30.11.91 NoL328/23 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3471/91
of29November 1991
fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3577/90(2),andinparticularthefourthsubparagraph
ofArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,fromcerealsandricethattheexportrefundshouldbe
fixedatanamountwhichwillcoverthedifference
betweenCommunitypricesandworldmarketprices;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestin­
ation;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/900,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,WhereasArticle16ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thoseRegulationsandpricesforthoseproductswithin
theCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsoncerealsandcriteriaforfixing
theamountofsuchrefunds(3)providesthatwhenrefunds
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenoftheexisting
situationandthefuturetrendwithregardtopricesand
availabilitiesofcerealsontheCommunitymarketonthe
onehandandpricesforcerealsandcerealproductson
theworldmarketontheother;whereasthesameArticle
providesthatitisalsoimportanttoensureequilibrium
andthenaturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeoncereal
marketsand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexports,andtheneedto
avoiddisturbancesontheCommunitymarket;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsonmaltlistedinArticle1(d)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2727175subjecttoRegulation(EEC)No
2744/75shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75of29
October1975ontheimportandexportsystemfor
productsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1906/87(*),definesthe
specificcriteriatobetakenintoaccountwhentherefund
ontheseproductsisbeingcalculated;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrulesto
thepresentsituationonthemarketinproductsprocessedArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1991. (')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
OOJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(4)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.
OOJNoL182,3.7.1987,p.49.(s)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
t J
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29November1991fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
(ECU/tonne)
Productcode Refund
11071019000 102,00
11071099000 122,00
11072000000 142,00
NB:Theproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamended
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87asamended(OJNoL
366,24.12.1987,p.1).