CELEX: 31993R3467
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3467/93 of 17 December 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 317/ 8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               18 . 12. 93
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3467/93
                                                     of 17 December 1993
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
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 requi­
                                                                   rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                   the refund for certain products according to destination ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
 market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1 544/93 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the
 fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                    Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
                                                                   long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
                                                                   product on certain markets ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices         Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of       whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 that Regulation and prices for those products within the
 Community may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                   Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                   1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 0 are used to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for            and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the        conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are         whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­           tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­       lation (EEC) No 1068/93(0 ;
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market
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             Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the             to the present situation on the market in rice and in
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to            particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                       within the Community and on the world market, that the
                                                                   refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto :
                                                                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 Q prohi­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 C)                 bits trade between the European Community and the
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and            whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be             tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice            thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                    when fixing the refunds ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when        in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Cereals,
(') OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.
(2) OJ  No  L  154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5.                             0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                            («) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ  No  L  154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                           O OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
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ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
                                                              natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                       Article 1
                                                                                      Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 with the exception of those       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 17 December 1993.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Rene STEICHEN
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 17 December 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                       broken rice
                                                             (ECU/ tonne)                                                                (ECU/ tonne)
                                                          Amount                                                                      Amount
       Product code            Destination (')                                       Product code          Destination (')
                                                        of refunds (2)                                                              of refunds (2)
     1006 20 11 000                 01                     184,00                  1006 30 65 100                01                    230,00
     1006 20 13 000                 01                     184,00                                                02                    236,00
                                                                                                                 03                    241,00
     1006 20 15 000                 01                     184,00
                                                                                                                 04                    230,00
     1006 20 17 000                 —                        —
                                                                                   1006 30 65 900                01                    230,00
     1006 20 92 000                 01                     184,00
                                                                                                                 04                    230,00
     1006 20 94 000                 01                     184,00
                                                                                   1006 30 67 100                —                       —
     1006 20 96 000                 01                     184,00
                                                                                   1006 30 67 900               —                        —
     1006 20 98 000                 —                        —
                                                                                   1006 30 92 100                01                    230,00
      1006 30 21 000                01                     184,00
                                                                                                                 02                    236,00
     1006 30 23 000                 01                     184,00                                                03                    241,00
      1006 30 25 000                01                     184,00                                                04                    230,00
      1006 30 27 000                —                        —                     1006 30 92 900                01                    230,00
      1006 30 42 000                01                     184,00                                                04                    230,00
     1006 30 44 000                 01                     184,00                  1006 30 94 100                01                    230,00
     1006 30 46 000                 01                     184,00                                                02                    236,00
     1006 30 48 000                 —                        —
                                                                                                                 03                    241,00
                                                                                                                 04                    230,00
     1006 30 61 100                 01                     230,00
                                                                                   1006 30 94 900                01                    230,00
                                    02                     236,00
                                                                                                                 04                    230,00
                                    03                     241,00
                                    04                     230,00                  1006 30 96 100                01                    230,00
                                                                                                                 02                    236,00
     1006 30 61 900                 01                     230,00
                                                                                                                 03                    241,00
                                    04                     230,00
                                                                                                                 04                    230,00
     1006 30 63 100                 01                     230,00
                                                                                   1006 30 96 900                01                    230,00
                                    02                     236,00
                                                                                                                 04                    230,00
                                    03                     241,00
                                    04                     230,00                  1006 30 98 100               —                        —
     100630 63 900                  01                     230,00                  1006 30 98 900               —                        —
                                    04                     230,00                  1006 40 00 000               —                        —
(') The destinations are identified as follows :
    01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia,
    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 amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 ).
(2) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
    (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.
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).