CELEX: 31993R0061
Language: en
Date: 1993-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 61/93 of 14 January 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

No L 9/24                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15. 1 . 93
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 61/93
                                                          of 14 January 1993
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (*)
                                                                      lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice
                                                                      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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 exported exceeds that maximum ;
Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­
market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               lated ;
No 674/92 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the
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              Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ;
tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­           whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
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 the representative market rates defined in Article
rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the                 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (?) are used to
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to               convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
avoid disturbances of the Community market ;                          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 (8);
Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 15 000
tonnes of wholly milled rice, falling within CN codes
1006 30 92 900, 1006 30 94 900 and 1006 30 96 900 to
certain destinations ; whereas the procedure laid down in
Article 9 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
891 /89 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
3570/92 (*), should be used ; whereas account should be                to the present situation on the market in rice and in
taken of this when the 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 ;
O  OJ   No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
O  OJ   No   L 73, 19. 3. 1992, p. 7.
O  OJ   No   L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                               (<) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 .
O  OJ   No   L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13.                                 0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O  OJ   No   L 362, 11 . 12. 1992, p. 51 .                            (g) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 ('), as             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.
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January
 Committee for Cereals,                                          1993 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 14 January 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission    :
                                                                            Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 358, 8 . 12. 1992, p. 16.
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                                                                        ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 14 January 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
     100620 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 67100                 —                        —
     1006 20 96 000                 01                    184,00
                                                                                   1006 30 67 900                —                        —
     1006 20 98 000                 —                       —
                                                                                   1006 30 92100                  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 94100                  01                    230,00
     1006 30 46 000                 01                    184,00
                                                                                                                  02                    236,00
                                                                                                                  03                    241,00
     1006 30 48 000                 —                       —
                                                                                                                  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 96100                  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                 —                       —
     1006 30 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'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.
(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).