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 rice2 has been substantially amended several times3. 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Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.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.

ANNEX I

Zone I

  1. (a)

    Morocco

    Algeria

    Tunisia

  2. (b)

    Egypt

    Israel

    Lebanon

    Syria

    Turkey

    Western Sahara

  3. (c)

    Libya

Zone II

  1. (a)

    Norway

    Faeroe Islands

    Iceland

  2. (b)

    Russia (North)

    Belarus

Zone III

  1. (a)

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    Territory of the former Yugoslavia excluding Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina

  2. (b)

    Albania

  3. (c)

    Russia (South)

    Armenia

    Georgia

    Azerbaijan

    Republic of Moldova

    Ukraine

    Kazakhstan

    Kyrgyzstan

    Uzbekistan

    Tajikistan

    Turkmenistan

Zone IV

  1. (a)

    Mexico

    Countries and territories of Central America (except ACP countries)

  2. (b)

    Greater and Lesser Antilles and Bermuda (except ACP countries, Puerto Rico and OCTs)

  3. (c)

    Countries and territories of South America (Atlantic Coast, other than OCTs)

  4. (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

  1. (a)

    Afghanistan

    Pakistan

    India (including Sikkim)

    Nepal

    Sri Lanka

    Bangladesh

    Myanmar

    Bhutan

    Islands of the Indian Ocean (except ACP countries and OCTs)

  2. (b)

    Thailand

    Cambodia

    Laos

    Japan

    Indonesia

    Malaysia

    Philippines

  3. (c)

    Other countries and territories of Asia and Oceania (except OCTs)

    Australia

    New Zealand

Zone VIII

  1. (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

  2. (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

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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