EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 L 343/18
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2732/98
of 17 December 1998
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
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 Article
13 (3) 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 1 ofthat Regulation and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995
laying down detailed rules for the application of Regula-tion (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements forthe export and import of compound feedingstuffs basedon cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95laying down special detailed rules for the application ofthe system of import and export licences for cereals andrice (
3) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the
amount of such refunds;
Whereas that calculation must also take account of the
cereal products content; whereas in the interest of simpli-fication, the refund should be paid in respect of twocategories of ‘cereal products', namely for maize, the mostcommonly used cereal in exported compound feeds andmaize products, and for ‘other cereals', these beingeligible cereal products excluding maize and maize prod-ucts; whereas a refund should be granted in respect of thequantity of cereal products present in the compoundfeedingstuff;
Whereas furthermore, the amount of the refund must also
take into account the possibilities and conditions for thesale of those products on the world market, the need toavoid disturbances on the Community market and the
economic aspect of the export;
Whereas, however, in fixing the rate of refund it would
seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference inthe cost of raw inputs widely used in compound feeding-stuffs as the Community and world markets, allowingmore accurate account to be taken of the commercialconditions under which such products are exported;
Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
it may be altered in the intervening period;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to theintroduction of the euro (
4) provides that, as from 1
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at therate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
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 the compound feedingstuffs
covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject toRegulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown inthe Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December
1998.
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 51. (4) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 12. 98 L 343/19
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 17 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based
compound feedingstuffs
Product code benefiting from export refund (1):
2309 10 11 9000, 2309 10 13 9000, 2309 10 31 9000,
2309 10 33 9000, 2309 10 51 9000, 2309 10 53 9000,2309 90 31 9000, 2309 90 33 9000, 2309 90 41 9000,2309 90 43 9000, 2309 90 51 9000, 2309 90 53 9000.
(ECU/tonne)
Cereal products (2) Amount of refund (2)
Maize and maize products:
CN codes 0709 90 60, 0712 90 19, 1005, 1102 20,
1103 13, 1103 29 40, 1104 19 50, 1104 23, 1904 10 10 55,47
Cereal products (2) excluding maize and maize
products 39,64
(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 0709 90 60 and 0712 90 19, Chapter 10, and headings
Nos 1101, 1102, 1103 and 1104 (unprocessed and not reconstituted) excluding subheading 1104 30) and the cereals contentof the products falling within subheadings 1904 10 10 and 1904 10 90 of the combined nomenclature. The cereals contentin products under subheadings 1904 10 10 and 1904 10 90 of the combined nomenclature is considered to be equal to theweight of this final product.
No refund is paid for cereals where the origin of the starch cannot be clearly established by analysis.