NoL333/40EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.12.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2455/96
of20December 1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination ;
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodate currentdemandforthe
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;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(2)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum;
WhereasArticle13(5)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhenHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EC)No3072/95withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December 1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL329,30.12.1995,p.18.
I1)OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof20December1996fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefundsProductcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds
100620119000 01 197,00 100630659900 01 246,00
100620139000 01 197,0004 246,00
100620159000 01 197,00 100630679100 —
100620179000—
100620929000 01 197,00100630670900
100620949000 01 197,00 100630929100 01 246,00
100620969000 01 197,00 02 252,00
100620989000-I _03 257,00
197,0004 246,00100630219000 01
100630239000 01 197,00 100630929900 01 246,00
100630259000 01 197,0004 246,00
100630279000 — —I
100630429000 01 197,00 100630949100 01 246,00
100630449000 01 197,0002 252,00
100630469000 01 197,0003 257,00
04 246,00100630489000— —
100630619100 01 246,00 100630949900 01 246,00
02 252,00 04 246,00
03 257,00— —
04 246,00
100630619900 01100630969100 01 246,00246,0002 252,0004 246,0003 257,00
100630639100 01 246,00 04 246,00
02 252,00
03 257,00 100630969900 01 246,00
04 246,00 04 246,00
100630639900 01 246,00— —
04 246,00100630989100 — —
100630659100 01 246,00
02 252,00 100630989900 — —
03 257,00
\04 246,00 100640009000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2145/92.