EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.10.1999 L279/56
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2286/1999
of 28 October 1999
fixingthe export refunds on cereal-based compound feeding stuffs
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 the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/
1999(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorpriceson 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;
(2)Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995laying down detailed rules for the application of Regu-lation (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangementsfor the export and import of compound feedingstuffsbased on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No1162/95 laying down special detailed rules for theapplication of the system of import and export licencesfor cereals and rice(
3) in Article 2 lays down general
rules for fixing the amount of such refunds;
(3)Whereas that calculation must also take account of thecereal products content; whereas in the interest ofsimplification, the refund should be paid in respect oftwocategoriesof‘cerealproducts’,namelyformaize,themost commonly used cereal in exported compoundfeeds and maize products, and for ‘other cereals’, thesebeingeligiblecerealproductsexcludingmaizeandmaizeproducts;whereasarefundshouldbegrantedinrespectof the quantity of cereal products present in thecompound feedingstuff;(4)Whereas furthermore, the amount of the refund mustalso take into account the possibilities and conditionsfor the sale of those products on the world market, theneed to avoid disturbances on the Community marketand the economic aspect of the export;
(5)Whereas, however, in fixing the rate of refund it wouldseemadvisabletobaseitatthistimeonthedifferenceinthe cost of raw inputs widely used in compoundfeedingstuffs as the Community and world markets,allowing more accurate account to be taken of thecommercial conditions under which such products areexported;
(6)Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month;whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
(7)Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject to Regulation (EC)No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to thisRegulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 October 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 October 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 51.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.10.1999 L279/57
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 28 October 1999 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound
feedingstuffs
Product code benefiting from export refund(1):
230910119000, 230910139000, 230910319000,
230910339000, 230910519000, 230910539000,230990319000, 230990339000, 230990419000,230990439000, 230990519000, 230990539000.
(EUR/t)
Cerealproducts(2) Amountofrefund(2)
Maize and maize products:
CN codes 07099060, 07129019, 1005, 110220,
110313, 11032940, 11041950, 110423, 19041010 47,70
Cereal products(2) excluding maize and maize products 31,84
(1) The product codes are defined in Sector 5 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987,
p. 1), amended.
(2) For the purposes of the refund only the starch coming from cereal products is taken into account.
Cereal products means the products falling within subheadings 07099060 and 07129019, Chapter 10, and headings
Nos 1101, 1102, 1103 and 1104 (unprocessed and not reconstituted excluding subheading 110430) and the cereals content of theproductsfallingwithinsubheadings19041010and19041090ofthecombinednomenclature.Thecerealscontentinproductsundersubheadings 19041010 and 19041090 of the combined nomenclature is considered to be equal to the weight of this final product.
No refund is paid for cereals where the origin of the starch cannot be clearly established by analysis.