21.10.94 NoL270/21 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2555/94
of20October1994
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated:
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
1869/94(2),andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)thereof,
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92f),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(8),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(9),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No547/94(10);WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixingthe
amountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthatwhenrefundsare
beingfixedaccountmustbetakenoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesandavaila­
bilitiesofriceandbrokenriceontheCommunitymarket
ontheonehandandpricesforriceandbrokenriceon
theworldmarketontheother;whereasthesameArticle
providesthatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibrium
andthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeonthe
ricemarketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneedto
avoiddisturbancesoftheCommunitymarket;
Whereasexportpossibilitiesexistforaquantityof6000
tonnesofwhitericetocertaindestinations ;whereasthe
procedurelaiddowninArticle9(4)ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No891/89(4),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EC)No1755/94(^shouldbeused;whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthiswhentherefundsare
fixed;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(6)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(")prohi­
bitstradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandthe
FederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);
whereasthisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsitua­
tionsascomprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7
thereof;whereasaccountshouldbetakenofthisfact
whenfixingtherefunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.7.
0OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNoL94,7.4.1989,p.13.0OJNoL183,19.7.1994,p.7.
(6)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(8)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
f)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(10)OJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.
(")OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.

NoL270/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.10.94
ADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionofthoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21October
1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20October1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission

21.10.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL270/23
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof20October1994fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)
10062011000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10062013000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10062015000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10062017000 — —
10062092000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10062094000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10062096000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10062098000 — —
10063021000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10063023000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10063025000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10063027000 — —
10063042000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10063044000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10063046000 01 195,00
05 195,00
10063048000 — —
10063061100 01 244,00
02 250,00
03 255,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063061900 01 244,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063063100 01 244,00
02 250,00
03 255,00
04 244,00
05 244,0010063063900 01 244,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063065100 01 244,00
02 250,00
03 255,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063065900 01 244,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063067100 — —
10063067900 — —
10063092100 01 244,00
02 250,00
03 255,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063092900 01 244,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063094100 01 244,00
02 250,00
03 255,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063094900 01 244,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063096100 01 244,00
02 250,00
03 255,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063096900 01 244,00
04 244,00
05 244,00
10063098100 — —
10063098900 — —
10064000000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMenila,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,
05RefundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle9(4)ofamendedRegulation(EEC)No891/89inrespectof6000tonnesofwhitericedestined
forAustria.
(2)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No990/93areobserved.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2145/92.