9.3.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL63/7
REGULATION (EEC)No661/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of8March1973
fixingtherefundsapplicabletocerealsandwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommon
organization ofthemarketincereals,aslast
amendedbytheAct(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)on
theAccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity ,signedatBrusselson22January
1972,andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthefourth
subparagraphofArticle16(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle16ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslisted
inArticle1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productsintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulationNo139/67/
EEC(4)of21June1967layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsandcriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefundsprovidesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetaken
oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithin
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofcerealsonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
cerealsandcerealproductsontheworldmarketon
theother;whereasthesamearticleprovidesthatit
isalsoimportanttoensureequilibriumandthe
naturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeoncereal
marketsand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandthe
needtoavoiddisturbances ontheCommunity
market;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo139/67/EEC
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentherefundoncerealsisbeingcalculated;
Whereasthesespecificcriteriaaredefined,asfaras
wheatandryeflour,groatsandmealareconcerned,inArticle4ofRegulationNo139/67/EEC;
whereas,furthermore,whentherefundonthese
productsisbeingcalculated,accountmustbetaken
ofthequantitiesofcerealsrequiredfortheir
manufacture ;whereasthesequantitieswerefixedin
RegulationNo162/67/EEC(5),asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1607/71(6);
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeit
necessarytovarytherefundforcertainproducts
accordingtodestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceaweek;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurrencies
whicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffersfrom
theofficialparity,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketin
cerealsandinparticulartoquotationsorpricesfor
theseproductswithintheCommunityandonthe
worldmarketthattherefundshouldbefixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
Whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthis
RegulationareinaccordancewiththeOpinionof
theManagementCommitteeforCereals;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(a),
(b)and(c)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,exported
inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon9March
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8March1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(!)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(»jOJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(«)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2453/67.(5)OJNo128,27.6.1967,p.2574/67.
(6)OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.16.

NoL63/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.3.73
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof8March1973fixingtherefundsapplicabletocerealsand
certaincategoriesofwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(u.a./ton)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofproducts Refund
10.01ACommonwheat(*),andmesiin:
forexportsto:
—Austria,LiechtensteinandSwitzerland
—otherthirdcountries10-00
1-00
10.01BDurumwheat 1-00
10.02 Rye(») 25-00
10.03 Barley 1-00
10.04 Oats 1-00
10.05BMaize(otherthanhybridmaizeforsowing) 1-00
10.07CGrainsorghum 1-00
ex11.01AWheatflour(2):
—ofanashcontentof0to520:
—-forexportsto:
—ZoneIa)andZoneVa)excludingNigeria
—ZoneIV
—ZonesVb),VI,VII,Ic)andNigeria
—otherthirdcountries44-00
49-00
47-00
38-00
—■ofanashcontentof521to600 34-25
—■ofanashcontentof601to900 29-50
—ofanashcontentof901to1100:
—·forexportsto:
—ZonesVb),VIandVII
—otherthirdcountries36-80
24-80
—ofanashcontentof1101to1650 20-60
—ofanashcontentof1651to1900 15-00
cx11.01BRyeflour:
—ofanashcontentof0to700 59-00
—■ofanashcontentof701to1150 52-25
—ofanashcontentof1151to1600 39-75
—ofanashcontentof1601to2000 31-00

9.3.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL63/9
(u.a.lton)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofproducts Refund
11.02AlaDurumwheatgroatsandmeal:
—ofar.ashcontentof0to950:
—forexportsto:
—ZonesVb),VI,VIIa)andIc)
—ZonesIa)andVa)
—otherthirdcountries47-00
44-00
38-00
—ofanashcontentof951to1300:
—■forexportsto:
—ZoneVa)
—otherthirdcountries36-80
30-80
—ofanashcontentof1301to1500:
—■forexportsto:
—ZoneVa)
—otherthirdcountries29-15
23-15
11.02AIbCommonwheatgroatsandmeal(2):
—ofanashcontentof0to520:
—■forexportsto:
—ZonesVb),VIandIc)
—ZonesIa)andVa)
—otherthirdcountries47-00
44-00
38-00
0TherefundisgrantedsolelyinrespectofcommonwheatandryewhichhasnotbeendenaturedpursuanttoArticle7(3)
and(5)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC.
(*)Therefundisgrantedsolelyinrespectofcommonwheatflour,groatsandmealmanufactured fromcommonwheatwhich
hasnotbeendenaturedpursuanttoArticle7(3)and(5)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC.
N.B.:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No941/72(OJNoL107,6.5.1972).
TheamountbywhichtherefundmaybeincreasedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulationNo587/
67/EECis2u.a./ton.