20.12.96 IEN1OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL331/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2441/96
of19December 1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92
of30June1992onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketincereals('),aslastamendedbyCommission
Regulation(EC)No923/96(2),andinparticularthethird
subparagraph ofArticle13(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No1766/92
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1of
thatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
Whereastherefundsmustbefixedtakingintoaccount
thefactorsreferredtoinArticle1ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EC)No1501/95of29June1995layingdown
certaindetailedrulesunderCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1766/92onthegrantingofexportrefundsoncerealsand
themeasurestobetakenintheeventofdisturbanceon
themarketforcereals(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No95/96(4);
Whereastherefundapplicableinthecaseofmaltsmust
becalculatedwithamounttakenofthequantityofcereals
requiredtomanufacturetheproductsinquestion;whereas
thesaidquantitiesarelaiddowninRegulation (EC)No
1501/95;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforcertainproductsaccordingtodestin­
ation;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(^aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No150/95(6),areusedtoconvertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(7),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(8);
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;whereas
itmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasinfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
presentsituationonmarketsincereals,andinparticular
toquotationsorpricesfortheseproductswithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarket,thattherefunds
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
Whereas,inthelightoftheamendmentintroducedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/96(9),thefigure9
afterthefirsteightdigitscorresponding tothecombined
nomenclaturesubheadingsshouldberegardedasforming
partoftherefundnomenclature codefrom1January
1997;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsonmaltlistedinArticle1(c)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No1766/92shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20December
1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(2)OJNoL126,24.5.1996,p.37.
(■')OJNoL147,30.6.1995,p.7.
(«)OJNoL18,24.1.1996,p.10.
(5)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(«)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.HOJNoL188!27.7.1996,p.22.
OOJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.62.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof19December1996fixingtheexportrefundsonmalt
(ECU/tonne)
Productcode Refund
11071019000 8,00
11071099000 15,00
11072000000 20,00