31.7.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL200/1
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REGULATION (EEC)No1955/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of22July1975
onproductionrefundsinthecerealsandricesectors
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(')of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No665/75(2),andinparticularArticle
11(3)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/
67/EEC(3)of25July1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No668/75(4),andinparticularArticle9
(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,onaccountofthespecialsituationonthe
marketinstarchesand,inparticular,theneedforthe
starchindustrytoensurethatitspricesarecompeti­
tivewiththoseofsubstituteproducts,RegulationsNo
120/67/EECandNo359/67/EECprovidedforthe
grantingofaproductionrefund,inorderthatthe
starchindustrymightobtainthebasicproductsit
requiresatalowerpricethanthatwhichwouldresult
fromtheapplicationoftherulesofthecommon
organizationofthemarketsintheproductsinques­
tion;
Whereasanassessmentofthesituationresultingfrom
thelevelofcommonpricesandfromthecompetition
between,ontheonhandmaizestarch,ricestarchand
potatostarchandontheother,thesubstitutechem­
icalproducts,indicatesthattheproductionrefundon
maizeusedinstarchmanufacture shouldbefixedat
1()•()()unitsofaccountpermetricton;whereasa
productionrefundof16-30unitsofaccountper
metrictonofcommonwheatandof12-30unitsof
accountpermetrictonofbrokenriceusedforstarch
manufacturewouldbeaimedatensuringabalancebetweentheuseoftheseproductsandtheuseof
maize;whereas,however,theleveloftheabovemen­
tionedrefundsshouldbeguaranteedonlyinsofaras
thepriceofthebasicproductsontheworldmarketis
situatedbelowthethresholdpriceforeachofthese
products;
Whereasonaccountoftheconnection betweenthe
productionpricesoftherawmaterialsusedinthe
manufactureofcerealandpotatostarchesandofthe
interchangeability ofthesetwoproducts,abalanced
relationshipshouldbemaintainedbetweentheprices
oftheseproducts;whereastherefundgrantedshould
thereforebethesameforbothoftheseproducts;
whereas,however,therefundpaidtoproducersof
potatostarchshouldbesuchastoassureCommunity
potatoproducersofapriceallowingthemafair
income,whilethemarketconditionsforcerealsused
instarchmanufactureandthecommonmarketorgani­
zationsgoverningthemaresuchastoensurethat
theirpriceisinfactheldatthelevelofthethreshold
price;whereasstepsshouldthereforebetakento
ensurethatpotatoproducersultimatelybenefitfrom
therefundpaidtoproducersofpotatostarch;
Whereastheproductionrefundtobegrantedon
groatsandmealforthemanufactureofglucosebythe
processknownasdirecthydrolysisshouldbefixedat
suchalevelastoachieveabalancebetweenglucose
manufactured bysuchaprocessandglucosemanufac­
turedfromstarch;
Whereas,intheeventofappreciableandpersistent
variationsintheworldpriceofmaize,commonwheat
andbrokenrice,theserefundsshouldbelimited,so
longasworldmarketpricesremainhigh,insucha
wayastoavoiddisturbances intheCommunity
marketandtopreventthefinancialburdenofproduc­
tionrefundsfrombecomingexcessive;
Whereastheabovementioned measuresshouldnot
disturbthemarketsinthirdcountries;whereas,there­
fore,intheeventofanappreciableandpersistent(')OJNo117,29.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(3)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.(2)OJNoL72,20.3.1975,p.14.
(4)OJNoL72,20.3.1975,p.IS.

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3.MemberStatesshallgrantaproductionrefund
onbrokenriceforthemanufacture ofstarchof12-30
unitsofaccountpermetricton,lessanyaccession
compensatory amountapplicableforbrokenrice.
TITLEII
Productionrefundsonpotatostarchincreaseinpricesonthesaidmarkets,provision
shouldbemadeforcompensatory measuresconsisting
ofthechargingofalevyonexportedproductswitha
viewtoreducingtheadvantagesgrantedtoCommu­
nitymanufacturers toanappropriatelevel;
WhereasunderArticle57oftheActofAccession(')
infixingthelevelofthevariouselementsoftheprice
andintervention system,execptforintervention
prices,accountistobetakenforthenewMember
States,totheextentnecessaryfortheproperfunc­
tioningofCommunityrules,ofthedifferencein
pricesexpressedbythecompensatory amount;
whereas,however,fortheapplicationofthisprovision,
thecompensatory amountmaybereducedinaccor­
dancewithArticle7ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
229/73(2)of31January1973layingdowngeneral
rulesforthesystemofcompensatory amountsfor
cerealsandfixingtheseforcertainproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2518/74(3)and
Article5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No243/73(4)
of31January1973layingdowngeneralrulesforthe
systemofcompensatory amountsforriceandfixing
theseamountsforcertainproducts,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1999/74(5);
Whereas,forreasonsofclarity,itisdesirablethatthe
provisionsrelatingtoproductionrefundsoncereals
andriceformthesubjectofanewRegulationand
thatCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1132/74(6)of29
April1974onproductionrefundsinthecerealsand
ricesectorsasamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3113/74(7)thereforeberepeated,Article2
MemberStatesshallgrantaproductionrefundof
1000unitsofaccountpermetrictonofpotatostarch,
lessanyapplicableaccessioncompensatory amounts
formaizeandmultipliedbythecoefficient1-61.
