8.7.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL174/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1659/94
of7July1994
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1431/76
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated:
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1544/93(2),andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)thereof,
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodatecurrentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92Q,as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(8),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(9),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No547/94(,0);WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1431/76of21June1976layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixingthe
amountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthatwhenrefundsare
beingfixedaccountmustbetakenoftheexistingsitua­
tionandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesandavaila­
bilitiesofriceandbrokenriceontheCommunitymarket
ontheonehandandpricesforriceandbrokenriceon
theworldmarketontheother;whereasthesameArticle
providesthatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibrium
andthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeonthe
ricemarketand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandtheneedto
avoiddisturbancesoftheCommunitymarket;Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinriceandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforriceandbrokenrice
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarket,thatthe
refundshouldbefixedassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(n)prohi­
bitstradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandthe
FederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);
whereasthisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsitua­
tionsascomprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7
thereof;whereasaccountshouldbetakenofthisfact
whenfixingtherefunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,Whereasexportpossibilitiesexistforaquantityof45000
tonnesofwhitericetocertaindestinations ;whereasthe
procedurelaiddowninArticle9(4)ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No891/89(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No3579/93(*),shouldbeused;whereasaccount
shouldbetakenofthiswhentherefundsarefixed;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1361/76(6)
laysdownthemaximumpercentageofbrokenrice
allowedinriceforwhichanexportrefundisfixedand
specifiesthepercentagebywhichthatrefundistobe
reducedwheretheproportionofbrokenriceintherice
exportedexceedsthatmaximum ;
(')OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(2)OJNoL154,25.6.1993,p.5.
(3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.36.
(4)OJNoL94,7.4.1989,p.13.
HOJNoL326,28.12.1993,p.15.
(0OJNoL154,15.6.1976,p.11.0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(8)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.0OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(10)OJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.
(")OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.

NoL174/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.7.94
ADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1418/76withtheexceptionofthoselistedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8July1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7July1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission

8.7.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL174/27
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof7July1994fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbroken
rice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds(2)
10062011000 01 206,00
10062013000 01 206,00
10062015000 01 206,00
10062017000 — —
10062092000 01 206,00
10062094000 01 206,00
10062096000 01 206,00
10062098000 — —
10063021000 01 206,00
10063023000 01 206,00
10063025000 01 206,00
10063027000 — —
10063042000 01 206,00
10063044000 01 206,00
10063046000 01 206,00
10063048000 — —
10063061100 01 258,00
02 264,00
03 269,00
04 258,00
10063061900 01 258,00
04 258,00
10063063100 01 258,00
02 264,00
03 269,00
04 258,00
10063063900 01 258,00
04 258,00
10063065100 01 258,00
02 264,00
03 269,00
04 258,0010063065900 01 258,00
04 258,00
10063067100 — —
10063067900 — —
10063092100 01 258,00
02 264,00
03 269,00
04 258,00
10063092900 01 258,00
04 258,00
05 274,00
06 289,00
10063094100 01 258,00
02 264,00
03 269,00
04 258,00
10063094900 01 258,00
04 258,00
05 274,00
06 289,00
10063096100 01 258,00
02 264,00
03 269,00
04 258,00
10063096900 01 258,00
04 258,00
05 274,00
06 289,00
10063098100 — —
10063098900 — —
10064000000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Austria,Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMenila,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,
05RefundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle9(4)ofamendedRegulation(EEC)No891/89inrespectof35000tonnesofwhiterice
destinedforZonesI,11(c),IV,V,VI,VIIandVIII,excludingGuyana,SurinamandMadagascar,
06RefundfixedundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle9(4)ofamendedRegulation(EEC)No891/89inrespectof10000tonnesofwhiterice
destinedforZonesII(a),II(b),II(d)andIII.
(*)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No990/93areobserved.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2145/92.