CELEX: 32000R2376
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2376/2000 of 26 October 2000 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

L 275/14                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      27.10.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2376/2000
                                                           of 26 October 2000
                fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of
                                            goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               (5)     Now that a settlement has been reached between the
                                                                                  European Community and the United States of America
                                                                                  on Community exports of pasta products to the United
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                  States and has been approved by Council Decision
Community,
                                                                                  87/482/EEC (6), it is necessary to differentiate the refund
                                                                                  on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30                        1902 19 according to their destination.
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/                  (6)     Pursuant to Article 4(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No
2000 (2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,                                1520/2000 provides that a reduced rate of export
                                                                                  refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of
                                                                                  the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22                         Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (7), as last amended by
December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in                         Commission Regulation (EC) No 87/1999 (8), for the
rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (4),                    basic product in question, used during the assumed
and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,                                          period of manufacture of the goods.
Whereas:                                                                  (7)     Spirituous beverages are considered less sensitive to the
                                                                                  price of the cereals used in their manufacture. However,
                                                                                  Protocol 19 of the Act of Accession of the United
(1)      Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and                         Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark stipulates that the neces-
         Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide                      sary measures must be decided to facilitate the use of
         that the difference between quotations of prices on the                  Community cereals in the manufacture of spirituous
         world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each                beverages obtained from cereals. Accordingly, it is neces-
         of those Regulations and the prices within the                           sary to adapt the refund rate applying to cereals
         Community may be covered by an export refund.                            exported in the form of spirituous beverages.
(2)      Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July               (8)     It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
         2000 laying down common implementing rules for                           taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-
         granting export refunds on certain agricultural products                 able in the budget.
         exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I
         to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of         (9)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
         such refunds (5), specifies the products for which a rate                accordance with the opinion of the Management
         of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these                     Committee for Cereals,
         products are exported in the form of goods listed in
         Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B
         to Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate.
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(3)      In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1)
         of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund
         per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in                                            Article 1
         question must be fixed for each month.
                                                                          The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
                                                                          appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and
(4)      The commitments entered into with regard to refunds              listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in
         which may be granted for the export of agricultural              Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, exported in the
         products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to            form of goods listed in Annex B to Regulation (EEC) No
         the Treaty may be jeopardised by the fixing in advance           1766/92 or in Annex B to amended Regulation (EC) No 3072/
         of high refund rates. Whereas it is therefore necessary to       95 respectively, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this
         take precautionary measures in such situations without,          Regulation.
         however, preventing the conclusion of long-term
         contracts. Whereas the fixing of a specific refund rate for
         the advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables
                                                                                                        Article 2
         these various objectives to be met.
                                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October 2000.
(1) OJ  L  181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ  L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ  L  329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.                                        (6) OJ L 275, 29.9.1987, p. 36.
(4) OJ  L  193, 29.7.2000, p. 3.                                          (7) OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 112.
(5) OJ  L  177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.                                          (8) OJ L 9, 15.1.1999, p. 8.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
           Done at Brussels, 26 October 2000.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                                       ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 26 October 2000 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereals
                       and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
                                                                                                                                    (EUR/100 kg)
                                                                                                            Rate of refund per 100 kg
                                                                                                                  of basic product
     CN code                                      Description of products (1)
                                                                                                          In case
                                                                                                        of advance                 Other
                                                                                                    fixing of refunds
   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                                                                      —                        —
                   – in other cases:
                   – – where Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 applies (2)                       —                        —
                   – – where goods falling within subheading 2208 (3) are exported                          —                        —
                   – – in other cases                                                                       —                        —
   1002 00 00      Rye                                                                                    3,303                    3,303
   1003 00 90      Barley
                   – where goods falling within subheading 2208 (3) are exported                            —                        —
                   – in other cases                                                                         —                        —
   1004 00 00      Oats                                                                                   2,297                    2,297
   1005 90 00      Maize (corn) used in the form of:
                   – starch:
                   – – where Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 applies (2)                     2,264                    2,264
                   – – where goods falling within subheading 2208 ( ) are exported
                                                                         3                                0,472                    0,472
                   – – in other cases                                                                     2,649                    2,649
                   – 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 (4):
                   – – where Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 applies (2)                     1,602                    1,602
                   – – where goods falling within subheading 2208 ( ) are exported
                                                                         3
                                                                                                          0,354                    0,354
                   – – in other cases                                                                     1,987                    1,987
                   – where goods falling within subheading 2208 (3) are exported                          0,472                    0,472
                   – other (including unprocessed)                                                        2,649                    2,649
                   Potato starch of CN code 1108 13 00 similar to a product obtained from processed
                   maize:
                   – where Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 applies (2)                       2,264                    2,264
                   – – where goods falling within subheading 2208 (3) are exported                        0,472                    0,472
                   – in other cases                                                                       2,649                    2,649
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                                                                                                                                                                 (EUR/100 kg)
                                                                                                                                         Rate of refund per 100 kg
                                                                                                                                               of basic product
       CN code                                               Description of products (1)
                                                                                                                                       In case
                                                                                                                                     of advance                 Other
                                                                                                                                 fixing of refunds
ex 1006 30                Wholly-milled rice:
                          – round grain                                                                                               13,700                   13,700
                          – medium grain                                                                                              13,700                   13,700
                          – long grain                                                                                                13,700                   13,700
     1006 40 00           Broken rice                                                                                                  3,300                    3,300
     1007 00 90           Sorghum                                                                                                        —                        —
(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 1520/2000 shall be applied (OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1).
(2) The goods concerned fall under CN code 3505 10 50.
(3) Goods listed in Annex B of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2825/93.
(4) 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.