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), and in particular its Article 170, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,
OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
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 has been substantially amended several times. In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.
OJ L 214, 30.7.1992, p. 20.
See Annex II.
(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Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.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.
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
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Territory of the former Yugoslavia excluding Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Deleted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 of 21 February 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, right of establishment and freedom to provide services, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, fisheries, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, social policy and employment, environment, customs union, external relations, and foreign, security and defence policy, by reason of the accession of Croatia.
(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 (OJ L 214, 30.7.1992, p. 20).	
Commission Regulation (EC) No 3304/94 (OJ L 341, 30.12.1994, p. 48).	Only Article 1(2)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1950/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 18).	Only Article 3
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1996/2006 (OJ L 398, 30.12.2006, p. 1).	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	—
Annex	Annex I
—	Annex II
—	Annex III