CELEX: 31997R2347
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2347/97 of 27 November 1997 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

28. 11 . 97       I EN I             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 326/5
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2347/97
                                                      of 27 November 1997
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas 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
                                                                    lated;
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Community,
                                                                    whereas the world market situation or the specific re­
                                                                    quirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of           vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
   22 December 1995 on the common organization of the               tion :
   market in rice ('), and in particular the second subpara­
   graph of Article 13 (3) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                    long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                    product on certain markets;
  Whereas Article 13 of Regulation          (EC) No 3072/95
   provides that the difference between   quotations or prices
  on the world market for the products    listed in Article 1 of
                                                                   Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month;
  that Regulation and prices for those    products within the
  Community may be covered by an          export refund;           whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
                                                                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
  Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95,            to the present situation on the market in rice and in
  provides that when refunds are being fixed account must          particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
  be taken of the existing situation and the future trend          within the Community and on the world market, that the
  with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken      refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto;
  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    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  important to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­         in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  ment of prices and trade on the rice market and, further­        Committee for Cereals,
  more, 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 agree­
  ments concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the
 Treaty;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (2)
 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                                      Article 1
 reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
 exported exceeds that maximum;
                                                                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
                                                                  Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with the exception of those
 Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 1 000       listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
 tonnes of rice to certain destinations; whereas the proce­       natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 dure laid down in Article 7 (4) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 11 62/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 932/97 (4) should be used; whereas account should be
 taken of this when the refunds are fixed;
                                                                                             Article 2
(') OJ L 329, 30 . 12. 1995, p. 18
O OJ L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .
(•') OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 November
M OJ L 135, 27. 5. 1997, p. 2.                                    1997.
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        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
        States.
        Done at Brussels, 27 November 1997.
                                                              For the Commission
                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                           Member of the Commission
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                                                                          ANNEX
                       to the Commission Regulation of 27 November 1997 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                        broken rice
                                                               (ECU/ tonne)                                                                   (ECU/ tonne)
                                                           Amount                                                                        Amount
         Product code            Destination (')                                          Product code          Destination (')
                                                          of refunds                                                                    of refunds
       1006 20 11 9000                 01                   139,00                      1006 30 65 9900               01                   173,00
       1006 20 13 9000                 01                   139,00                                                    05                   173,00
       1006 20 15 9000                 01                   139,00                     1006 30 67 9100               04                    1 79,00
       1006 20 17 9000                 —                      —
                                                                                                           I
      1006 20 92 9000                  01
                                                                                       1006 30 67 9900               —
                                                            139,00
                                                                                                                                              —
      1006 20 94 9000                  01                   139,00                     1006 30 92 9100               01                   173,00
      1006 20 96 9000                  01                   139,00                                                   02                   179,00
      1006 20 98 9000                                                                                                03                   1 84,00
                                                                                                                     05                   173,00
      1006 30 21 9000                  01                   139,00
      1006 30 23 9000                  01                   139,00                     1006 30 92 9900               01                   173,00
      1006 30 25 9000                 01                    139,00                                                   05                   173,00
      1006 30 27 9000
                                                                                                                     —
                                                                                                                                             —
                                      —                       —
      1006 30 42 9000                 01                    139,00                     1006 30 94 9100               01                   1 73,00
      1006 30 44 9000                 01                    139,00                                                   02                  179,00
      1006 30 46 9000                 01                                                                             03                  184,00
                                                            139,00
                                                                                                                     05                  173,00
      1006 30 48 9000                 —                       —
      1006 30 61 9100                 01                   173,00                      1006 30 94 9900               01                  173,00
I                                     02                   179,00                                                    05                  173,00
                                      03                   184,00                                                   —
                                      05                   173,00
                                                                                       1006 30 96 9100               01                  173,00
      1006 30 61 9900                 01                   173,00
                                                                                                                     02                  179,00
                                      05                   173,00
l                                                                                                                   03                   184,00
      1006 30 63 9100                 01                   173,00                                                   05                   173,00
                                      02                   179,00
                                      03                   184,00                      1006 30 96 9900              01                   173,00
                                      05                   173,00                                                   05                   173,00
      1006 30 63 9900                 01                   173,00                                                   —                        —
                                      05                   173,00
                                                                                      1006 30 98 9100               04                   179,00
      1006 30 65 9100                 01                   173,00
I                                     02                   179,00                     1006 30 98 9900               _
li                                    03                   184,00
I                                     05                   173,00                     1006 40 00 9000               —                        —
 (') The destinations are identified as follows:
     01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia,
     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 Ceuta and Melilla : refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7 (4) of amended Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a quantity of
         1 000 tonnes,
     05 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87.
 NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.