CELEX: 31998R2733
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2733/98 of 17 December 1998 fixing production refunds on cereals and rice

L 343/20              EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 18. 12. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2733/98
                                                     of 17 December 1998
                                      fixing production refunds on cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 to establish
                                                                     the exact amount payable;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                           Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
of 30 June 1992, on the common organisation of the                   introduction of the euro (7) provides that, as from 1
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission                 January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article 7           ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
(3) thereof,                                                         rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No            Committee for Cereals,
2072/98 (4), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
1722/93 of 30 June 1993 laying down detailed rules for
the arrangements concerning production refunds in the
cereals and rice sectors (5), as last amended by Regulation                                     Article 1
(EC) No 1011/98 (6), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                     The refund referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 establishes the                  No 1722/93, expressed per tonne of starch extracted from
conditions for granting the production refund; whereas               maize, wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, rice or broken rice,
the basis for the calculation is established in Article 3 of         shall be ECU 64,14 per tonne.
the said Regulation; whereas the refund thus calculated
must be fixed once a month and may be altered if the
price of maize and/or wheat changes significantly;                                              Article 2
Whereas the production refunds to be fixed in this Regu-             This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December
lation should be adjusted by the coefficients listed in the          1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 17 December 1998.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.
(5) OJ L 159, 1. 7. 1993, p. 112.
(6) OJ L 145, 15. 5. 1998, p. 11.                                    (7) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.