1.6.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL131/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No968/96
of31May1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination;
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodate currentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95Q,prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No462/96(8);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
3072/95(2),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraphof
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;
Whereasexportpossibilitiesexistforaquantityof2700
tonnesofricetocertaindestinations ;whereastheproce­
durelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofCommissionRegulation
(EC)No1162/95(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No285/96(4)shouldbeused;whereasaccountshouldbe
takenofthiswhentherefundsarefixed;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/760
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2 WhereasArticle14(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1996.
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
I1)OJNoL329,30.12.1995,p.18.
(3)OJNoL117,24.5.1995,p.2.
(4)OJNoL37,15.2.1996,p.18.
5OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.(<)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
8)OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.

NoL131/10IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.6.96
ThisRegulationshallhebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31May1996fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbroken
rice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds0
10062011000 01 249,00 10063065100 01 311,00
10062013000 01 249,0002 317,00
l 03 322,0010062015000 01 249,0004 311,00
10062017000 — — 10063065900 01 311,00
10062092000 01 249,0004 311,00
10062094000 01 249,0010063067100 — —
l 10063067900
10062096000 01 249,0010063092100 01 311,00
10062098000 — — 02 317,00
10063021000 01 249,0003 322,00
10063023000 249,0004 311,000110063092900 01 311,00
10063025000 01 249,00 04 311,00
10063027000 — — 05 294,00(3)
10063042000 01 249,0010063094100 01 311,00
1006304400002 317,0001 249,0003 322,00
10063046000 01 249,00 04 311,00
1006304800010063094900 01 311,00
10063061100 311,00
317,0004 311,00
294,00(')01
0205
03 322,0010063096100 01 311,00
04 311,00 02 317,00
10063061900 01 311,0003 322,00
04 311,0004 311,00
10063063100 01
02311,00
317,0010063096900 01 311,00
04 311,00
03 322,0005 294,00(3)
04 311,00 10063098100 — —
10063063900 01 311,0010063098900 06 316,00(4)
04 311,00 10064000000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'Italia,
02ZonesLII,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar ,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,
05Georgia,
06Cambodia .
(2)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninamended
Regulation(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No462/96areobserved.
(3)RefundfixedpursuanttotheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofamendedRegulation(EC)No1162/95inrespectofaquantityof1200tonnesofrice
forexporttoGeorgiaasnationalfoodaid.Thecopyofthenationaldecisionforgrantingthesupplyreplacesthecontractenvisagedbythisprovision.
(4)RefundfixedpursuanttotheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofamendedRegulation(EC)No1162/95inrespectofaquantityof1500tonnesofrice
forexporttoCambodiaasnationalfoodaid.Thecopyofthenationaldecisionforgrantingthesupplyreplacesthecontractenvisagedbythisprovision.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2145/92.