CELEX: 31999R1345
Language: en
Date: 1999-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1345/1999 of 24 June 1999 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of export licences

25. 6. 1999           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 159/43
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1345/1999
                                                      of 24 June 1999
                  fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice and suspending the issue of
                                                       export licences
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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
                                                                   requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                   vary the refund for certain products according to destina-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of             tion;
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the
market in rice (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No          Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
2072/98 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of          long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
Article 13(3) and (15) thereof,                                    product on certain markets;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95                   Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month;
provides that the difference between quotations or prices          whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of
that Regulation and prices for those products within the           Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
Community may be covered by an export refund;                      to the present situation on the market in rice and in
                                                                   particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
Whereas Article 13(4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95,               within the Community and on the world market, that the
provides that when refunds are being fixed account must            refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto;
be taken of the existing situation and the future trend
with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken        Whereas, for the purposes of administering the volume
rice on the Community market on the one hand and                   restrictions resulting from Community commitments in
prices for rice and broken rice on the world market on             the context of the WTO, the issue of export licences with
the other; whereas the same Article provides that it is also       advance fixing of the refund should be restricted;
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop-
ment of prices and trade on the rice market and, further-          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
more, to take into account the economic aspect of the              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances of             Committee for Cereals,
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 (3)
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
                                                                   listed in paragraph 1(c) of that Article, exported in the
Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 1 566 t
                                                                   natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
of rice to certain destinations; whereas the procedure laid
down in Article 7(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1162/95 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/
98 (5) should be used; whereas account should be taken of                                    Article 2
this when the refunds are fixed;
                                                                   With the exception of the quantity of 1 566 t provided for
Whereas Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95                in the Annex, the issue of export licences with advance
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when        fixing of the refund is suspended.
(1) OJ  L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18.
(2) OJ  L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 4.                                                              Article 3
(3) OJ  L 154, 15.6.1976, p. 11.
(4) OJ  L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(5) OJ  L 56, 26.2.1998, p. 12.                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 June 1999.
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                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States.
                      Done at Brussels, 24 June 1999.
                                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                                             ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 24 June 1999 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken
                                                  rice and suspending, the issue of export licences
                                                                       (EUR/t)                                                                            (EUR/t)
                                                             Amount                                                                              Amount
       Product code              Destination (1)                                            Product code             Destination (1)
                                                            of refunds                                                                          of refunds
    1006 20 11 9000                   01                                               1006 30 65 9900                   01                        
    1006 20 13 9000                   01                                                                                 04                        
    1006 20 15 9000                   01                        
    1006 20 17 9000                                                                   1006 30 67 9100                   05                        
    1006 20 92 9000                   01                                               1006 30 67 9900                                            
    1006 20 94 9000                   01                        
    1006 20 96 9000                   01                                               1006 30 92 9100                   01                        
    1006 20 98 9000                                                                                                     02                    80,00 (2)
    1006 30 21 9000                   01                                                                                 03                    85,00 (2)
    1006 30 23 9000                   01                                                                                 04                        
    1006 30 25 9000                   01                                                                                 05                        
    1006 30 27 9000                                                                   1006 30 92 9900                   01                        
    1006 30 42 9000                   01                                                                                 04                        
    1006 30 44 9000                   01                        
    1006 30 46 9000                   01                                               1006 30 94 9100                   01                        
    1006 30 48 9000                                                                                                     02                    80,00 (2)
    1006 30 61 9100                   01                                                                                 03                    85,00 (2)
                                      02                     80,00 (2)                                                    04                        
                                      03                     85,00 (2)                                                    05                        
                                      04                        
                                      05                                               1006 30 94 9900                   01                        
    1006 30 61 9900                   01                                                                                 04                        
                                      04                                               1006 30 96 9100                   01                        
    1006 30 63 9100                   01                                                                                 02                    80,00 (2)
                                      02                     80,00 (2)                                                    03                    85,00 (2)
                                      03                     85,00 (2)                                                    04                        
                                      04                                                                                 05                        
                                      05                        
    1006 30 63 9900                   01                                               1006 30 96 9900                   01                        
                                      04                                                                                 04                        
    1006 30 65 9100                   01                        
                                      02                     80,00 (2)                  1006 30 98 9100                   05                        
                                      03                     85,00 (2)                  1006 30 98 9900                                            
                                      04                        
                                      05                                               1006 40 00 9000                                            
( ) The destinations are identified as follows:
 1
    01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia,
    02 Zones I, II, III, VI, excluding Turkey,
    03 Zones IV, V, VII (c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Suriname, Guyana and Madagascar,
    04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87,
    05 Ceuta and Melilla.
( ) For rice of destinations 02 and 03, refunds fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a total quantity of
 2
    1 566 t.
NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.