31994R1193

27 . 5. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 132/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1193/94 of 26 May 1994 fixing the export refunds on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European lated ; Community,

Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the the refund for certain products according to destination ; market in rice ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1544/93 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof, Whereas a separate refund should be fixed for packaged long grain rice to accommodate current demand for the product on certain markets ; Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 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 Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a month ; Community may be covered by an export refund ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article 1431 /76 of 21 June 1976 laying down general rules for 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 Q, as granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (8), are used to amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are convert amounts expressed in third country currencies being fixed account must be taken of the existing situa­ and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural tion and the future trend with regard to prices and availa­ conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; bilities of rice and broken rice on the Community market whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ on the one hand and prices for rice and broken rice on tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article lation (EEC) No 1068/93 f), as amended by Regulation provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium (EC) No 547/94 (10) ; and the natural development of prices and trade on the 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 within the Community and on the world market, that the Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 35 000 refund should be fixed as set out in the Annex hereto ; tonnes of white rice to certain destinations ; whereas the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of Commission Regu­ lation (EEC) No 891 /89 (4), as last amended by Regulation Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (") prohi­ (EC) No 3579/93 (% should be used ; whereas account bits trade between the European Community and the should be taken of this when the refunds are fixed ; Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­ tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1361 /76 (^ thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact lays down the maximum percentage of broken rice when fixing the refunds ; allowed in rice for which an export refund is fixed and specifies the percentage by which that refund is to be reduced where the proportion of broken rice in the rice Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are exported exceeds that maximum ; in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

(') OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 5. O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36. (8) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32. (4 OJ No L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13. (9) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. 0 OJ No L 326, 28. 12. 1993, p. 15. (10) OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 . (Ó OJ No L 154, 15. 6. 1976, p. 11 . (") 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 1 June 1994.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 May 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

27. 5. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 132/29

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 26 May 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 (2)

1006 20 11 000 01 202,00 1006 30 65 900 01 253,00 04 253,00 1006 20 13 000 01 202,00 1006 30 67 100 — — 1006 20 15 000 01 202,00 1006 20 17 000 — — 1006 30 67 900 — — 1006 20 92 000 01 202,00 1006 30 92100 01 253,00 1006 20 94 000 01 202,00 02 259,00 1006 20 96 000 01 202,00 03 264,00 1006 20 98 000 — — 04 253,00

1006 30 21 000 01 202,00 1006 30 92 900 01 253,00 1006 30 23 000 01 202,00 04 253,00 05 264,00 1006 30 25 000 01 202,00 06 279,00 1006 30 27 000 — — 1006 30 94 100 01 253,00 1006 30 42 000 01 202,00 02 259,00 1006 30 44 000 01 202,00 03 264,00 1006 30 46 000 01 202,00 04 253,00 1006 30 48 000 — — 1006 30 94 900 01 253,00 1006 30 61 100 01 253,00 04 253,00 02 259,00 05 264,00 03 264,00 06 279,00 04 253,00 1006 30 96 100 01 253,00 1006 30 61 900 01 253,00 04 253,00 02 259,00 03 264,00 1006 30 63 100 01 253,00 02 259,00 04 253,00 03 264,00 1006 30 96 900 01 253,00 04 253,00 04 253,00 1006 30 63 900 01 253,00 05 264,00 04 253,00 06 279,00 1006 30 65 100 01 253,00 1006 30 98 100 — — 02 259,00 1006 30 98 900 — — 03 264,00 04 253,00 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 25 000 tonnes of white rice destined for Zones I, 11(c), IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, excluding Guyana, Surinam and Madagascar, 06 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 II (a), II (b), II (d) and III. f2) 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).