31994R0848

No L 98/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 4. 94

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 848/94 of 15 April 1994 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, the export refund on rice and broken rice is being calcu­ lated ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­ rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination ;

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) Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged No 1 544/93 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof, product on certain markets ;

Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ; Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; provides that the difference between quotations or prices 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 the representative market rates defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (^ as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (*), are used to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­ lation (EEC) No 1068/93 Q, as amended by Regulation tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­ (EC) No 574/94 (8) ; 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 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria and the natural development of prices and trade on the to the present situation on the market in rice and in rice market and, furthermore, to take into account the particular to quotations or prices for rice and broken rice economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to within the Community and on the world market, that the avoid disturbances of the Community market ; refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (9) prohi­ bits trade between the European Community and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (4) whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­ lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be when fixing the refunds ; reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice exported exceeds that maximum ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1431 /76 Committee for Cereals, defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when

0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993 , p. 32. (2) OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. (8) OJ No L 69 , 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 . O OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.

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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 18 April 1994.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 April 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

No L 98/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 4. 94

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 15 April 1994 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

(ECU/ tonne) (ECU/ tonne) Amount Amount Product code Destination (') Product code Destination (') of refunds 0 of refunds 0

1006 2011 000 01 199,00 1006 30 65 100 01 249,00 02 255,00 1006 20 13 000 01 199,00 03 260,00 1006 20 15 000 01 199,00 04 249,00 1006 20 17 000 — — 1006 30 65 900 01 249,00 1006 20 92 000 01 199,00 04 249,00 1006 30 67 100 — — 1006 20 94 000 01 199,00 1006 30 67 900 — — 1006 20 96 000 01 199,00 1006 30 92100 01 249,00 1006 20 98 000 — ' — 02 255,00 1006 30 21 000 01 199,00 03 260,00 1006 30 23 000 01 199,00 04 249,00 1006 30 25 000 01 199,00 1006 30 92 900 01 249,00 04 249,00 1006 30 27 000 — — 05 260,00 1006 30 42 000 01 199,00 1006 30 94100 01 249,00 1006 30 44 000 01 199,00 02 255,00 1006 30 46 000 01 199,00 03 260,00 04 249,00 1006 30 48 000 — — 1006 30 94 900 01 249,00 1006 30 61 100 01 249,00 04 249,00 02 255,00 05 260,00 03 260,00 1006 30 96100 01 249,00 04 249,00 02 255,00 1006 30 61 900 01 249,00 03 260,00 04 249,00 04 249,00 1006 30 63 100 01 249,00 1006 30 96 900 01 249,00 02 255,00 04 249,00 03 260,00 05 260,00 04 249,00 1006 30 98 100 — — 1006 30 63 900 01 249,00 1006 30 98 900 — — 04 249,00 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 amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (OJ No L 351 , 14. 12. 1987, p. 1 ), 05 Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 in respect of 10 000 tonnes of white rice destined for Zones I to VIII, excluding Guyana, Surinam, Madagascar, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. f) 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).