CELEX: 31992R1324
Language: en
Date: 1992-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1324/92 of 22 May 1992 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

23. 5. 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 140/21
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1324/92
                                                          of 22 May 1992
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                   long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                   product on certain markets ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
                                                                   whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 No 674/92 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the
 fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                        of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation          (EEC) No 1418/76              rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
provides that the difference between      quotations or prices          the last paragraph of Article 3 (1) of Council Regula­
on the world market for the products      listed in Article 1 of        tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0, as last amended by Regula­
 that Regulation and prices for those     products within the           tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (*) ;
 Community may be covered by an           export refund ;
                                                                   — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                        average of the ecu rates published in the Official
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the             cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­       Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market           to the present situation on the market in rice and in
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on              particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
 the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article          within the Community and on the world market, that the
                                                                    refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium
and the natural development of prices and trade on the
 rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                        Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
exported exceeds that maximum ;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when        Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 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 June 1992.
(') OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.
O   OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                            O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                           («) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 22 May 1992.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 22 May 1992 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken
                                                          rice
                                                                                            (ECU/ tonne)
                                                                                  Amount
                      Product code                    Destination (')            of refunds
                    1006 20 11 000                         —                         —
                    1006 20 13 000                         01                      198,40
                    1006 20 15 000                         01                      198,40
                    1006 20 17 000                         —                         —
                    1006 20 92 000                         —                         —
                    1006 20 94 000                         01                      198,40
                    1006 20 96 000                         01                      198,40
                    1006 20 98 000                         —                         —
                    1006 30 21 000                         —                         —
                    1006 30 23 000                         01                      198,40
                    1006 30 25 000                         01                      198,40
                    1006 30 27 000                         —
                                                                                     —
                    1006 30 42 000                         —                         —
                    1006 30 44 000                         01                      198,40
                    1006 30 46 000                         01                      198,40
                    1006 30 48 000                         —
                                                                                     —
                    1006 30 61 100                         01                      248,00
                                                           02                      254,00
                                                           03                      259,00
                                                           04                      248,00
                    1006 30 61 900                         01                      248,00
           l                                               04                      248,00
                    1006 30 63 100                         01                      248,00
                                                           02                      254,00
                                                           03                      259,00
                                                           04                      248,00
                    1006 30 63 900                         01                      248,00
                                                           04                      248,00
                    1006 30 65 100                         01                     248,00
                                                           02                     254,00
                                                           03                     259,00
                                                           04                     248,00
                    1006 30 65 900                         01                     248,00
                                                           04                     248,00
                    1006 30 67 100                         —
                                                                                     —
                    1006 30 67 900                         —
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                                                                                                           (ECU/ tonne)
                                                                                                  Amount
                         Product code                         Destination (')                   of refunds
                       1006 30 92 100                              01                              248,00
                                                                   02                              254,00
                                                                   03                              259,00
                                                                   04                              248,00
                       1006 30 92 900                              01                              248,00
                                                                   04                              248,00
                       1006 30 94 100                              01                              248,00
                                                                   02                              254,00
                                                                   03                              259,00
                                                                   04                              248,00
                       1006 30 94 900                              01                              248,00
                                                                   04                              248,00
                       1006 30 96 100                              01                              248,00
                                                                   02                              254,00
                                                                   03                              259,00
                                                                    04                             248,00
                       1006 30 96 900                              01                              248,00
                                                                   04                              248,00
                       1006 30 98 100                              —                                  —
                       1006 30 98 900                              —                                  —
                       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, IL III, VI, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla,
                03 Zones zones IV, V a), VII c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar,
                04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87.
            NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77, as last
                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/89.