31993R1912

16. 7. 93 No L 173/ 19 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1912/93 of 15 July 1993 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3570/92 (6), should be used ; whereas account should be taken of this when the refunds are fixed ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 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 lated ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 544/93 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­ fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof, rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination ;

Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 provides that the difference between quotations or prices Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the that Regulation and prices for those products within the product on certain markets ; Community may be covered by an export refund ;

Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; 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 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­ 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 f) are used to tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­ convert amounts expressed in third country currencies bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ and the natural development of prices and trade on the lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (8); 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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) within the Community and on the world market, that the lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ; allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (9) prohi­ reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice bits trade between the European Economic Community exported exceeds that maximum ; and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof ; whereas account should be taken of Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 1 5 000 this fact when fixing the refunds ; tonnes of wholly milled rice of product codes 1006 30 92 900, 1006 30 94 900 and 1006 30 96 900 ; whereas the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 (*), as last in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5. (6) OJ No L 362, 11 . 12. 1992, p. 51 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 . (s) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. O OJ No L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13 . O OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.

No L 173/20 16 . 7 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities

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 16 July 1993 .

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

Done at Brussels, 15 July 1993 .

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 15 July 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 01 229,00 1006 30 65 100 01 287,00 1006 20 13 000 01 229,00 02 293'00 03 298,00 1006 20 15 000 01 229,00 Q4 2g70() 1006 20 17 000 — — 1006 30 65900 01 287,00 1006 20 92 000 01 229,00 04 287,00 1006 20 94 000 01 229,00 1006 30 67 100 — — 1006 20 96 000 01 229,00 1006 30 67 900 — — 1006 20 98 000 1006 30 92 100 01 287,00 02 293,00 1006 30 21 000 01 229,00 m 03 298,00 1006 30 23 000 01 229,00 04 287,00 1006 30 25 000 01 229,00 1006 30 92 900 01 287,00 1006 30 27 000 — — 04 287,00 1006 30 42 000 01 229,00 1006 30 94 100 01 287,00 02 293 00 1006 30 44 000 01 229,00 uz 03 298,00 1006 30 46 000 01 229,00 Q4 2g7()0 1006 30 48 000 — — 1006 30 94 900 01 287,00 1006 30 61 100 01 287,00 04 287,00 02 293,00 05 317,00 03 298,00 1006 30 96 100 01 287,00 04 287,00 02 293,00 1006 30 61 900 01 287,00 03 298,00 04 287,00 04 287,00 1006 30 63 100 01 287,00 1006 30 96 900 01 287,00 02 293,00 04 287,00 03 298,00 05 317,00 04 287,00 1006 30 98 100 — — 1006 30 63 900 01 287,00 1006 30 98 900 — — 04 287,00 1006 40 00 000 — —

(') The destinations are identified as follows : 01 Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia, 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 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1525/92 (OJ No L 160, 13. 6. 1992, p. 7). 05 Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 in respect of a quantity of 15 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice for destination Zones I to VIII, excluding Guyana, Surinam, Madagascar, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. (2) 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 (OJ No L 214, 30 . 7. 1992, p. 20).