20.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 347/37 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2283/2002 of 19 December 2002 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4)  Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also take Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/ 2000 (3, and in particular Article 13(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regu- lation and prices for those products within the Commu- nity may be covered by an export refund. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (°) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds. (3)  That calculation must also take account of the cereal products content. In the interest of simplification, the refund should be paid in respect of two categories of ‘cereal products’, namely for maize, the most commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and maize products, and for ‘other cereals’, these being eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize products. A refund should be granted in respect of the quantity of cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff. into account the possibilities and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market and the economic aspect of the export. (5)  However, in fixing the rate of refund it would seem ad- visable to base it at this time on the difference in the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound feeding- stuffs as the Community and world markets, allowing more accurate account to be taken of the commercial conditions under which such products are exported. (6)  The refund must be fixed once a month; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period. (7 The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv- ered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject to Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002. OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. () OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1. O] L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 51. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission