NoL141/22EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.5.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No974/97
of30May1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination ;
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodate currentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3072/95of
22December1995onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),andinparticularthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle13(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation (EC)No3072/95
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle13(4)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95,
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmust
betakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrend
withregardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketon
theother;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelop­
mentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,further­
more,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspectofthe
proposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddisturbancesof
theCommunitymarketwithlimitsresultingfromagree­
mentsconcludedinaccordancewithArticle228ofthe
Treaty;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1361/76(2)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;
WhereasArticle13(5)ofRegulation (EC)No3072/95
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhenHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation (EC)No3072/95withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30May1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL329,30.12.1995,p.18.
(2OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30May1997fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbroken
rice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefundsProductcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds
100620119000 01 226,00 100630659900 01 283,00
100620139000 01 226,0004 283,00
100620159000 01 226,00 100630679100\
100620179000 —
100620929000 01 226,00100630679900 — —
100620949000 01 226,00 100630929100 01 283,00
100620969000 01 226,00 02 289,00
100620989000 . 03 294,00
100630219000 01 226,0004 283,00
100630239000 01 226,00 100630929900 01 283,00
100630259000 01 226,00 04 283,00
100630279000 — —— —
100630429000 01 226,00 100630949100 01 283,00
100630449000 01 226,00 02 289,00
100630469000 01 226,0003 294,00
100630489000 —04 283,00
100630619100 01 283,00 100630949900 01 283,00
02 289,00 04 283,00
03 294,00 — —
04 283,00
100630619900 01 283,00100630969100 01 283,00
04 283,0002 289,00
03 294,00100630639100 01 283,0004 283,0002 289,00
03 294,00 100630969900 01 283,00
04 283,00 04 283,00
100630639900 01 283,00— —
04 283,00
100630659100 01100630989100 __
283,00
02 289,00 100630989900
03 294,00
04 283,00 100640009000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02Zones1,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar ,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No3665/87.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2145/92.