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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2347/97
of27November 1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,WhereasArticle13(5)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificre­
quirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestina­
tion:HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3072/95of
22December1995onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),andinparticularthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle13(3)thereof,
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;WhereasArticle13ofRegulation (EC)No3072/95
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,WhereasArticle13(4)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95,
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmust
betakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrend
withregardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketon
theother;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelop­
mentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,further­
more,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspectofthe
proposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddisturbancesof
theCommunitymarketwithlimitsresultingfromagree­
mentsconcludedinaccordancewithArticle228ofthe
Treaty;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(2)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EC)No3072/95withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.Whereasexportpossibilitiesexistforaquantityof1000
tonnesofricetocertaindestinations ;whereastheproce­
durelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofCommissionRegulation
(EC)No1162/95(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No932/97(4)shouldbeused;whereasaccountshouldbe
takenofthiswhentherefundsarefixed;
Article2
(')OJL329,30.12.1995,p.18
OOJL154,15.6.1976,p.11.
(•')OJL117,24.5.1995,p.2.
MOJL135,27.5.1997,p.2.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28November
1997.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27November1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof27November1997fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefundsProductcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds
100620119000 01 139,00 100630659900 01 173,00
100620139000 01 139,0005 173,00
100620159000 01 139,00 100630679100 04 179,00
100620179000 — — I
100620929000 01 139,00100630679900 — —
100620949000 01 139,00 100630929100 01 173,00
100620969000 01 139,00 02 179,00
10062098900003 184,00
100630219000 01 139,0005 173,00
100630239000 01 139,00 100630929900 01 173,00
100630259000 01 139,0005 173,00
100630279000 — —— —
100630429000 01 139,00 100630949100 01 173,00
100630449000 01 139,00 02 179,00
100630469000 01 139,0003 184,00
100630489000 — —05 173,00
100630619100 01 173,00 100630949900 01 173,00
I 02 179,00 05 173,00
03 184,00 —
05 173,00
100630619900 01 173,00100630969100 01 173,00
05 173,0002 179,00
l 03 184,00100630639100 01 173,0005 173,0002 179,00
03 184,00 100630969900 01 173,00
05 173,00 05 173,00
100630639900 01 173,00— —
05 173,00
100630659100 01100630989100 04 179,00173,00
I02 179,00 100630989900 _
li 03 184,00
I05 173,00 100640009000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'Italia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04CeutaandMelilla:refundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofamendedRegulation(EC)No1162/95inrespectofaquantityof
1000tonnes,
05DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2145/92.