29.8.97 IEN1OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL238/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1681/97
of28August1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination;
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3072/95of
22December1995onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),andinparticularthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle13(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle13(4)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95,
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmust
betakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrend
withregardtopricesandavailabilitiesofriceandbroken
riceontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforriceandbrokenriceontheworldmarketon
theother;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelop­
mentofpricesandtradeonthericemarketand,further­
more,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspectofthe
proposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddisturbancesof
theCommunitymarketwithlimitsresultingfromagree­
mentsconcludedinaccordancewithArticle228ofthe
Treaty;
Whereasexportpossibilitiesexistforaquantityof5000
tonnesofricetocertaindestinations ;whereastheproce­
durelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofCommissionRegulation
(EC)No1162/95(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No932/97(3)shouldbeused;whereasaccountshouldbe
takenofthiswhentherefundsarefixed;
WhereasArticle13(5)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhenHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EC)No3072/95withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29August1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28August1997.
FortheCommission
RittBJERREGAARD
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL329,30.12.1995,p.18.
(2)OJNoL117,24.5.1995,p.2.0OJNoL135,27.5.1997,p.2.

NoL238/16MENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.8.97
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28August1997fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination('Amount
ofrefunds(2)Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)
01
04220
220100630659900
100630679100
100630679900
100630929100 220
226
231
220
220
220100620
100620
100620
100620
100620
100620
100620
100620
100630
100630
100630
100630
100630
100630
100630
100630
100630119000
139000
159000
179000
929000
949000
969000
989000
219000
239000
259000
279000
429000
449000
469000
489000
61910001
02
03
04
01
04
01
02
03
04
01
04
01
02
03
04
01
0401
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
01
02
03
04
01
04
01
02
03
04
01
04
01
02
03
04176
176
176
176
176
176
176
176
176
176
176
176
220
226
231
220
220
220
220
226
231
220
220
220
220
226
231
220220
226
231
220
220
220
220
226
231
220
220
220100630929900
100630949100
100630949900
100630969100
100630969900
100630989100
100630679100
100630989900
100640009000100630619900
100630639100
100630639900
100630659100
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02Zones1,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSunnam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87.
(2)RefundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofamendedRegulation(EC)No1162/95inrespectofaquantityof5000tonnes.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2145/92.