CELEX: 31992R3418
Language: en
Date: 1992-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3418/92 of 27 November 1992 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 347/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 11 . 92
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3418/92
                                                      of 27 November 1992
                                     fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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
                                                                    exported exceeds that maximum ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
                                                                    defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   lated :
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 674/92 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                    rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                    the refund for certain products according to destination ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation           (EEC) No 1418/76
provides that the difference between       quotations or prices
on the world market for the products       listed in Article 1 of
that Regulation and prices for those       products within the
Community may be covered by an             export refund ;          Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                    long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                    product on certain markets ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the         Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are          whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on              Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
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               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to                  tion to each other at any given moment within a band
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                             of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                         rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                         the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­
Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 1 5 000             tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (8) ;
 tonnes of wholly milled rice, falling within CN codes
 1006 30 92 900, 1006 30 94 900 and 1006 30 96 900 to
 certain destinations ; whereas the procedure laid down in           — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
 Article 9 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                         average of the ecu rates published in the Official
 891 /89 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
 2804/92 (*), should be used ; whereas account should be                 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 taken of this when the refunds are fixed ;                              cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (6)                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
 lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                     to the present situation on the market in rice and in
                                                                     particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
 (>) OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                             within the Community and on the world market, that the
 (2) OJ  No  L  73, 19 . 3. 1992, p. 7.                              refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 0   OJ  No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.
 (4) OJ  No   L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13.
 0   OJ  No   L 282, 26. 9. 1992, p. 40.                             0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (Ó OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                                (8) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 ('), as            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2015/92 (2), prohibits
trade between the Community and the Republics of                                       Article 1
Serbia and Montenegro ; whereas this prohibition does
not apply to certain situations as given in the limitative     The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
enumeration laid down in Articles 2 and 3 ; whereas this       Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those
should be taken into account when refunds are fixed :          listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
                                                               natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
Committee for Cereals,                                          1992.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 27 November 1992.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
 (2) OJ No L 205, 22. 7. 1992, p. 2.
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                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 27 November 1992 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                    broken rice
                                                                                          (ECU / tonne)
                     Product code                    Destination (')           ^ ^efumfe (2)
                    1006 20 11 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 20 13 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 20 15 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 20 17 000                        —                         —
                    1006 20 92 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 20 94 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 20 96 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 20 98 000                        —                         —
                    1006 30 21 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 30 23 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 30 25 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 30 27 000                        —                         —
                    1006 30 42 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 30 44 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 30 46 000                        01                      177,60
                    1006 30 48 000                        —                         —
                    1006 30 61 100                         01                     222,00
                                                           02                     228,00
                                                           03                     233,00
                                                           04                     222,00
                    1006 30 61 900                         01                     222,00
                                                           04                     222,00
                    1006 30 63 100                         01                     222,00
                                                           02                     228,00
                                                           03                     233,00
                                                           04                     222,00
                    1006 30 63 900                         01                     222,00
                                                           04                     222,00
                    1006 30 65 100                         01                     222,00
                                                           02                     228,00
                                                           03                     233,00
                                                           04                     222,00
                    1006 30 65 900                         01                     222,00
                                                           04                     222,00
                    1006 30 67 100                         —                        —
                    1006 30 67 900                         —                        —
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                                                                                                                      (ECU/ tonne)
                          Product code                            Destination (')                        of refunds (2)
                        1006 30 92 100                                 01                                   222,00
                                                                       02                                   228,00
                                                                       03                                   233,00
                                                                       04                                   222,00
                        1006 30 92 900                                 01                                   222,00
                                                                       04                                   222,00
                        1006 30 94 100                                  01                                  222,00
                                                                        02                                  228,00
                                                                        03                                  233,00
                                                                        04                                  222,00
                        1006 30 94 900                                  01                                  222,00
                                                                        04                                  222,00
                        1006 30 96 100                                  01                                  222,00
                                                                        02                                  228,00
                                                                        03                                  233,00
                                                                        04                                  222,00
                         1006 30 96 900                                 01                                  222,00
                                                                        04                                  222,00
                         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, II, III , VI, Ceuta and Melilla,
                 03 Zones IV, VII c), Canada and Zone VIII excluding Surinam, Guyana and Madagascar,
                 04 Destinations mentioned in Article 34 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87.
             (2) Refunds for exports to the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro may only be granted for humanitarian aid
                 supplied by charitable organizations fulfilling the conditions laid down in Article 2 (a) and Article 3 of Council
                 Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92.
              NB : The zones are those defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92
                    (OJ No L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 20).