NoL311/24EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.11.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2292/96
of29November 1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No990/93(3),as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No1380/95(4),prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia (SerbiaandMontenegro );whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No462/96(^;whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
Whereas,inthelightoftheamendmentintroducedby
Regulation(EC)No1222/96(6),thefigure9afterthefirst
eightdigitscorresponding tothecombinednomenclature
subheadingsshouldberegardedasformingpartofthe
refundnomenclature codefrom1January1997;
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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(2)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;
WhereasArticle13(5)ofRegulation (EC)No3072/95
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination ;
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EC)No3072/95withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1996.
(3)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.
4OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(')OJNoL329,30.12.1995,p.18.
2OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.(5)OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.
*OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.62.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission

NoL311/26EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.11.96
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29November1996fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(J)Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)
10062011000 01 197,00 10063065900 01 247,00
10062013000 01 197,0004 247,00
10062015000 01 197,00 10063067100
10062017000
10062092000 01 197,0010063067900 — —
10062094000 01 197,00 10063092100 01 247,00
10062096000 01 197,00 02 253,00
10062098000
10063021000 01 197,0003
04258,00
247,00
10063023000 01 197,00 10063092900 01 247,00
10063025000 01 197,0004 247,00
10063027000 — —I—
10063042000 01 197,00 10063094100 01 247,00
10063044000 01 197,00 02 253,00
10063046000
1006304800001 197,0003
04258,00
247,00
10063061100 01 247,00 10063094900 01 247,00
02 253,00 04 247,00
03 258,00— —
10063061900
1006306310004
01
04
01
02247,00
247,00
247,00
247,00
253,0010063096100 01
02
03
04247,00
253,00
258,00
247,00
03 258,00 10063096900 01 247,00
04 247,00 04 247,00
10063063900 01 247,00— —
1006306510004
01247,00
247,0010063098100 — —
02
03253,00
258,0010063098900 — —
04 247,00 10064000000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar ,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No3665/87.
(2)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia (SerbiaandMontenegro )maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninamended
Regulation (EEC)No990/93andRegulation (EC)No462/96areobserved.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2145/92.