CELEX: 31994R0848
Language: en
Date: 1994-04-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 848/94 of 15 April 1994 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 98/ 10                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                16. 4. 94
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 848/94
                                                          of 15 April 1994
                                     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)               Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
No 1 544/93 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the          long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof,                        product on certain markets ;
                                                                      Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76
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
Community may be covered by an export refund ;
                                                                      Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                       1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (^ as
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (*), are used to
                                                                      convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for                conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the           whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are            tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­               lation (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, as amended by Regulation
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­           (EC) No 574/94 (8) ;
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              Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
and the natural development of prices and trade on the                 to the present situation on the market in rice and in
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the                particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to               within the Community and on the world market, that the
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                           refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
                                                                      Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (9) prohi­
                                                                      bits trade between the European Community and the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4)                    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                       whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and                tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be                 thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice                when fixing the refunds ;
exported exceeds that maximum ;
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                       in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76                      Committee for Cereals,
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
                                                                       0   OJ No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
 (') OJ No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p.  1.                               (6) OJ No  L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
 (2) OJ No   L  154, 25. 6. 1993, p.  5.                               0   OJ No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 (3) OJ No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p.  36.                              (8) OJ No  L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
 0   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 18 April 1994.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 15 April 1994.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          Rene STEICHEN
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                      ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 15 April 1994 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                    broken rice
                                                          (ECU/ tonne)                                                                  (ECU/ tonne)
                                                       Amount                                                                        Amount
      Product code            Destination (')                                       Product code          Destination (')          of refunds 0
                                                     of refunds 0
    1006 2011 000                  01                   199,00                    1006 30 65 100                01                    249,00
                                                                                                                02                    255,00
    1006 20 13 000                 01                   199,00
                                                                                                                03                    260,00
    1006 20 15 000                 01                   199,00                                                  04                    249,00
    1006 20 17 000                 —                      —                       1006 30 65 900                01                    249,00
    1006 20 92 000                 01                   199,00                                                  04                    249,00
    1006 20 94 000                 01                   199,00                    1006 30 67 100                —                       —
                                                                                  1006 30 67 900                —                       —
    1006 20 96 000                 01                   199,00
                                                                                  1006 30 92100                 01                    249,00
    1006 20 98 000                 —               '      —
                                                                                                                 02                   255,00
    1006 30 21 000                  01                  199,00                                                   03                   260,00
    1006 30 23 000                  01                  199,00                                                   04                   249,00
    1006 30 25 000                  01                  199,00                    1006 30 92 900                 01                   249,00
    1006 30 27 000                  —                     —
                                                                                                                 04                   249,00
                                                                                                                 05                   260,00
     1006 30 42 000                 01                  199,00
                                                                                  1006 30 94100                  01                   249,00
     1006 30 44 000                 01                  199,00                                                   02                   255,00
     1006 30 46 000                 01                  199,00                                                   03                   260,00
     1006 30 48 000                 —                      —
                                                                                                                 04                   249,00
                                                                                   1006 30 94 900                01                   249,00
     1006 30 61 100                 01                  249,00
                                                                                                                 04                   249,00
                                    02                  255,00
                                                                                                                 05                   260,00
                                    03                  260,00
                                                                                   1006 30 96100                 01                   249,00
                                    04                  249,00
                                                                                                                 02                   255,00
     1006 30 61 900                 01                  249,00                                                   03                    260,00
                                    04                  249,00                                                   04                    249,00
     1006 30 63 100                 01                  249,00                     1006 30 96 900                01                    249,00
                                    02                  255,00                                                   04                    249,00
                                    03                  260,00                                                   05                    260,00
                                    04                  249,00                     1006 30 98 100                —                       —
     1006 30 63 900                 01                   249,00                    1006 30 98 900                —                       —
                                    04                   249,00                    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 amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1),
    05 Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891/89 in respect of 10 000 tonnes of white rice
        destined for Zones I to VIII, excluding Guyana, Surinam, Madagascar, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
 f) 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).