NoL27/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No196/78
of31January1978
fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2560/77(2),andinparticularthe
fourthsubparagraph ofArticle16(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketin
productsprocessedfromcerealsandricethatthe
exportrefundshouldbefixedatanamountwhich
willcoverthedifferencebetweenCommunityprices
andworldmarketprices;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccording
todestination ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,WhereasArticle16ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthoseRegulationsandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),
providesthatwhenrefundsarebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenoftheexistingsituationandthefuture
trendwithregardtopricesandavailabilitiesofcereals
ontheCommunitymarketontheonehandand
pricesforcerealsontheworldmarketontheother;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalsoimpor­
tanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelop­
mentofpricesandtradeonthemarketsincereals
and,furthermore ,totakeintoaccounttheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexports,andtheneedtoavoid
disturbancesontheCommunitymarket;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75of29
October1975ontheimportandexportsystemfor
productsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice(4),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2560/77,
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentherefundontheseproductsisbeingcalcu­
lated;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsonmaltlistedinArticle1(d)of
Regulation (EEC)No2727/75subjecttoRegulation
(EEC)No2744/75areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1978.(2)OJNoL303,28.11.1977,p.1.Y)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
h)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.

1.2.78 NoL27/39 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof31January1978fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
(UM./tonne)
CCTheadingNo Refund
11.07AIa) 104.90
11.07AIb) 0
11.07AIIa) 93.68
11.07AIIb) 77.00
11.07B 89.74