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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2591/88
of18August1988
fixingtheexportrefundsoncerealsandonwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
accountmustbetakenofthequantitiesofcereals
requiredfortheirmanufacture ;whereasthesequantities
werefixedinCommissionRegulationNo162/67/EEC(4),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1607/71(*);
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestina­
tion:
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2221/88(2),andinparticularthefourthsubparagraph
ofArticle16(2),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle16ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductsinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
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;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No2746/75
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhen
therefundoncerealsisbeingcalculated;
Whereasthesespecificcriteriaaredefined,asfaraswheat
andryeflour,groatsandmealareconcerned,inArticle4
ofRegulation(EEC)No2746/75;whereasfurthermore,
whentherefundontheseproductsisbeingcalculated,Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(*),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/870;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthedetailedrulesset
outabovetothepresentsituationonthemarketin
cereals,andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforthese
productswithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,thattherefundsshouldbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle275oftheActofAccession
ofSpainandPortugal,refundsmaybegrantedinthecase
ofexportstoPortugal;whereas,inthelightofthesitua­
tionandthelevelofpricesnorefundshouldbefixedin
thecaseofexportstoPortugal;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
(<)OJNo128,27.6.1967,p.2574/67.0OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.16.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
I1)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.16.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.

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TherefundonexporttoPortugalhasnotbeenfixed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19August1988.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(a),
(b)and(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75,exportedin
thenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18August1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof18August1988fixingtheexportrefundsoncerealsand
onwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(ECU/tonne)
Productcode Destination(')Amountofrefund
07099060000——
07129019000——
10011010000 01 0
10011090000 04 30,00(2)
05 25,000
I 07 24,00(2)
\02 20,00(2)
10019091000 01 0
10019099000 03
08
06
0215,00
11,00
14,00
10,00
10020000000 03 36,00
I 06 35,00
02 15,00
10030010000 02 0
10030090000 03 15,00
07 11,00
02 10,00
10040010000 02 0
10040090000 0! 0
10051090000——
10059000000 03 35,00
02 0
10070090000——
10082000000——
11010000110 01 60,00
11010000120 01 60,00
11010000130 01 52,00
11010000150 01 42,00
11010000170 01 32,00
11010000180 01 22,00
11010000190——
,11010000900——
11021000100 01 60,00
11021000200 01 60,00
11021000300 01 60,00
11021000500 01 60,00
11021000900——
11031110100 05 200,00
02 170,00
11031110200 05 200,00
02 161,00
11031110500 01 144,00
11031110900 01 135,00
11031190100 01 60,00
11031190900 —.—

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(')Thedestinationsareidentifiedasfollows:
01Allthirdcountries,
02Otherthirdcountries,
03Switzerland ,AustriaandLiechtenstein ,
04ZonesIIandIII,
05Algeria,
06ZoneII(b),
07Tunisia,
08Morocco.
(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).