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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 174/93 of 29 January 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 0 lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be Economic Community, reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds that maximum ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­ No 674/92 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the lated ; 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 rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 0 are used to avoid disturbances of the Community market ; convert amounts expressed in third country currencies 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 0 ; Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 5 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice, falling within CN codes 1006 30 94 900 and 1006 30 96 900 to certain destina­ tions ; whereas the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 (4), as last Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3570/92 0, should be used ; whereas account should be taken of this when the to the present situation on the market in rice and in 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 ; (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73, 19 . 3. 1992, p. 7. (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. («) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 . (") OJ No L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13. O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . M OJ No L 362, 11 . 12. 1992, p. 51 . (8) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992.

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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 432/92 ('), as last 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.

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Article 2 in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1993.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 29 January 1993.

For the Commission Ren6 STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4. 0 OJ No L 358, 8. 12. 1992, p. 16.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 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 01 190,00 1006 30 65 100 01 238,00 02 244,00 1006 20 13 000 01 190,00 03 249,00 1006 20 15 000 01 190,00 04 238,00 1006 20 17 000 — — 1006 30 65 900 01 238,00 1006 20 92 000 01 190,00 04 238,00 1006 20 94 000 01 190,00 1006 30 67 100 — — 1006 20 96 000 01 190,00 1006 30 67 900 — — 1006 20 98 000 — — 1006 30 92 100 01 238,00 02 244,00 1006 30 21 000 01 190,00 03 249,00 1006 30 23 000 01 190,00 04 238,00 1006 30 25 000 01 190,00 1006 30 92 900 01 238,00 1006 30 27 000 — — 04 238,00 1006 30 42 000 01 190,00 1006 30 94 100 01 238,00 1006 30 44000 0 * 190,00 02 244,00 03 249,00 1006 30 46 000 01 190,00 04 238,00 1006 30 48 000 — — 1006 30 94 900 01 238,00 1006 30 61 100 01 238,00 04 238,00 02 244,00 05 290,00 03 249,00 1006 30 96 100 01 238,00 04 238,00 02 244,00 1006 30 61 900 01 238,00 03 249,00 04 238,00 04 238,00 1006 30 63 100 01 238,00 1006 30 96 900 01 238,00 02 244,00 04 238,00 03 249,00 05 290,00 04 238,00 1006 30 98 100 — — 1006 30 63 900 01 238,00 1006 30 98 900 — — 04 238,00 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, 05 Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 in respect of 5 000 tonnes of white rice destined for Algeria. (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).