31.10.97fENl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L297/113
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2151/97
of30October1997
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,
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodate currentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
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
(2)OJL154,15.6.1976,p.11.
(3)OJL117,24.5.1995,p.2.
(4)OJL135,27.5.1997,p.2.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31October
1997.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30October1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission

31.10.97EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L297/115
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30October1997fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefundsProductcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds
100620119000 01 155,00 100630659900 01 194,00
100620139000 01 155,0005 194,00
100620159000 01 155,00 100630679100 04 200,00
100620179000
100620929000 01 155,00100630679900 ——.
100620949000 01 155,00 100630929100 01 194,00
100620969000 01 155,00 02 200,00
100620989000
100630219000 01 155,0003
05205,00
194,00
100630239000 01 155,00 100630929900 01 194,00
100630259000 01 155,0005 194,00
100630279000 — ——. —
100630429000 01 1Vi,00 100630949100 01 194,00
100630449000 01 155,00 02 200,00
100630469000
10063048900001 155,0003
05205,00
194,00
100630619100 01 194,00 100630949900 01 194,00
02 200,00 05 194,00
03 205,00— —
100630619900
10063063910005
01
05
01
02194,00
194,00
194,00
194,00
200,00100630969100 01
02
03
05194,00
200,00
205,00
194,00
03 205,00 100630969900 01 194,00
05 194,00 05 194,00
100630639900 01 194,00— —
10063065910005
01194,00
194,00100630989100 04 200,00
02
03200,00
205,00100630989900 — —
05 194,00 100640009000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMenila,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSunnam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04CeutaandMelilla:refundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofamendedRegulation(EC)No1162/95inrespectofaquantityof
1000tonnes,
05DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2145/92.