NoL176/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.6.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1737/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of29June1973
fixingtheexportrefundsoncereal-basedcompoundfeedingstuffs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/67/
EEC(x)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbythe
Act(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community,signedatBrusselson22January1972,
andinparticularthefirstsentenceofthefourth
subparagraphofArticle16(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle16ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthosepro­
ductswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulationNo139/67/
EEC(4)of21June1967layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsandcriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefundsprovidesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetaken
oftheexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardtopricesandavailabilitiesofcerealsonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
cerealsandcerealproductsontheother;whereas
thesameArticleprovidesthatitisalsoimportantto
ensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelopmentof
pricesandtradeonthecerealmarkets;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingrulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketincereal­
basedcompoundfeedingstuffsthattheexportre­
fundshouldbefixedatanamountwhichwillcover
thedifferencebetweenCommunitypricesandworld
marketprices;
WhereasArticle7(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No968/68(5)of15July1968onthesystemtobe
appliedtocereal-basedcompoundfeedingstuffs ,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2196/69(®),pro­
videsthat,whenexportrefundsoncereal-basedcom­
poundfeedingstuffsarebeingfixed,onlythepro­
ductsnormallyusedinthemanufactureofcom•
poundfeedingstuffsforwhicharefundmaybefixed
shouldbetakenintoaccount;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1913/69(7)of29September1969onthegranting
andtheadvancefixingoftheexportrefundon
cereal-basedcompoundfeedingstuffsprovidesthat
calculationoftheexportrefundmustbebasedonthe
levyapplicabletomaize;whereasthiscalculation
mustalsotakeaccountofthecerealproductscon­
tent;whereas,therefore,intheinterestofsimplifica­
tion,compoundfeedingstuffsshouldbeplacedin
categoriesandtherefundforeachcategoryshould
befixedonthebasisofaquantityofmaizewhichis
representative oftheusualcerealproductscontent
forthecategoryconcerned;whereas,furthermore,
theamountoftherefundmayalsotakeintoac­
countthesituationonthemarketincerealproducts
otherthanmaize;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforcompoundfeedingstuffs
accordingtodestination;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25°/o,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrates
ofeachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereastheOpinionoftheMonetaryCommittee
wasrequested;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals;í1)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(s)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(®)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(<)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2453/67.
(s)OJNoL166,17.7.1968,p.2.(fl)OJNoL279,6.11.1969,p.1.
(7)OJNoL246,30.9.1969,p.11.

30.6.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL176/29
toRegulation (EEC)No968/68areherebyfixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Article2
Theexportrefundsonthecompoundfeedingstuffs
coveredbyRegulationNo120/67/EECandsubjectThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
CCTheading
NoSpecial
specification
forrefundNomenclature insimplifiedwordingRefundin
u.a./100kg
(thirdcountries)
23.07BI Preparationsofakindusedinanimalfeeding,coveredby
Regulation (EEC)No968/68,containingstarch,glucoseorglucose
syrupfallingwithinsubheadingsNos17.02Band17.05Bormilk
products(fallingwithinheadingsNos04.01,04.02,04.03and04.04
andsubheadings17.02Aand17.05A):
ofamilkpowder(J)contentoflessthan50%>byweightandof
cerealproducts(2)contentbyweight:
3010—Exceeding5%butnotexceeding15°/o 0-060
4010 —Exceeding15°/obutnotexceeding30% 0-150
5010 —Exceeding30°/obutnotexceeding50°/o 0-270
6010 —Exceeding50°/obutnotexceeding65% 0-360
7010 —Exceeding65°/o 0-450
(')Ifthepreparationofakindusedinanimalfeedingcontainsskimmed-milkpowderfallingwithinsubheadingNo04.02AIIb)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,theamountsfixedintheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No757/71initsversionnowinforcearechargedattheimportation
(*)'Cerealproducts'meanstheproductsfallingwithinChapter10andheadingsNos11.01and11.02(excludingsubheadingNo11.02G)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.