Commission Regulation (EC) No 2070/1999 of 30 September 1999 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid
1. 10. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 256/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2070/1999 of 30 September 1999 fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1253/1999 (2), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 13(2) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2072/98 (4), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof, (1) Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2681/74 of 21 October 1974 on Community financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agri- cultural products as food aid (5) the portion of the expenditure corresponding to the export in question fixed under refunds on the products Community rules is to be charged to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section; lays down that (2) Whereas, in order to make it easier to draw up and manage the budget for Community food aid actions and to enable the Member States to know the extent of Community participation in the financing of national food aid actions, the level of the refunds granted for these actions should be determined; (3) Whereas the general and implementing rules provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 on export refunds are applicable mutatis mutandis to the abovemen- tioned operations; (4) Whereas the specific criteria to be used for calculating the export refund on rice are set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95; (5) Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation are the Management in accordance with the opinion of Committee for Cereals, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For Community and national food aid operations under inter- national agreements or other supplementary programmes, and other Community free supply measures, the refunds applicable to cereals and rice sector products shall be as set out in the Annex. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1999. Article 2 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 September 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. (2) OJ L 160, 26. 6. 1999, p. 18. (3) OJ L 329, 30. 12. 1995, p. 18. (4) OJ L 265, 30. 9. 1998, p. 4. (5) OJ L 288, 25. 10. 1974, p. 1. L 256/22 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 1999 ANNEX to the Commission Regulation of 30 September fixing the refunds applicable to cereal and rice sector products supplied as Community and national food aid (EUR/t) Product code 1001 10 00 9400 1001 90 99 9000 1002 00 00 9000 1003 00 90 9000 1004 00 00 9400 1005 90 00 9000 1006 30 92 9100 1006 30 92 9900 1006 30 94 9100 1006 30 94 9900 1006 30 96 9100 1006 30 96 9900 1006 30 98 9100 1006 30 98 9900 1006 30 65 9900 1006 40 00 9000 1007 00 90 9000 1101 00 15 9100 1101 00 15 9130 1102 20 10 9200 1102 20 10 9400 1102 30 00 9000 1102 90 10 9100 1103 11 10 9200 1103 11 90 9200 1103 13 10 9100 1103 14 00 9000 1104 12 90 9100 1104 21 50 9100 Refund 0,00 24,50 62,50 30,00 59,00 40,00 114,00 114,00 114,00 114,00 114,00 114,00 114,00 114,00 114,00 — 40,00 33,50 33,50 61,07 52,34 — 45,84 15,00 15,00 78,52 — 81,52 61,12 NB: The product codes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1), amended