EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 2. 2000 L 52/14
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 415/2000
of 24 February 2000
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organization of the market incereals (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides
that the difference between quotations or prices on theworld market for the products listed in Article 1 of thatRegulation and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 layingdown detailed rules for the application of Regulation(EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for theexport and import of compound feedingstuffs based oncereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95laying down special detailed rules for the application ofthe system of import and export licences for cereals andrice (
3) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the
amount of such refunds.
(3) That calculation must also take account of the cerealproducts content. In the interest of simplification, therefund should be paid in respect of two categories of‘cereal products’, namely for maize, the most commonlyused cereal in exported compound feeds and maizeproducts, and for ‘other cereals’, these being eligiblecereal products excluding maize and maize products. Arefund should be granted in respect of the quantity of
cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4) Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also takeinto account the possibilities and conditions for the saleof those products on the world market, the need toavoid disturbances on the Community market and theeconomic aspect of the export.
(5) However, in fixing the rate of refund it would seemadvisable to base it at this time on the difference in thecost of raw inputs widely used in compound feeding-stuffs as the Community and world markets, allowingmore accurate account to be taken of the commercialconditions under which such products are exported.
(6) The refund must be fixed once a month; whereas it maybe altered in the intervening period.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject to Regulation (EC)No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to thisRegulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 February 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 February 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 51.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 2. 2000 L 52/15
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 24 February 2000 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound
feedingstuffs
Product code benefiting from export refund (1):
2309 10 11 9000, 2309 10 13 9000, 2309 10 31 9000,
2309 10 33 9000, 2309 10 51 9000, 2309 10 53 9000,2309 90 31 9000, 2309 90 33 9000, 2309 90 41 9000,2309 90 43 9000, 2309 90 51 9000, 2309 90 53 9000.
(EUR/t)
Cereal products (2) Amount of refund (2)
Maize and maize products:
CN codes 0709 90 60, 0712 90 19, 1005, 1102 20,
1103 13, 1103 29 40, 1104 19 50, 1104 23, 1904 10 10 39,94
Cereal products (2) excluding maize and maize products 28,77
(1) The product codes are defined in Sector 5 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987,
p. 1), amended.
(2) For the purposes of the refund only the starch coming from cereal products is taken into account.
Cereal products means the products falling within subheadings 0709 90 60 and 0712 90 19, Chapter 10, and headings
Nos 1101, 1102, 1103 and 1104 (unprocessed and not reconstituted excluding subheading 1104 30) and the cereals content of theproducts falling within subheadings 1904 10 10 and 1904 10 90 of the combined nomenclature. The cereals content in products undersubheadings 1904 10 10 and 1904 10 90 of the combined nomenclature is considered to be equal to the weight of this final product.
No refund is paid for cereals where the origin of the starch cannot be clearly established by analysis.