20.12.97 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L350/71 EN
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2583/97
of19December 1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3072/95of
22December1995onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),andinparticularthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle13(3)thereof,(EC)No932/97(4)shouldbeused;whereasaccount
shouldbetakenofthiswhentherefundsarefixed;
WhereasArticle13(5)ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentheexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeing
calculated;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificre­
quirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestina­
tion;
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,WhereasArticle13ofRegulation(EC)No3072/95
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithin
theCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
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 ;whereasthepro­
cedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EC)No1162/95(3),aslastamendedbyRegulationArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1998.
(■)OJL329,30.12.1995,p.18.
(2)OJL154,15.6.1976,p.11.
(3OJL117,24.5.1995,p.2. (4)OJL135,27.5.1997,p.2.

L350/72 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.12.97
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof19December1997fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefundsProductcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds
100620119000 01 129,00 100630659900 01 162,00
100620139000 01 129,00 05 162,00
100620159000 01 129,00 100630679100 04 168,00
100620179000— —
01100630679900-I100620929000 129,00
100620949000 01 129,00100630929100 01 162,00
100620969000 01 129,0002 168,00
100620989000 — — 03 173,00
100630219000 01 129,0005 162,00
100630239000 01 129,00 100630929900 01 162,00
100630259000 01 129,00 05 162,00
100630279000— ——
100630429000 01 129,00100630949100 01 162,00100630449000 01 129,0002 168,00100630469000 01 129,0003 173,00100630489000—05 162,00100630619100 01 162,00
02 168,00100630949900 01 162,00
03 173,00 05 162,00
05 162,00 — —
100630619900 01 162,00 100630969100 01 162,00
05 162,0002 168,00
100630639100 01 162,00 03 173,0002 168,0005 162,0003 173,00
05 162,00100630969900 01 162,00
100630639900 01
05162,00
162,0005 162,00
100630659100 01 162,00 100630989100 04 168,00
02 168,0010063098990003 173,00
I05 162,00 100640009000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
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.