19.4.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL98/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No709/96
of18April1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination;
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodate currentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No990/93(6),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95f),prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No462/96(8);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
Committee forCereals.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HayingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
3072/95(2),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph of
Article14(3)thereof,
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;
Whereasexportpossibilitiesexistforaquantityof1200
tonnesofricetocertaindestinations ;whereastheproce­
durelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofCommissionRegulation
(EC)No1162/95(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No285/96(4)shouldbeused;whereasaccountshouldbe
takenofthiswhentherefundsarefixed;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(^
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;
WhereasArticle14(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhenHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19April1996.
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL329,30.12.1995,p.18
0OJNoL117,24.5.1995,p.2.
(4)OJNoL37,15.2.1996,p.18.
5OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.(6)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.
0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
8)OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.

NoL98/16fENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.4.96
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18April1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof18April1996fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)
10062011000 01 235,00 10063065100 01 294,00
10062013000 01 235,0002 300,00
l 03 305,00
10062015000 01 235,00 04 294,00
10062017000 — — 10063065900 01 294,00
10062092000 01 235,0004 294,00
10062094000 01 235,0010063067100l—
10062096000 01 235,0010063067900-I
1006209800010063092100 01 294,00
— —02 300,00
10063021000 01 235,00 03 305,00
10063023000 01 235,0004 294,00
10063025000 01 235,0010063092900 01 294,00
04 294,00
10063027000 — —05 294,00(3)
10063042000 01 235,00 10063094100 01 294,00
10063044000 01 235,0002 300,00
1006304600003 305,0001 235,0004 294,00
10063048000 —10063094900 01 294,00
10063061100 01 294,00 04 294,00
02 300,00 05 294,00(3)
03 305,00 10063096100 01 294,00
04 294,00 02 300,00
10063061900 01 294,0003 305,00
04 294,0004 294,00
10063063100 01 294,0010063096900 01 294,00
02 300,0004 294,00
03 305,0005 294,00(3)
04 294,00 10063098100 — —
10063063900 01 294,0010063098900 — —
04 294,00 10064000000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSunnam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No3665/87,
05Georgia.
(2)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninamended
Regulation(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No462/96areobserved.
(3)RefundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofamendedRegulation(EC)No1162/95inrespectofaquantityof1200tonnesofricefor
exporttoGeorgia.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2145/92.