CELEX: 31996R2292
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2292/96 of 29 November 1996 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 311 /24         EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               30 . 11 . 96
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2292/96
                                                     of 29 November 1996
                                   fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month;
                                                                  whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                        Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
                                                                  to the present situation on the market in rice and in
                                                                  particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of            within the Community and on the world market, that the
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto;
market in rice ('), and in particular the second subpara­
graph of Article 13 (3) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (3), as
                                                                  amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (4), prohibits
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95                  trade between the European Community and the Federal
provides that the difference between     quotations or prices     Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
on the world market for the products     listed in Article 1 of   this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
that Regulation and prices for those     products within the      comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
Community may be covered by an           export refund;           and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 (^; whereas
                                                                  account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95,             refunds;
provides that when refunds are being fixed account must
be taken of the existing situation and the future trend           Whereas, in the light of the amendment introduced by
with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken       Regulation (EC) No 1222/96 (6), the figure 9 after the first
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                  eight digits corresponding to the combined nomenclature
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on            subheadings should be regarded as forming part of the
the other; whereas the same Article provides that it is also      refund nomenclature code from 1 January 1997;
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­
ment of prices and trade on the rice market and, further­
more, to take into account the economic aspect of the             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances of            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
the Community market with limits resulting from agree­            Committee for Cereals,
ments concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the
Treaty;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (2)
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
                                                                                               Article 1
exported exceeds that maximum;
Whereas Article 13 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when       Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 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
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary                                      Article 2
the refund for certain products according to destination ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged            1996 .
long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
product on certain markets;
                                                                  (3) OJ No  L  102 , 28 . 4. 1993 , p. 14.
                                                                   4  OJ No  L  138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18 .                            (5) OJ No  L  65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 1 .
 2 OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                               *  OJ No  L  161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 62.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 29 November 1996 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1996 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                             (ECU / tonne)                                                              (ECU / tonne)
                                                         Amount                                                                      Amount
      Product code             Destination (')                                      Product code          Destination (')
                                                       of refunds (J)                                                              of refunds (2)
     1006 20 11 000                  01                   197,00                   1006 30 65 900              01                     247,00
     1006 20 13 000                  01                                                                        04                     247,00
                                                          1 97,00
     1006 20 15 000                  01                   197,00                   1006 30 67 100
     1006 20 17 000
                                                                                   1006 30 67 900              —
     1006 20 92 000
                                                                                                                                        —
                                     01                   197,00
     1006 20 94 000                  01                   1 97,00                  1006 30 92 100              01                     247,00
     1006 20 96 000                  01                   197,00                                               02                     253,00
     1006 20 98 000                                                                                            03                     258,00
                                                                                                               04                     247,00
     1006 30 21 000                  01                   197,00
     1006 30 23 000                  01                   197,00                   1006 30 92 900              01                     247,00
     1006 30 25 000                  01                   197,00                                               04                     247,00
                                                                                                     I
                                                                                                                                        —
     1006 30 27 000                 —                        —
     1006 30 42 000                  01                   197,00                   1006 30 94 100              01                     247,00
     1006 30 44 000                  01                   197,00                                               02                     253,00
                                                                                                               03                     258,00
     1006 30 46 000                  01                   1 97,00
                                                                                                               04                     247,00
     1006 30 48 000
     1006 30 61 100                  01                   247,00                   1006 30 94 900              01                     247,00
                                     02                   253,00                                               04                     247,00
                                     03                   258,00                                               —
                                                                                                                                        —
                                     04                   247,00
                                                                                   1006 30 96 100              01                     247,00
     1006 30 61 900                  01                   247,00
                                                                                                               02                     253,00
                                     04                   247,00
                                                                                                               03                     258,00
     1006 30 63 100                  01                   247,00                                               04                     247,00
                                     02                   253,00
                                     03                   258,00                   1006 30 96 900              01                     247,00
                                     04                   247,00                                               04                     247,00
     1006 30 63 900                  01                   247,00                                               —
                                                                                                                                        —
                                     04                   247,00
                                                                                   1006 30 98 100              —                        —
     1006 30 65 100                  01                   247,00
                                     02                   253,00                   1006 30 98 900              —                        —
                                     03                   258,00
                                     04                   247,00                   1006 40 00 000              —                        —
(') The destinations are identified as follows:
    01 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.
(2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in amended
    Regulation ( EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation ( EC) No 462/96 are observed.
NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.