NoL78/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.3.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No597/79
of29March1979
fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinproducts
processedfromcerealsandricethattheexportrefund
shouldbefixedatanamountwhichwillcoverthe
differencebetweenCommunitypricesandworld
marketprices;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(l),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1254/78(2),andinparticularthe
fourthsubparagraphofArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee,
WhereasArticle16ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthoseRegulationsandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuture
trendwithregardtopricesandavailabilitiesofcereals
ontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforcerealsandcerealproductsontheworld
marketontheother;whereasthesameArticle
providesthatitisalsoimportanttoensureequili­
briumandthenaturaldevelopment ofpricesand
tradeoncerealmarketsand,furthermore ,totakeinto
accounttheeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports,
andtheneedtoavoiddisturbances ontheCommu­
nitymarket;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75of29
October1975ontheimportandexportsystemfor
productsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice(4),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2245/78(5),
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentherefundontheseproductsisbeingcalcu­
lated;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsonmaltlistedinArticle1(d)of
Regulation(EEC)No2727/75subjecttoRegulation
(EEC)No2744/75shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
>)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
2)OJNoL156,14.6.1978,p.1.
3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
♦)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.
»)OJNoL273,29.9.1978.p.1.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30March
1979.

30.3.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL78/17
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29March1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29March1979fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
(u.a./tonne)
CCTheadingNo Refund
11.07AIb) 86-45
11.07AIIb) 10405
11.07B 121-26