COMMISSION REGULATION
(EC) No 147/2009
of 20 February 2009
on defining the destination zones for exports refunds, export levies and certain export licences for cereals and rice
(Codified version)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation)(1), and in particular its Article 170, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 of 29 July 1992 redefining the destination zones for exports refunds, export levies and certain export licences for cereals and rice(2) has been substantially amended several times(3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.
(2) The destination zones to be used for the purpose of setting export refunds and levies on cereals and rice should be determined.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The destination zones to be used for the purpose of setting differentiated export refunds and levies are delimited in Annex I to this Regulation for the products referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Part I and in points (a) and (b) of Part II of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union
.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 February 2009.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel
BARROSO
(1)
OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1
.
(2)
OJ L 214, 30.7.1992, p. 20
.
(3) See Annex II.
ANNEX I
Zone I
(a) Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
(b) Egypt
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Turkey
Western Sahara
(c) Libya
Zone II
(a) Norway
Faeroe Islands
Iceland
(b) Russia (North)
Belarus
Zone III
(a) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Territory of the former Yugoslavia excluding Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
(b) Albania
(c) Russia (South)
Armenia
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Republic of Moldova
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Zone IV
(a) Mexico
Countries and territories of Central America (except ACP countries)
(b) Greater and Lesser Antilles and Bermuda (except ACP countries, Puerto Rico and OCTs)
(c) Countries and territories of South America (Atlantic Coast, other than OCTs)
(d) Countries and territories of South America (Pacific Coast)
Zone V
Republic of South Africa
Zone VI
Countries and territories of the Arabian Peninsula
Jordan
Iraq
Iran
Zone VII
(a) Afghanistan
Pakistan
India (including Sikkim)
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Bhutan
Islands of the Indian Ocean (except ACP countries and OCTs)
(b) Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Japan
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
(c) Other countries and territories of Asia and Oceania (except OCTs)
Australia
New Zealand
Zone VIII
(a) (ACP countries)
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Comoros (not including Mayotte)
Congo
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Uganda
Papua New Guinea
Dominican Republic
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Lucia
Salomon Islands
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Tanzania
Chad
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia
Zimbabwe
(b) (OCTs)
French Polynesia
New Caledonia and dependencies
Wallis and Futuna
French Southern Territories
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Mayotte
Netherlands Antilles
Aruba
Greenland
Anguilla
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
British Virgin Islands
Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands
St Helena and dependencies
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
ANNEX II
Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments
|
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 |
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 3304/94 |
Only Article 1(2) |
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1950/2005 |
Only Article 3 |
|
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1996/2006 |
Only Article 2 |
ANNEX III
Correlation table
|
Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 |
This Regulation |
|
Article 1, first paragraph |
Article 1 |
|
Article 1, second paragraph |
— |
|
— |
Article 2 |
|
Article 2, first paragraph |
Article 3 |
|
Article 2, second paragraph |
— |
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Annex |
Annex I |
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— |
Annex II |
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— |
Annex III |
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