CELEX: 31998R0350
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-12
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 350/98 of 12 February 1998 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

13. 2. 98              EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 40/13
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 350/98
                                                     of 12 February 1998
                                    fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         (EC) No 932/97 ( 5) should be used; whereas account
                                                                    should be taken of this when the refunds are fixed;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas Article 13 (5) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95
Community,                                                          defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                    when the export refund on rice and broken rice is being
                                                                    calculated;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of
22 December 1995 on the common organization of the                  Whereas the world market situation or the specific re-
market in rice ( 1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No               quirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
192/98 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of            vary the refund for certain products according to destina-
Article 13 (3) thereof,                                             tion;
                                                                    Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95                    long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the
provides that the difference between quotations or prices           product on certain markets;
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
of that Regulation and prices for those products within             Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month;
the Community may be covered by an export refund;                   whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria
Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95,               to the present situation on the market in rice and in
provides that when refunds are being fixed account must             particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice
be taken of the existing situation and the future trend             within the Community and on the world market, that the
with regard to prices and availabilities of rice and broken         refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto;
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        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
important to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop-            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
ment of prices and trade on the rice market and, further-           Committee for Cereals,
more, to take into account the economic aspect of the
proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances of
the Community market with limits resulting from agree-
ments concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the
Treaty;                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361/76 ( 3)
lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice                                                 Article 1
allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and
specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 of
reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice             Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 with the exception of those
exported exceeds that maximum;                                      listed in paragraph 1 (c) of that Article, exported in the
                                                                    natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 5 000
tonnes of rice to certain destinations; whereas the pro-
cedure laid down in Article 7 (4) of Commission Regula-                                         Article 2
tion (EC) No 1162/95 ( 4), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 February
(1) OJ L  329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18.                                 1998.
(2) OJ L  20, 27. 1. 1998, p. 16.
(3) OJ L  154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11.
(4) OJ L  117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.                                   ( 5) OJ L 135, 27. 5. 1997, p. 2.
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                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 12 February 1998.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                        ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 12 February 1998 fixing the export refunds on rice and
                                                                      broken rice
                                                             (ECU/tonne)                                                        (ECU/tonne)
                                                        Amount                                                             Amount
       Product code            Destination ( 1)                                     Product code        Destination ( 1)
                                                      of refunds ( 2)                                                    of refunds ( 2)
    1006 20 11 9000                  01                   73,00                   1006 30 65 9900            01              91,00
    1006 20 13 9000                  01                   73,00                                              04              91,00
    1006 20 15 9000                  01                   73,00                   1006 30 67 9100            05              97,00
    1006 20 17 9000                                       
    1006 20 92 9000                  01                   73,00                   1006 30 67 9900                            
    1006 20 94 9000                  01                   73,00                   1006 30 92 9100            01              91,00
    1006 20 96 9000                  01                   73,00                                              02              97,00
    1006 20 98 9000                                                                                        03             102,00
                                                                                                             04              91,00
    1006 30 21 9000                  01                   73,00
    1006 30 23 9000                  01                   73,00                   1006 30 92 9900            01              91,00
    1006 30 25 9000                  01                   73,00                                              04              91,00
                                                                                                                             
    1006 30 27 9000                                       
    1006 30 42 9000                  01                   73,00                   1006 30 94 9100            01              91,00
    1006 30 44 9000                  01                   73,00                                              02              97,00
                                                                                                             03             102,00
    1006 30 46 9000                  01                   73,00                                              04              91,00
    1006 30 48 9000                                       
    1006 30 61 9100                  01                   91,00                   1006 30 94 9900            01              91,00
                                     02                   97,00                                              04              91,00
                                     03                  102,00                                                              
                                     04                   91,00                   1006 30 96 9100            01              91,00
    1006 30 61 9900                  01                   91,00                                              02              97,00
                                     04                   91,00                                              03             102,00
    1006 30 63 9100                  01                   91,00                                              04              91,00
                                     02                   97,00
                                     03                  102,00                   1006 30 96 9900            01              91,00
                                     04                   91,00                                              04              91,00
                                                                                                                             
    1006 30 63 9900                  01                   91,00
                                     04                   91,00                   1006 30 98 9100            05              97,00
    1006 30 65 9100                  01                   91,00
                                     02                   97,00                   1006 30 98 9900                            
                                     03                  102,00
                                     04                   91,00                   1006 40 00 9000                            
(1) The destinations are identified as follows:
    01 Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia,
    02 Zones I, II, III, VI, Ceuta and Melilla,
    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 Ceuta and Melilla.
(2) Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7 (4) of amended Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a quantity of
    5 000 tonnes.
NB: The zones are those defined in the Annex to amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92.