29.8.97 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL238/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1687/97
of28August1997
fixingtheexportrefundsoncereal-basedcompoundfeedingstuffs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),andinparticularArticle13
(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasRegulation(EC)No1517/95of29June1995
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1766/92asregardsthearrangementsfor
theexportandimportofcompoundfeedingstuffsbased
oncerealsandamendingRegulation(EC)No1162/95
layingdownspecialdetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
thesystemofimportandexportlicencesforcerealsand
rice(3)inArticle2laysdowngeneralrulesforfixingthe
amountofsuchrefunds;
Whereasthatcalculationmustalsotakeaccountofthe
cerealproductscontent;whereasintheinterestofsimpli­
fication,therefundshouldbepaidinrespectoftwocate­
goriesof'cerealproducts',namelyformaize,themost
commonlyusedcerealinexportedcompoundfeedsand
maizeproducts,andfor'othercereals',thesebeing
eligiblecerealproductsexcludingmaizeandmaize
products;whereasarefundshouldbegrantedinrespectofthequantityofcerealproductspresentinthecompound
feedingstuff ;
Whereasfurthermore ,theamountoftherefundmustalso
takeintoaccountthepossibilitiesandconditionsforthe
saleofthoseproductsontheworldmarket,theneedto
avoiddisturbancesontheCommunitymarketandthe
economicaspectoftheexport;
Whereas,however,infixingtherateofrefunditwould
seemadvisabletobaseitatthistimeonthedifferencein
thecostofrawinputswidelyusedincompoundfeeding­
stuffsastheCommunityandworldmarkets,allowing
moreaccurateaccounttobetakenofthecommercial
conditionsunderwhichsuchproductsareexported;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;whereas
itmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforCerealshasnot
deliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetbyits
chairman,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theexportrefundsonthecompoundfeedingstuffs
coveredbyRegulation(EEC)No1766/92andsubjectto
Regulation(EC)No1517/95areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon29August1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28August1997.
FortheCommission
RittBJERREGAARD
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
OOJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.51.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28August1997fixingtheexportrefundsoncereal-based
compoundfeedingstuffs
Productcodebenefittingfromexportrefund('):
230910119000,230910139000,230910319000,
230910339000,230910519000,230910539000,
230990319000,230990339000,230990419000,
230990439000,230990519000,230990539000.
(ECU/tonne)
Cerealproducts(2) Amountofrefund(2)
Maizeandmaizeproducts:
CNcodes07099060,07129019,1005,110220,
110313,11032940,11041950,110423,
19041010 24,65
Cerealproducts(2)excludingmaizeandmaize
products 3,47
(')TheproductcodesaredefinedinSector5oftheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJNoL366,24.
12.1987,p1),amended.
(2)Forthepurposesoftherefundonlythestarchcomingfromcerealproductsistakenintoaccount.
Cerealproductsmeanstheproductsfallingwithinsubheadings07099060and07129019,Chapter10,andheadings
Nos1101,1102,1103and1104(excludingsubheading110430)andthecerealscontentoftheproductsfallingwithin
subheadings19041010and19041090ofthecombinednomenclature .Thecerealscontentinproductsunder
subheadings19041010and19041090ofthecombinednomenclature isconsideredtobeequaltotheweightofthis
finalproduct.
Norefundispaidforcerealswheretheoriginofthestarchcannotbeclearlyestablishedbyanalysis.