NoL98/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.4.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No989/88
of14April1988
fixingtheexportrefundsoncerealsandonwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,requiredfortheirmanufacture ;whereasthesequantities
werefixedinCommissionRegulationNo162/67/EEC(4),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1607/71(*);
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity, Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestina­
tion: HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3989/87(2),andinparticularthefourthsubparagraph
ofArticle16(2),Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle16ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductsinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/870;
forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesteferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereas,followingtheintroductionofthe'combined
nomenclature "byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2658/87(8),thenomenclature applicablefrom1January
1988toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasesta­
blishedbyRegulation(EEC)No3846/87f);WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsoncerealsandcriteriaforfixing
theamountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthatwhen
refundsarebeingfixed,accountmustbetakenofthe
existingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregardto
pricesandavailabilitiesofcerealsontheCommunity
marketontheonehand,andpricesforcerealsandcereal
productsontheworldmarketontheother;whereasthe
sameArticleprovidesthatitisalsoimportanttoensure
equilibriumandthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesand
tradeoncerealmarketsand,furthermore ,totakeinto
accounttheeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsand
theneedtoavoiddisturbancesontheCommunity
market:Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthedetailedrulesset
outabovetothepresentsituationonthemarketin
cereals,andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforthese
productswithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefundsshouldbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto;WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No2746/75
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
therefundoncerealsisbeingcalculated;
Whereasthesespecificcriteriaaredefined,asfaraswheat
andryeflour,groatsandmealareconcerned,inArticle4
ofRegulation(EEC)No2746/75;whereasfurthermore ,
whentherefundontheseproductsisbeingcalculated,
accountmustbetakenofthequantitiesofcerealsWhereas,pursuanttoArticle275oftheActofAccession
ofSpainandPortugal,refundsmaybegrantedinthecase
ofexportstoPortugal;whereas,inthelightofthesitua­
tionandthelevelofpricesnorefundshouldbefixedin
thecaseofexportstoPortugal;
(4)OJNo128,27.6.1967,p.2574/67.
(*)OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.16.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(«)OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(')OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1.(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.0OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.1.0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(a),
(b)and(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75,exportedin
thenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.TherefundonexporttoPortugalhasnotbeenfixed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15April1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14April1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

NoL98/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.4.88
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof14April1988fixingtheexportrefundsoncerealsandon
wheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(') Amountofrefund
07099060000
07129019000 — —
10011010000 01 80,00
10011090000 04 30,000
05 25,00(2)
11 24,000
02 20,000
10019091000 01 80,00
10019099000 03 92,00'
02 0
08 98,00
10020000000 03 92,00
06 20,00
07 15,00
l 02 25,00
09 95,00
13 95,00
10030010000 01 80,00
10030090000 03 96,00
02 25,00
10040010000 01 50,00
10040090000 — —
10051090000 — —
10059000000 03 112,00
02 0
10070090000 — —
10082000000 — —
11010000110 01 140,00
11010000120 01 140,00
/11010000130 01 121,00
11010000150 01 112,00
11010000170 01 103,00
11010000180 01 92,00
11010000190— —
11010000900 — —
11021000100 01 140,00
11021000200 01 140,00
11021000300 01 140,00
11021000500 01 140,00
11021000900 — —
11031110100 02 280,00
11031110200 01 265,00
11031110500 01 236,00
11031110900 01 223,00
11031190100 01 140,00
11031190900 — ,—

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(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Allthirdcountries,
02Otherthirdcountries,
03Switzerland,AustriaandLiechtenstein ,
04ZonesIIandIII,
05Algeria,
06Japan,
07SouthKorea,
08CeutaandMelilla,
09ZoneII(b),
11Tunisia,
13Israel.
(2)Therefundcannotbegrantedifthequalityofdurumwheatexportedcorrespondstolessthanthequality
definedinparagraph2ofArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No1569/77withtheexceptionofimpuritiesconstituted
bygrain(otherthanmottledgrainsandgrainsaffectedwithfusariosis);7%maximumofwhich5%ofsoft
wheatorothercereals.
N.B.ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No296/88(OJNoL30,2.2.1988).■