CELEX: 31998R0574
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 574/98 of 12 March 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

L 76/26               EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    13. 3. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 574/98
                                                     of 12 March 1998
                  fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products
                       exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, now that a settlement has been reached between
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the European Community and the United States of
Community,                                                         America on Community exports of pasta products to the
                                                                   United States and has been approved by Council Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               87/482/EEC (7), it is necessary to differentiate the refund
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                  on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission               1902 19 according to their destination;
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article
13 (3) thereof,                                                    Whereas Article 4 (5) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
                                                                   provides that, in the absence of the proof referred to in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             Article 4 (5) (a) of that Regulation, a reduced rate of export
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                 refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of
market in rice (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No               the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commis-
192/98 (4), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,              sion Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (8), as last amended by
Whereas Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              Regulation (EC) No 1516/95 (9), for the basic product in
and Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide           question, used during the assumed period of manufacture
that the difference between quotations of prices on the            of the goods;
world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of those Regulations and the prices within the
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Community may be covered by an export refund;
                                                                   Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30
May 1994 laying down common implementing rules for                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
granting export refunds on certain agricultural products
exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to                                      Article 1
the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such         The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
refunds (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1909/           appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
97 (6), specifies the products for which a rate of refund          and listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
should be fixed, to be applied where these products are            1766/92 or in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/
exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to                 95, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to Regula-               Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to amended
tion (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate;                               Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 respectively, are hereby fixed
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of              as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic prod-                                      Article 2
ucts in question must be fixed for each month;                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 March 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 12 March 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                              Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                          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 20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16.                                  (7) OJ L 275, 29. 9. 1987, p. 36.
( 5) OJ L 136, 31. 5. 1994, p. 5.                                  (8) OJ L 159, 1. 7. 1993, p. 112.
( 6) OJ L 268, 1. 10. 1997, p. 20.                                 (9) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 49.
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                                                         ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 12 March 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to
          certain cereals and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the
                                                          Treaty
                                                                                                  Rate of refund
               CN code                           Description of products (1)                    per 100 kg of basic
                                                                                                     product
             1001 10 00     Durum wheat:
                            – on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and
                               1902 19 to the United States of America                                  
                            – in other cases                                                            
             1001 90 99     Common wheat and meslin:
                            – on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and
                               1902 19 to the United States of America                                0,801
                            – in other cases:
                            – – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                  1222/94 (2)                                                         0,636
                            – – in other cases                                                        1,232
             1002 00 00     Rye                                                                       2,979
             1003 00 90     Barley                                                                    1,785
             1004 00 00     Oats                                                                      1,876
             1005 90 00     Maize (corn) used in the form of:
                            – starch:
                            – – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                  1222/94 (2)                                                         1,283
                            – – in other cases                                                        2,028
                            – glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine, maltodextrine syrup of
                               CN codes 1702 30 51, 1702 30 59, 1702 30 91, 1702 30 99,
                               1702 40 90, 1702 90 50, 1702 90 75, 1702 90 79, 2106 90 55 (3):
                            – – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                  1222/94 (2)                                                         1,084
                            – – in other cases                                                        1,829
                            – other (including unprocessed)                                           2,028
                            Potato starch of CN code 1108 13 00 similar to a product obtained
                            from processed maize:
                            – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 (2)       1,283
                            – in other cases                                                          2,028
             1006 20        Husked rice:
                            – round grain                                                               
                            – medium grain                                                              
                            – long grain                                                                
          ex 1006 30        Wholly-milled rice:
                            – round grain                                                               
                            – medium grain                                                              
                            – long grain                                                                
             1006 40 00     Broken rice used in the form of:
                            – starch of CN code 1108 19 10:
                            – – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                  1222/94 (2)                                                           
                            – – in other cases                                                          
                            – other (including unprocessed)                                             
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                                                                                                                    Rate of refund
               CN code                                    Description of products (1)                             per 100 kg of basic
                                                                                                                       product
             1007 00 90          Sorghum                                                                                1,785
             1101 00             Wheat or meslin flour:
                                 – on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and
                                     1902 19 to the United States of Amercia                                            0,985
                                 – in other cases                                                                       1,515
             1102 10 00          Rye flour                                                                              3,664
             1103 11 10          Groats and durum wheat meal:
                                 – on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and
                                     1902 19 to the United States of America                                              
                                 – in other cases                                                                         
             1103 11 90          Common wheat groats and spelt:
                                 – on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and
                                     1902 19 to the United States of America                                            0,985
                                 – in other cases                                                                       1,515
        (1) As far as agricultural products obtained from the processing of a basic product or/and assimilated products are concerned,
            the coefficients shown in Annex E οf amended Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 shall be applied (OJ L 136, 31. 5.
            1994, p. 5).
        (2) The goods concerned are listed in Annex I of amended Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (OJ L 159, 1. 7. 1993, p. 112).
        (3) For syrups of CN codes NC 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 60 90, obtained from mixing glucose and fructose syrup, the
            export refund may be granted only for the glucose syrup.