13.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL99/15
REGULATION (EEC)No992/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of12April1973
fixingtherefundsapplicabletocerealsandwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommon
organization ofthemarketincereals,aslast
amendedbytheAct(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)on
theAccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity ,signedatBrusselson22January
1972,andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthefourth
subparagraphofArticle16(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle16ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslisted
inArticle1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productsintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulationNo139/67/
EEC(4)of21June1967layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsandcriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefundsprovidesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetaken
oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithin
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofcerealsonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
cerealsandcerealproductsontheworldmarketon
theother;whereasthesamearticleprovidesthatit
isalsoimportanttoensureequilibriumandthe
naturaldevelopmentofpricesandtradeoncereal
marketsand,furthermore ,totakeintoaccountthe
economicaspectoftheproposedexportsandthe
needtoavoiddisturbances ontheCommunity
market;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulationNo139/67/EEC
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
whentherefundoncerealsisbeingcalculated;
Whereasthesespecificcriteriaaredefined,asfaras
wheatandryeflour,groatsandmealareconcerned,inArticle4ofRegulationNo139/67/EEC;
whereas,furthermore ,whentherefundonthese
productsisbeingcalculated,accountmustbetaken
ofthequantitiesofcerealsrequiredfortheir
manufacture ;whereasthesequantitieswerefixedin
RegulationNo162/67/EEC(5),asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1607/71(6);
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeit
necessarytovarytherefundforcertainproducts
accordingtodestination ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceaweek;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurrencies
whicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffersfrom
theofficialparity,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulesand
criteriatothepresentsituationonthemarketin
cerealsandinparticulartoquotationsorpricesfor
theseproductswithintheCommunityandonthe
worldmarketthattherefundshouldbefixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
Whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthis
RegulationareinaccordancewiththeOpinionof
theManagementCommitteeforCereals;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(a),
(b)and(c)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,exported
inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon13April
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12April1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(!)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(«)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(s)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2453/67.(5)OJNo128,27.6.1967,p.2574/67.
(«)OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.16.

NoL99/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.4.73
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof12April1973fixingtherefundsapplicabletocerealsand
certaincategoriesofwheatorryeflour,groatsandmeal
(u.aJton)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofproducts Refund
10.01ACommonwheati1),andmesiin:
forexportsto:
—Austria,LiechtensteinandSwitzerland
—ZoneV
—otherthirdcountries27-00
35-00
1-00
10.01BDurumwheat 1-00
10.02 RyeH 35-00
10.03 Barley:
forexportsto:
—Austria,Liechtenstein andSwitzerland
—otherthirdcountries27-00
35-00
10.04Oats1-00
10.05BMaize(otherthanhybridmaizeforsowing)1-00
10.07CGrainsorghum100
exI1.0!AWheatflour(2):
—ofanashcontentof0to520:
—■forexportsto:
—ZoneIa)andZoneVa)excludingNigeria
—ZoneIV
—ZonesVb),VI,VII,Ic)andNigeria
—-otherthirdcountries44-00
49-00
47-00
38-00
—ofanashcontentof521to600 34-25
—·ofanashcontentof601to900 29-50
—--ofanashcontentof901to1100:
—·forexportsto:
—ZonesVb),VIandVII
—otherthirdcountries36-80
24-80
—ofanashcontentof1101to1650 20-60
—ofanashcontentof1651to1900 15-00
ex11.01ßRyeflour:
—ofanashcontentof0to700 59-00
—ofanashcontentof701to1150 52-25
—ofanashcontentof1151to1600
—ofanashcontentof1601to200039-75
31-00

13.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL99/17
(u.a.lton)
CCTheading
No Descriptionofproducts Refund
11.02AlaDurumwheatgroatsandmeal:
—ofar«ashcontentof0to950:
—forexportsto:
—ZonesVb),VI,VIIa)andIc)
—ZonesIa)andVa)
—<otherthirdcountries47-00
44-00
38-00
—ofanashcontentof951to1300:
—forexportsto:
—ZoneVa)
—otherthirdcountries36-80
30-80
—ofanashcontentof1301to1500:
—■forexportsto:
—ZoneVa)
—otherthirdcountries29-15
23-15
11.02AlbCommonwheatgroatsandmeal(2):
—ofanashcontentof0to520:
—forexportsto:
—ZonesVb),VIandIc)
—ZonesIa)andVa)
—otherthirdcountries47-00
44-00
38-00
(')TherefundisgrantedsolelyinrespectofcommonwheatandryewhichhasnotbeendenaturedpursuanttoArticle7(3)
and(5)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC.
(l)Therefundisgrantedsolelyinrespectofcommonwheatflour,groatsandmealmanufactured fromcommonwheatwhich
hasnotbeendenaturedpursuanttoArticle7(3)and(5)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC.
N.B.:ThezonesarethosedefinedintheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No941/72(OJNoL107,6.5.1972).
TheamountbywhichtherefundmaybeincreasedpursuanttoArticle1ofRegulationNo587/
67/EECis2u.a./ton.