NoL311/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.11.80
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2997/80
of20November 1980
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('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1870/80(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 :
ArticleI
TheexportrefundsonmaltlistedinArticle1(d)of
Regulation (EEC)No2727/75subjecttoRegulation
(EEC)No2744/75shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21
November1980.(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL184,17.7.1980,p.1.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(4)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.
(5)OJNoL273,29.9.1978.p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20November1980.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof20November1980fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
(ECU/tonne)
CCTheadingNo Refund
11.07AIb) 31-92
11.07AIIb) 28-49
11.07B 33-20