NoL221/30EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.8.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1709/96
of30August1996
fixingtheexportrefundsoncereal-basedcompoundfeedingstuffs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),andinparticularArticle13
(3)thereof,avoiddisturbancesontheCommunitymarketandthe
economicaspectoftheexport;
Whereas,however,infixingtherateofrefunditwould
seemadvisabletobaseitatthistimeonthedifferencein
thecostofrawinputswidelyusedincompoundfeeding­
stuffsastheCommunityandworldmarkets,allowing
moreaccurateaccounttobetakenofthecommercial
conditionsunderwhichsuchproductsareexported;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;whereas
itmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(4),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95(^prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No462/96(®);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforCerealshasnot
deliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetbyits
chairman,WhereasArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasRegulation (EC)No1517/95of29June1995
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1766/92asregardsthearrangements for
theexportandimportofcompoundfeedingstuffsbased
oncerealsandamendingRegulation (EC)No1162/95
layingdownspecialdetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
thesystemofimportandexportlicencesforcerealsand
rice(3)inArticle2laysdowngeneralrulesforfixingthe
amountofsuchrefunds;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereasthatcalculationmustalsotakeaccountofthe
cerealproductscontent;whereasintheinterestofsimpli­
fication,therefundshouldbepaidinrespectoftwocate­
goriesof'cerealproducts',namelyformaize,themost
commonlyusedcerealinexportedcompoundfeedsand
maizeproducts,andfor'othercereals',thesebeing
eligiblecerealproductsexcludingmaizeandmaize
products;whereasarefundshouldbegrantedinrespectof
thequantityofcerealproductspresentinthecompound
feedingstuff;Theexportrefundsonthecompoundfeedingstuffs
coveredbyRegulation(EEC)No1766/92andsubjectto
Regulation(EC)No1517/95areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
Whereasfurthermore ,theamountoftherefundmustalso
takeintoaccountthepossibilitiesandconditionsforthe
saleofthoseproductsontheworldmarket,theneedtoThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1996.
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.0OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.51.(4)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(6)OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30August1996.
FortheCommission
KarelVANMIERT
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof30August1996fixingtheexportrefundsoncereal-based
compoundfeedingstuffs
Productcodebenefittingfromexportrefund('):
23091011000,23091013000,23091031000,
23091033000,23091051000,23091053000,
23099031000,23099033000,23099041000,
23099043000,23099051000,23099053000.
(ECU/tonne)
Cerealproducts(2) Amountofrefund(3)
Maizeandmaizeproducts:
CNcodes07099060,07129019,1005,110220,
110313,11032940,11041950,110423,
19041010 15,04
Cerealproducts(2)excludingmaizeandmaize
products 1,44
(')TheproductcodesaredefinedinSectorJoftheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJNoL366,24.
12.1987,pi),amended.
(2)Forthepurposesoftherefundonlythestarchcomingfromcerealproductsistakenintoaccount.
Cerealproductsmeanstheproductsfallingwithinsubheadings07099060and07129019,Chapter10,andheadings
Nos1101,1102,1103and1104(excludingsubheading110430)andthecerealscontentoftheproductsfallingwithin
subheadings 19041010and19041090ofthecombinednomenclature .Thecerealscontentinproductsunder
subheadings19041010and19041090ofthecombinednomenclature isconsideredtobeequaltotheweightofthis
finalproduct.
Norefundispaidforcerealswheretheoriginofthestarchcannotbeclearlyestablishedbyanalysis.
(3)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonlywherethe
conditionslaiddowninamendedRegulations (EEC)No990/93and(EC)No462/96areobserved.