NoL235/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.8.81
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2396/81
of20August1981
fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1949/81(2),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,whentherefundontheseproductsisbeingcalcu­
lated;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingthesedetailedrules
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinproducts
processedfromcerealsandricethattheexportrefund
shouldbefixedatanamountwhichwillcoverthe
differencebetweenCommunitypricesandworld
marketprices;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingto
destination ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforCerealshas
notdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itschairman,WhereasArticle16ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthoseRegulationsandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),providesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenof
theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwithregard
topricesandavailabilitiesofcerealsontheCommu­
nitymarketontheonehandandpricesforcerealsand
cerealproductsontheworldmarketontheother;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthatitisalsoim­
portanttoensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelop­
mentofpricesandtradeoncerealmarketsand,
furthermore ,totakeintoaccounttheeconomicaspect
oftheproposedexports,andtheneedtoavoiddisturb­
ancesontheCommunitymarket;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsonmaltlistedinArticle1(d)of
Regulation (EEC)No2727/75subjecttoRegulation
(EEC)No2744/75shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2744/75of29
October1975ontheimportandexportsystemfor
productsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice(4),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1783/81('),
definesthespecificcriteriatobetakenintoaccount
Article2 (')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
I1)OJNoL198,20.7.1981,p.2.
(3OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(4)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.65.
0OJNoL176,1.7.1981,p.10.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21August
1981.

21.8.81 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL235/11
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20August1981.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
■ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof20August1981fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
(ECU/tonne)
CCTheadingNo Refund
11.07AIB) 42-56
11.07AIIb) 34-74
11.07B 43-80