EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 1. 98 L 23/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 223/98
of 29 January 1998
fixing the export refunds on malt
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 themarket in cereals (
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular the third
subparagraph of Article 13 (2) thereof,
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
provides that the difference between quotations or priceson the world market for the products listed in Article 1of that Regulation and prices for those products withinthe Community may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas the refunds must be fixed taking into account
the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regu-lation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying downcertain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals andthe measures to be taken in the event of disturbance onthe market for cereals (
3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2052/97 (4);
Whereas the refund applicable in the case of malts must
be calculated with amount taken of the quantity ofcereals required to manufacture the products in question;whereas the said quantities are laid down in Regulation(EC) No 1501/95;
Whereas the world market situation or the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary tovary the refund for certain products according to destina-tion;Whereas the representative market rates defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (
5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (6), are used
to convert amounts expressed in third country currenciesand are used as the basis for determining the agriculturalconversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;whereas detailed rules on the application and determina-tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (
7), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1482/96 (8);
Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
it may be altered in the intervening period;
Whereas in follows from applying these rules to the
present situation on markets in cereals, and in particularto quotations or prices for these products within theCommunity and on the world market, that the refundsshould be as set out in the Annex hereto;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on malt listed in Article 1 (c) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be as set out in theAnnex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 29 January 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21. (5) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37. (6) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7. (7) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ L 287, 21. 10. 1997, p. 14. (8) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 1. 98 L 23/14
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 29 January 1998 fixing the export refunds on malt
(ECU / tonne)
Product code Refund
1107 10 19 9000 22,60
1107 10 99 9000 23,20
1107 20 00 9000 27,00