Article3
1.Thepricetobepaidtotheproduceratthedeli­
vered-to-factory stageforthequantityofpotatoes
requiredtomanufacture ametrictonofpotatostarch
shallbeequaltotheamountoftheproductionrefund
mentionedinArticle2,increasedbyanamountof
notlessthan162-00unitsofaccount.
2.Theproductionrefundshallbecalculatedonthe
basisofthequantityofpotatoesdeliveredtostarch
manufacturers ,accountbeingtakenofthestarch
contentofthepotatoesatthetimeofdelivery.
Itshallbepaidinfulltothestarchmanufacturer ifhe
furnishesproof:
—ofthequantitiesofpotatoesdeliveredtohimand
theirstarchcontentatthetimeofdelivery;
—ofpaymenttotheproducerofanamountnotless
thanthepricefixedinparagraph 1,accountbeing
takenofthestarchcontentofthepotatoes.
Wherethepricetotheproducerislessthanthe
minimumreferredtointhesecondindentofthe
secondparagraph,therefundpaidtothestarchmanu­
facturershallbereducedbythedifferenceinquestion.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
TITLEI
Produtionrefundsoncerealstarch
Article1
1.MemberStatesshallgrantaproductionrefund
onmaizeforthemanufacture ofstarchof10-00units
ofaccountpermetrictonlessanyaccessioncompen­
satoryamountapplicable .
2.MemberStatesshallgrantaproductionrefund
oncommonwheatforthemanufacture ofstarchof
16-30unitsofaccountpermetricton,lessanyacces­
sioncompensatory amountapplicableforcommon
wheat.TITLEIII
Productionrefundsonmaizegroats
andmealandbrokenrice
')0|NoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
-)OJNoL27,1.2.1973,p.25.
■')OJNoL270,5.10.1974,p.1.
4)OfNoL29,1.2.1973,p.26.
5)O'lNoL209,31.7.1974,p.5.
b)O'lNoL128,10.5.1974,p.24.
7)OJNoL332,12.12.1974,p.1.Article4
MemberStatesshallgrantaproductionrefundon
maizegroatsandmealforthemanufactureofglucose

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undersubheading17.02BIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(!)bytheprocessknownasdirect
hydrolysis .
Theproductionrefundpermetrictonofmaizegroats
andmealsousedshallbe10-00unitsofaccountless
anyapplicableaccessioncompensatory amountfor
maizeandmultipliedbythecoefficient1-23.
Article5
MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresto
ensurethattherefundreferredtoinArticle4is
limitedtothequantitiesofmaizegroatsandmeal
actuallyusedintheCommunity bytheglucose
industry.
TITLEIV
Generalprovisions
Article6
1.Ifthepricesofthebasicproductsmentionedin
Article1showappreciableandpersistentvariations
ontheworldmarketinrelationtotheirrespective
thresholdpriceslesstheproductionrefund,the
productionrefundsspecifiedinArticles1,2and4
maybealteredbytheCouncilactingonaqualified
majorityonaproposalfromtheCommission .
2.Iftheworldmarketpriceofmaize,common
wheatorbrokenriceappreciablyandpersistently
exceedsitsrespectivethresholdpricelesstheproduc­
tionrefund,anexportlevyshallbeintroducedfor
productsfallingwithinheadings11.08A,11.09,17.02
BII,17.05Band23.03AIoftheCommonCustoms
Tarifftocompensateforthisexcess.TheCommission
shallfixtheexportlevy.
Article7
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission notlater
thanfourmonthsaftertheendofthemarketingyearofthequantityofproductsforwhichproduction
refundshavebeenpaid.
Article8
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulation
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle26ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
andArticle26ofRegulationNo359/67/EECinparti­
cularasregards:
(a)theexportlevyreferredtoinArticle6(2);
(b)thegrantingofadvancesonproductionrefunds
whichmayinvolvethegivingofsecurity;
(c)thecalculation ,inaccordancewithascaledrawn
upintermsofthestarchcontentoftheproduct,
ofthequantityofpotatoesrequiredtomanufac­
ture1metrictonofstarch;
(d)theconditionsunderwhichpotatoesareaccepted
andpaidforandtheconditionsunderwhichthe
proofmentionedinthesecondsubparagraph of
Article3(2)mustbefurnished.
Article9
Regulation (EEC)No1132/74isherebyrepealedwith
effectfromthedatesreferredtoinArticle10forthe
productsmentionedtherein.
However,thisRegulationshallremainapplicablefor
therefundsgrantedfortheproductsinquestion
beforethesedates.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforce:
—on1August1975,forproductscoveredbyRegula­
tionNo120/67/EEC,
—on1September1975,forproductscoveredby
RegulationNo359/67/EEC.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA
(')PursuanttoRegulationNo189/66/EEC,theproducts
fallingwithintariffsubheading17.02BIaresubjectto
thesamearrangements asthoselaiddownforproducts
fallingwithinsubheading17.02BII.