24.2.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL47/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No333/96
of23February1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
3072/95(2),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraphof
Article14(3)thereof,whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodate currentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(4),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95Q,prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No2815/95(6);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,WhereasArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle14(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76,
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmust
betakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrend
withregardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketon
theother,whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelop­
mentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,further­
more,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspectofthe
proposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddisturbancesof
theCommunitymarket;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(3)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.WhereasArticle14(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1996.
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.0OJNoL329,30.12.1995,p.18.0OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.(4)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(6)OJNoL297,9.12.1995,p.1.

NoL47/14EN 24.2.96 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23February1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof23February1996fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)
10062011000 01 218,00 10063065100 01 272,00
10062013000 01 218,0002 278,00II 03 283,00
272,0010062015000 01 218,0004
1006201700010063065900 01 IIII 272,0010062092000 01 218,0004 272,00
10062094000 01 218,0010063067100 _
10062096000 01 218,0010063067900 _
10062098000 — —10063092100 01 272,00
10063021000 01 218,00 02 278,00
10063023000 01 218,00 03 283,00
10063025000 01 218,0004 272,00
10063027000 — — 10063092900 01 272,00
10063042000 01 218,0004 272,00
10063044000 01 218,0010063094100 01 272,00
10063046000 01 218,0002
03278,00
283,00
10063048000 — —04 272,00
10063061100 01 272,00 10063094900 01 272,0002 278,0004 272,0003 283,001006309610004 272,0001 272,00
02 278,0010063061900 01 272,0003 283,0004 272,0004 272,00
10063063100 01 272,0010063096900 01 272,0002 278,0004 272,0003 283,00
04 272,0010063098100 — —
10063063900 01 272,0010063098900 — —
I04 272,00 10064000000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar ,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87
(2)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro )maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninamended
Regulation(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No2815/95areobserved.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2145/92.