NoL300/50 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.10.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2508/78
of26October1978
fixingthecorrectiveamountapplicabletotherefundoncereals
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1254/78(2),andinparticularthe
thirdsentenceofthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle
16(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle16(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75providesthattheexportrefundapplicableto
cerealsonthedayonwhichapplicationforanexport
licenceismade,adjustedforthethresholdpricein
forceduringthemonthofexportation,mustbe
appliedonrequesttoexportstobeeffectedduringthe
periodofvalidityoftheexportlicence;whereas,in
thiscase,thecorrectiveamountmustbeappliedto
therefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75of29
October1975ontheimportandexportsystemfor
productsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice(4),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2245/78(5),
madepossiblethefixingofacorrectiveamountfor
certainproductslistedinArticle1(c)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2727/75;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1281/75(6)laiddown
detailedrulesfortheadvancefixingofexportrefunds
forcerealsandcertainproductsprocessedfrom
cereals;
Whereas,pursuanttothatRegulation,whenthecorrec­
tiveamountisbeingfixedaccountmustbetakenof
theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregard
topricesandavailabilitiesofcerealsontheCommu­nitymarketontheonehandandpricesforcereals
andcerealproductsontheworldmarketonthe
other;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalso
importanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldeve­
lopmentofpricesandtradeoncerealmarketsand,
furthermore,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspect
oftheproposedexportsandtheneedtoavoiddistur­
bancesontheCommunitymarket;
WhereasfortheproductslistedinArticle1(c)of
Regulation(EEC)No2727/75accountshouldbe
takenofthespecificcriterialaiddowninArticle2(2)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1281/75;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarythecorrectiveamountaccordingtodesti­
nation;
Whereasthecorrectiveamountmustbefixedatthe
sametimeastherefundandaccordingtothesame
procedure;
Whereasitmaybealteredintheperiodbetween
fixings;
Whereas,ifthesystemofcorrectiveamountsisto
operatenormally,correctiveamountsshouldbecalcu­
latedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprecedingsubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheprovisions
referredtoabovethatthecorrectiveamountmustbe
fixedasshowninthetableannexedtothisRegula­
tion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,(!)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL156,14.6.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(4)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.
(5)OJNoL273,29.9.1978,p.1.
(*)OJNoL131,22.5.1975,p.15.

NoL300/51 27.10.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThecorrectiveamountreferredtoinArticle16(4)of
Regulation(EEC)No2727/75whichisapplicableto
exportrefundsfixedinadvanceinrespectofcerealsisherebyfixedasshowninthetableannexedtothis
Regulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26October1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof26October1978fixingthecorrectiveamountapplicable
totherefundoncereals
(u.a./tonne)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionCurrent
111st
period
122nd
period
13rd
period
24th
period
35th
period
46th
period
5
10.01ACommonwheat,andmeslin 000
10.01BDurumwheat 000 — — —
10.02 Rye 000 — — — —
10.03 Barley 000 — — — —
10.04 Oats 000 — — — —
10.05BMaizeotherthanhybridmaize
forsowing— — — — — — —
10.07CGrainsorghum— — — — — — —
11.01ACommonwheatflour 00000 — —
11.01BRyeflour 000 00 —
11.02AIa)Durumwheatgroatsandmeal 00000 — —
11.02Alb)Commonwheatgroatsand
meal 00000 —
N.B.ThezonesarethosedefinedinRegulation(EEC)No1124/77(OJNoL134,28.5.1977).