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Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.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

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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

C?te 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

S?o 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

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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 |

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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 |

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