CELEX: 31998R2675
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2675/98 of 10 December 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

11. 12. 98            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 336/39
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2675/98
                                                   of 10 December 1998
                  fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain cereal and rice-products
                       exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        87/482/EEC (7), it is necessary to differentiate the refund
                                                                   on goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 00 and
                                                                   1902 19 according to their destination;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                   Whereas Article 4 (5) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
                                                                   provides that, in the absence of the proof referred to in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92               Article 4 (5) (a) of that Regulation, a reduced rate of export
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                  refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission               the production refund applicable, pursuant to Commis-
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article           sion Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (8), as last amended by
13 (3) thereof,                                                    Regulation (EC) No 1011/98 (9), for the basic product in
                                                                   question, used during the assumed period of manufacture
                                                                   of the goods;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No          97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
2072/98 (4), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,             introduction of the euro (10) provides that, as from 1
                                                                   January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
                                                                   ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
Whereas Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92              rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
and Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 provide
that the difference between quotations of prices on the
world market for the products listed in Article 1 of each          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of those Regulations and the prices within the                     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Community may be covered by an export refund;                      Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30
May 1994 laying down common implementing rules for
granting export refunds on certain agricultural products           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to
the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such
refunds (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1352/
98 (6), specifies the products for which a rate of refund                                     Article 1
should be fixed, to be applied where these products are
exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to Regula-               The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
tion (EC) No 3072/95 as appropriate;                               appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
                                                                   and listed either in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1766/92 or in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of              95, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex B to
Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of           Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 or in Annex B to amended
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic prod-           Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 respectively, are hereby fixed
ucts in question must be fixed for each month;                     as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Whereas, now that a settlement has been reached between
the European Community and the United States of                                               Article 2
America on Community exports of pasta products to the
United States and has been approved by Council Decision
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 December
                                                                   1998.
(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.                                (7) OJ L 275, 29. 9. 1987, p. 36.
( 4) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4.                                  (8) OJ L 159, 1. 7. 1993, p. 112.
( 5) OJ L 136, 31. 5. 1994, p. 5.                                  (9) OJ L 145, 15. 5. 1998, p. 11.
( 6) OJ L 184, 27. 6. 1998, p. 25.                                 (10) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 10 December 1998.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                 Martin BANGEMANN
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                     ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 10 December 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to
           certain cereals and rice products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the
                                                                      Treaty
                                                                                                                       Rate of refund
                  CN code                                    Description of products (1)                             per 100 kg of basic
                                                                                                                          product
                1001 10 00          Durum wheat:
                                    – on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and
                                        1902 19 to the United States of America                                            0,910
                                    – in other cases                                                                       1,400
                1001 90 99          Common wheat and meslin:
                                    – on exports of goods falling within CN codes 1902 11 and
                                        1902 19 to the United States of America                                             1,884
                                    – in other cases:
                                    – – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                           1222/94 (2)                                                                       —
                                    – – in other cases                                                                      2,899
                1002 00 00          Rye                                                                                     4,761
                1003 00 90          Barley                                                                                  5,592
                1004 00 00          Oats                                                                                    4,495
                1005 90 00          Maize (corn) used in the form of:
                                    – starch:
                                    – – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                           1222/94 (2)                                                                      1,696
                                    – – in other cases                                                                      5,389
                                    – glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine, maltodextrine syrup of
                                        CN codes 1702 30 51, 1702 30 59, 1702 30 91, 1702 30 99,
                                        1702 40 90, 1702 90 50, 1702 90 75, 1702 90 79, 2106 90 55 (3):
                                    – – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No
                                           1222/94 (2)                                                                      1,074
                                    – – in other cases                                                                      4,767
                                    – other (including unprocessed)                                                         5,389
                                    Potato starch of CN code 1108 13 00 similar to a product obtained
                                    from processed maize:
                                    – where pursuant to Article 4 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 (2)                     1,696
                                    – in other cases                                                                        5,389
           ex 1006 30               Wholly-milled rice:
                                    – round grain                                                                         10,800
                                    – medium grain                                                                        10,800
                                    – long grain                                                                          10,800
                1006 40 00          Broken rice                                                                             2,700
                1007 00 90          Sorghum                                                                                 5,592
           (1) As far as agricultural products obtained from the processing of a basic product or/and assimilated products are concerned,
               the coefficients shown in Annex E οf amended Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 shall be applied (OJ L 136, 31. 5.
               1994, p. 5).
           (2) The goods concerned are listed in Annex I of amended Regulation (EEC) No 1722/93 (OJ L 159, 1. 7. 1993, p. 112).
           (3) For syrups of CN codes NC 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 60 90, obtained from mixing glucose and fructose syrup, the
               export refund may be granted only for the glucose syrup.