10.10.97EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L277/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1973/97
of9October1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonriceandbrokenrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,theexportrefundonriceandbrokenriceisbeingcalcu­
lated;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestination;
Whereasaseparaterefundshouldbefixedforpackaged
longgrainricetoaccommodate currentdemandforthe
productoncertainmarkets;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3072/95of
22December1995onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice('),andinparticularthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle13(3)thereof,
Whereastherefundmustbefixedatleastonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation (EC)No3072/95
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;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;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereasexportpossibilitiesexistforaquantityof1000
tonnesofricetocertaindestinations ;whereastheproce­
durelaiddowninArticle7(4)ofCommissionRegulation
(EC)No1162/95(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No932/97(3)shouldbeused;whereasaccountshouldbe
takenofthiswhentherefundsarefixed;TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1of
Regulation(EC)No3072/95withtheexceptionofthose
listedinparagraph 1(c)ofthatArticle,exportedinthe
naturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
WhereasArticle13(5)ofRegulation (EC)No3072/95
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhenArticle2
(')OJL329,30.12.1995,p.18
(2)OJL117,24.5.1995,p.2.
(-1)OJL135,27.5.1997,p.2.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10October
1997.

L277/22 IENI OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.10.97
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9October1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission

10.10.97EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L277/23
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof9October1997fixingtheexportrefundsonriceand
brokenrice
(ECU/tonne) (ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds
100620119000 01 176,00
100620139000 01 176,00
100620159000 01 176,00
100620179000 — —
100620929000 01 176,00
100620949000 01 176,00
100620969000 01 176,00
100620989000 — —
100630219000 01 1"6,00
100630239000 01 176,00
100630259000 01 176,00
100630279000 — —
100630429000 01 176,00
100630449000 01 176,00
100630469000 01 176,00
100630489000 —I
100630619100 01 220,00
02 226,00
03 231,00
05 220,00
100630619900 01 220,00
05 220,00
100630639100 01 220,00
02 226,00
03 231,00
05 220,00
100630639900 01 220,00
05 220,00
100630659100 01 220,00
02 226,00
03 231,00
05 220,00Productcode Destination(')Amount
ofrefunds
100630659900 01 220,00
05 220,00
100630679100 04 226,00
100630679900 — —
100630929100 01 220,00
02 226,00
03 231,00
05 220,00
100630929900 01 220,00
05 220,00
100630949100 01 220,00
02 226,00
03 231,00
05 220,00
100630949900 01 220,00
05 220,00
100630969100 01 220,00
02 226,00
03 231,00
05 220,00
100630969900 01 220,00
05 220,00
100630989100 04 226,00
100630679100 — —
100630989900 — —
100640009000 — —
(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Liechtenstein ,Switzerland,thecommunesofLivignoandCampioned'ltalia,
02ZonesI,II,III,VI,CeutaandMelilla,
03ZonesIV,V,VII(c),CanadaandZoneVIIIexcludingSurinam,GuyanaandMadagascar,
04CeutaandMelilla(pursuanttoRegulation(EC)No1162/95,1000tonnes),
05DestinationsmentionedinArticle34ofamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3665/87.
NB:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoamendedCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2145/92.