1.2.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL30/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No252/89
of31January1989
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertaincerealandriceproducts
exportedindieformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustriesin
obtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinquestion
ontheCommunitymarketandthepricesrulingon
theworldmarkets;
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessedagri­
culturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
whicharemanufactured undersimilarconditions;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsandthose
whichusethird-country productsunderinward
processingarrangements ;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No166/89(2),andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraphofArticle16(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
of21June1976onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2229/88(4),andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthe
fourthsubparagraphofArticle17(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
andArticle17(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsofprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
eachofthoseRegulationsandthepriceswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundsisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,ofproduc­
tionrefunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalent
effectapplicableinallMemberStatesinaccordancewith
theRegulationonthecommonorganizationofthe
marketintheproductinquestiontothebasicproducts
listedinAnnexAtothatRegulationortoassimilated
products;whereassuchproductionrefundsaregranted
undertheconditionslaiddowninCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2742/75of29October1975onproduction
refundsinthecerealsandricesectorsQ,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1009/86(8),andCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1009/86of25March1986establishing
generalrulesapplyingtoproductionrefundsinthe
cerealsandricesector;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3035/80of11
November1980layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treaty,andthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds^,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3209/88(%specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedin
AnnexBtoRegulation(EEC)No2727/75orinAnnexB
toRegulation(EEC)No1418/76asappropriate ;Whereasaccountshouldbetaken,forthepurposesof
Article4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80,ofthe
productionrefundprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No
2742/75applicableduringthemonthinwhichexporta­
tionoccurs;whereas,moreover,intheabsenceof
evidencethatnoproductionrefundwasgrantedunder
Regulation(EEC)No1009/86theexportrefundshould
befurtherreducedbytheamountoftheproduction
refundapplicableonthedayofacceptanceoftheexport
declaration;whereasthissystemistheonlyonewhich
discardstheriskoffraud;Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthatArticle,
thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticularreferenceto:WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No565/80of4
March1980ontheadvancepaymentofexportrefundsin
respectofagriculturalproducts(®),asamendedbyRegula­ (')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.0OJNoL20,25.1.1989,p.16.
3)OJNoL166,25.6.1976,p.1.
(<)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.30.hOJNoL323,29.11.1980,p.27.¥)OJNoL286,20.10.1988,p.6.0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.57.
C)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.6.
(')OJNoL62,7.3.1980,p.5.

NoL30/42 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.89
<tion(EEC)No2026/83('),andCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3665/87of27November1987layingdown
commondetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystem
ofexportrefundsonagriculturalproducts(2)laydown
rulesontheadvancepaymentofexportrefundsthatmust
beadheredtowhentheseareadjusted;
Whereas,nowthatasettlementhasbeenreachedbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheUnited
StatesofAmericaonCommunityexportsofpasta
productstotheUnitedStatesandhasbeenapprovedby
CouncilDecision87/482/EEC(3),itisnecessarytodiffer­
entiatetherefundongoodsfallingwithinsubheadings
19021100and190219ofthecombinednomenclature
accordingtotheirdestination;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Withoutprejudicetoparagraphs2and3theratesof
therefundsapplicabletothebasicproductsappearingin
AnnexAtoRegulation(EEC)No3035/80andlisted
eitherinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75orin
Article1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1418/76,exportedin
theformofgoodslistedinAnnexBtoRegulation(EEC)
No2727/75orinAnnexBtoRegulation(EEC)No
1418/76respectively,areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation.
2.FortheproductslistedintheAnnextoRegulation
(EEC)No1009/86,therefundsgivenintheAnnextothis
Regulationshallbeappliedonpresentation,attheaccept­anceoftheexportdeclarationandtherequestforobtain­
ingtheexportrefund,ofproofthatthebasicproducts
usedinthemanufactureoftheproductstobeexported
havenotbenefitedfromtheproductionrefundprovided
forinthatRegulation,andthatsuchrefundwillnotbe
appliedfor.
Theproofreferredtointhefirstsubparagraph isprovided
bythepresentationbytheexporterofadeclarationfrom
theprocessorofthebasicproductinquestionattesting
thatthelatterproducthasnotbenefitedfromaproduc­
tionrefundasprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No
1009/86,andthatnoapplicationforsuchrefundwillbe
made.
3.Whentheproofreferredtoinparagraph2isnot
provided,theexportrefund:
(a)applicableonthedateofacceptanceoftheexport
declarationforthegoods,oronthedayspecifiedin
Article26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,where
therateisnotfixedinadvance;
(b)ofwhichtherateisfixedinadvance,
willbereducedbytheamountoftheproductionrefund
applicableunderRegulation(EEC)No1009/86tothe
basicproductinquestiononthedayofacceptanceofthe
exportdeclarationforthegoods,oronthedayspecified
inArticle26(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No3665/87,ifthe
goodshavebeenplacedundertheexportrefundadvance
paymentarrangements .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1989.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
Vice-President
(>)OJNoL199,22.7.1983,p.12.
(2)OJNoL351,14.12.1987,p.1.0OJNoL275,29.9.1987,p.36.

1.2.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL30/43
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1989fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
tocertaincerealandriceproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexII
totheTreaty
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode DescriptionRate
ofrefund
10011090Durumwheat:
—OnexportsofgoodsfallingwithinCNcodes
19021100and190219totheUnitedStatesofAmerica 13,197
—Inallothercases 13,330
10019099Commonwheat,andmeslin(mixedwheatandrye):
I —Forthemanufacture ofstarch 5,465
—Otherthanforthemanufacture ofstarch:
—OnexportsofgoodsfallingwithinCNcodes
19021100and190219totheUnitedStatesof
America 6,103
—Inallothercases 6,165
10020000Rye 5,821
10030090Barley 6,579
10040090Oats 3,519
10059000Maize,otherthanhybridmaizeforsowing:
—Forthemanufacture ofstarch 7,186
—Otherthanforthemanufacture ofstarch 7,686
100620Roundgrainhuskedrice 37,843
Mediumgrainhuskedrice 38,019
Longgrainhuskedrice 38,019
100630Roundgrainwhollymilledrice 48,830
Mediumgrainwhollymilledrice 55,100
Longgrainwhollymilledrice 55,100
10064000Brokenrice:
—Forthemanufacture ofstarch 10,669
\—Otherthanforthemanufacture ofstarch 11,269
10070090Sorghum 6,057
11010000Wheatormeslinflour:
—OnexportsofgoodsfallingwithinCNcodes
19021100and190219totheUnitedStatesofAmerica 7,182
—Inallothercases 7,255
11021000Ryeflour 15,620
11031110Durumwheatgroatsandmeal:
—OnexportsofgoodsfallingwithinCNcodes
19021100and190219totheUnitedStatesofAmerica 20,455
—Inallothercases 20,662
11031190Commonwheatgroatsandmeal: '
—OnexportsofgoodsfallingwithinCNcodes
19021100and190219totheUnitedStatesofAmerica 7,182
—Inallothercases 7,255