00                                                04                    234,00
     1006 30 44 000                 01                     187,00                  1006 30 94 100                01                    234,00
     1006 30 46 000                 01                     187,00                                                02                    240,00
                                                                                                                 03                    245,00
     1006 30 48 000                 —                        —
                                                                                                                 04                    234,00
     1006 30 61 100                 01                    234,00
                                                                                   1006 30 94 900                01                    234,00
                                    02                    240,00
                                                                                                                 04                    234,00
                                    03                    245,00
                                    04                     234,00                  1006 30 96 100                01                    234,00
                                                                                                                 02                    240,00
     1006 30 61 900                 01                    234,00
                                                                                                                 03                    245,00
                                    04                    234,00
                                                                                                                 04                    234,00
     1006 30 63 100                 01                    234,00
                                                                                   1006 30 96 900                01                    234,00
                                    02                    240,00
                                                                                                                 04                    234,00
                                    03                    245,00
                                                                                   1006 30 98 100               —                        —
                                    04                    234,00
                                                                                   1006 30 98 900               —                        —
     1006 30 63 900                 01                    234,00
                                    04                    234,00                   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, V, VII c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar,
    04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 ).
(2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
    (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
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).