CELEX: 31997R2606
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2606/97 of 22 December 1997 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid

23 . 12. 97           r en i             Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 351 /41
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2606/97
                                                       of 22 December 1997
                    fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as
                                              Community and national food aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the general and implementing rules provided for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in
Community,                                                         Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export
                                                                   refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the above­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               mentioned operations;
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission               Whereas the specific criteria to be used for calculating the
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular the third         export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regula­
subparagraph of Article 1 3 (2) thereof,                           tion (EC) No 3072/95;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation are in
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                 accordance with the opinion of the Management
market in rice (3), and in particular Article 1 3 (3) thereof,     Committee for Cereals.
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2681 /74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricul­
tural products as food aid (4) lays down that the portion of
                                                                                            Article 1
the expenditure corresponding to the export refunds on
the products in question fixed under Community rules is            For Community and national food aid operations under
to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section;
                                                                   international agreements or other supplementary
                                                                   programmes, and other Community free supply measures,
Whereas, in order to make it easier to draw up and                 the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products
manage the budget for Community food aid actions and               shall be as set out in the Annex.
to enable the Member States to know the extent of
Community participation in the financing of national                                        Article 2
food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these
actions should be determined;                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1998 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 22 December 1997 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(*)  OJ L 126,  24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3)  OJ L 329,  30 . 12. 1995, p. 18 .
(«)  OJ L 288,  25. 10 . 1974, p. 1 .
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                                                    ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 1997 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and
                     rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
                                                                                  (ECU/tonne)
                                     Product code                     Refund
                                   1001 10 00 9400                       0
                                   1001 90 99 9000                     14,00
                                   1002 00 00 9000                     27,00
                                   1003 00 90 9000                     15,00
                                   1004 00 00 9400                     26,00
                                   1005 90 00 9000                     28,00
                                   1006 30 92 9100                    178,00
                                   1006 30 92 9900                    178,00
                                   1006 30 94 9100                    178,00
                                   1006 30 94 9900                    178,00
                                   1006 30 96 9100                    178,00
                                   1006 30 96 9900                    178,00
                                   1006 30 98 9100                    178,00
                                   1006 30 98 9900                    178,00
                                   1006 40 00 9000                      —
                                   1007 00 90 9000                     28,00
                                   1101 00 159100                      19,00
                                   1101 00 159130                      19,00
                                   1102 20 10 9200                     32,10
                                   1102 20 10 9400                     27,52
                                   1102 30 00 9000                      —
                                   110290 109100                       20,24
                                   1103 11 10 9200                       0
                                   1103 11 90 9200                       0
                                   1103 13 109100                      41,27
                                   1103 14 00 9000                      —
                                   1104 12909100                       28,78
                                   1104 21 50 9100                     26,98
                           NB: The product codes are defined in Commission Regulation
                                (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 ), amended.