CELEX: 31993R0174
Language: en
Date: 1993-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 174/93 of 29 January 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

30. 1 . 93                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 22/37
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 174/93
                                                        of 29 January 1993
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 0
                                                                    lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
                                                                    allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be
Economic Community,                                                 reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice
                                                                    exported exceeds that maximum ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                   Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
No 674/92 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the          the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
                                                                    lated ;
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation          (EEC) No 1418/76          rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
provides that the difference between      quotations or prices      the refund for certain products according to destination ;
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
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 the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market            whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article
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 representative market rates defined in Article
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to              1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 0 are used to
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                        convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                    and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                    conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
                                                                    whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
                                                                    tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 3819/92 0 ;
Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 5 000
tonnes of wholly milled rice, falling within CN codes
 1006 30 94 900 and 1006 30 96 900 to certain destina­
tions ; whereas the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3570/92 0, should be                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
used ; whereas account should be taken of this when the             to the present situation on the market in rice and in
refunds are fixed ;                                                 particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
                                                                    within the Community and on the world market, that the
                                                                    refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
(') OJ   No L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L  73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.
(3) OJ   No L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                             («) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .
(") OJ   No L  94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13.                               O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
M OJ No L 362, 11 . 12. 1992, p. 51 .                               (8) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 432/92 ('), as last      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3534/92 (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.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                               Article 2
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Cereals,                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1993.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 29 January 1993.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Ren6 STEICHEN
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 199 2, p. 4.
0 OJ No L 358, 8. 12. 1992, p. 16.
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                                                                         ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 29 January 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                             (ECU/ tonne)                                                                    (ECU / tonne)
                                                          Amount                                                                          Amount
       Product code            Destination (')          of refunds (2)                 Product code            Destination (')          of refunds (2)
     1006 20 11 000                 01                     190,00                    1006 30 65 100                 01                     238,00
     1006 20 13 000                 01                     190,00                                                   02                     244,00
                                                                                                                    03                     249,00
     1006 20 15 000                 01                     190,00
                                                                                                                    04                     238,00
     1006 20 17 000                 —                        —
                                                                                     1006 30 65 900                 01                     238,00
     1006 20 92 000                 01                     190,00                                                   04                     238,00
     1006 20 94 000                 01                     190,00                    1006 30 67 100                 —                        —
     1006 20 96 000                 01                     190,00                    1006 30 67 900                 —                        —
     1006 20 98 000                 —                        —                       1006 30 92 100                 01                     238,00
                                                                                                                    02                     244,00
     1006 30 21 000                 01                     190,00
                                                                                                                    03                     249,00
     1006 30 23 000                 01                     190,00                                                   04                     238,00
     1006 30 25 000                 01                     190,00                    1006 30 92 900                 01                     238,00
     1006 30 27 000                 —                        —                                                      04                     238,00
     1006 30 42 000                 01                     190,00                    1006 30 94 100                 01                     238,00
     1006 30 44000                  0*                     190,00                                                   02                     244,00
                                                                                                                    03                     249,00
     1006 30 46 000                 01                     190,00
                                                                                                                    04                     238,00
     1006 30 48 000                 —                        —
                                                                                     1006 30 94 900                 01                     238,00
     1006 30 61 100                 01                     238,00                                                   04                     238,00
                                    02                     244,00                                                   05                     290,00
                                    03                    249,00                     1006 30 96 100                 01                     238,00
                                    04                    238,00                                                    02                     244,00
     1006 30 61 900                 01                    238,00                                                    03                     249,00
                                    04                    238,00                                                    04                     238,00
     1006 30 63 100                 01                    238,00                     1006 30 96 900                 01                     238,00
                                    02                    244,00                                                    04                     238,00
                                    03                    249,00                                                    05                     290,00
                                    04                    238,00                     1006 30 98 100                 —                        —
     1006 30 63 900                 01                    238,00                     1006 30 98 900                 —                        —
                                    04                    238,00                     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,
    05 Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 in respect of 5 000 tonnes of white rice destined
        for Algeria.
(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).