L334/10 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.12.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2416/97
of4December 1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,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,
whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;WhereasArticle13ofRegulation (EC)No3072/95
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;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;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
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)No1162/95f),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No932/97(4)shouldbeused;whereasaccountshouldbe
takenofthiswhentherefundsarefixed;Article2
(')OJL329,30.12.1995,p.18.
(J)OJL154,15.6.1976,p.11.
(')OJL117,24.5.1995,p.2.
(<)OJL135,27.5.1997,p.2.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5December
1997.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4December1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission

L334/12 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.12.97
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof4December1997fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefundsProductcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds
100620119000 01 133,00 100630659900 01 166,00
100620139000 01 133,0005166,00
100620159000 01 133,00100630679100 04 172,00100620179000 — —
100620929000 01 133,00100630679900 ——
100620949000 01 133,00 100630929100 01 166,00
100620969000 01 133,00 02 172,00
100620989000 — 03 177,00
100630219000 01 133,0005166,00
100630239000 01 133,00 100630929900 01 166,00
100630259000 01 133,00 05 166,00
100630279000 — —— —
100630429000 01 133,00 100630949100 01 166,00
100630449000 01 133,00 02 172,00
100630469000 01 133,0003 177,00
100630489000 — —05 166,00
100630619100 01 166,00 100630949900 01 166,00
02 172,00 05 166,00
03 177,00
05 166,00
100630619900 01 166,00100630969100 01 166,00
05 166,0002 172,00
100630639100 01 166,0003
05177,00
166,0002 172,00
03 177,00 100630969900 01 166,00
05 166,00 05 166,00
100630639900 01
05166,00
166,00— —
100630659100 01 166,00100630989100 04 172,00
02 172,00 100630989900I
03 177,00
05 166,00 100640009000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland ,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMehlla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar ,
04CeutaandMelilla:refundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofamendedRegulation(EC)No1162/95inrespectofaquantityof
1000tonnes,
05DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No3665/87.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2145/92.