CELEX: 31994R2343
Language: en
Date: 1994-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2343/94 of 29 September 1994 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

30 . 9 . 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 254/41
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2343/94
                                                       of 29 September 1994
                                      fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
                                                                     defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
                                                                     the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                lated :
Community,
                                                                     Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                 rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                    the refund for certain products according to destination ;
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 1869/94 (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 currefit demand for the
                                                                     product on certain markets ;
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      Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
Community may be covered by an              export refund ;          whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for              1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 Q, as
granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the          amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (8), are used to
amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are           convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­             and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market             whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on               tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article             lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (9), as amended by Regulation
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium             (EC) No 547/94 (10) ;
and the natural development of prices and trade on the
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                         Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
                                                                     to the present situation on the market in rice and in
                                                                     particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 4 000           within the Community and on the world market, that the
tonnes of white rice to certain destinations ; whereas the           refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;
procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 (4), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EC) No 1 755/94 (*), should be used ; whereas                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (n) prohi­
account should be taken of this when the refunds are                 bits trade between the European Community and the
fixed ;                                                              Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
                                                                     whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
                                                                     tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (6)                  thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                      when fixing the refunds ;
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              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
exported exceeds that maximum ;                                      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Cereals,
(') OJ   No  L 166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 197, 30.  7. 1994, p. 7.                              0 OJ    No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 166, 25.  6. 1976, p. 36.                             (8) OJ  No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(4) OJ   No  L 94, 7. 4.  1989, p. 13 .                              0 OJ    No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
O   OJ   No  L 183, 19.  7. 1994, p. 7.                              (,0) OJ No  L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
(<j OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .                                (") 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 October 1994.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 September 1994.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          Rene STEICHEN
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 29 September 1994 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 0
     1006 20 11 000                 01                     187,00                   1006 30 63 900                  01                     234,00
                                    05                     187,00                                                   04                     234,00
     1006 20 13 000                 01                     187,00                                                   05                     234,00
                                    05                     187,00
                                                                                    1006 30 65 100                  01                     234,00
     1006 20 15 000          *      01                     187,00                                                   02                     240,00
                                    05                     187,00                                                   03                     245,00
     1006 20 17 000                 —                        —                                                      04                     234,00
                                                                                                                    05                     234,00
     1006 20 92 000                 01                     187,00
                                    05                     187,00                   1006 30 65 900                  01                     234,00
     1006 20 94 000                 01                     187,00                                                   04                     234,00
                                    05                     187,00                                                   05                     234,00
     1006 20 96 000                 01                     187,00                   1006 30 67 100                  —                        —
                                    05                     187,00                   1006 30 67 900                  —                        —
     1006 20 98 000                 —                        —
                                                                                    1006 30 92 100                  01                     234,00
     1006 30 21 000                 01                     187,00                                                   02                     240,00
                                    05                     187,00                                                   03                     245,00
     1006 30 23 000                 01                     187,00                                                   04                     234,00
                                    05                     187,00                                                   05                     234,00
     1006 30 25 000                 01                     187,00                   1006 30 92 900                  01                     234,00
                                    05                     187,00                                                   04                     234,00
     1006 30 27 000                 —                        —                                                      05                     234,00
     1006 30 42 000                 01                     187,00                   1006 30 94 100                  01                     234,00
                                    05                     187,00                                                   02                     240,00
     1006 30 44 000                 01                     187,00                                                   03                     245,00
                                    05                     187,00                                                   04                     234,00
                                                                                                                    05                     234,00
     1006 30 46 000                 01                     187,00
                                    05                     187,00                    1006 30 94 900                 01                     234,00
                                                                                                                    04                     234,00
     1006 30 48 000                 —                        —
                                                                                                                    05                     234,00
     1006 30 61 100                 01                     234,00
                                    02                     240,00                    1006 30 96100                  01                     234,00
                                    03                     245,00                                                   02                     240,00
                                                                                                                    03                     245,00
                                    04                     234,00
                                    05                     234,00                                                   04                     234,00
                                                                                                                    05                     234,00
     1006 30 61 900                 01                     234,00
                                    04                     234,00                    1006 30 96 900                 01                     234,00
                                    05                     234,00                                                   04                     234,00
                                                                                                                    05                     234,00
     1006 30 63 100                 01                     234,00
                                    02                     240,00                    1006 30 98 100                 —                        —
                                    03                     245,00
                                                                                     1006 30 98 900                 —                        —
                                    04                     234,00
                                    05                     234,00                    1006 40 00 000                 —                        —
(') The destinations are identified as follows :
    01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'ltalia,
    02 Zones I, II, III, VI, Ceuta and Mehlla,
    03 Zones IV, V, 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,
    05 Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 in respect of 4 000 tonnes of white rice destined
       for Austria.
(J) 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.