EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.2.2001 L39/16
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 262/2001
of 8 February 2001
fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92of30
June 1992 on the common organization of the market incereals(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/
2000(2), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 provides
thatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1ofthatRegulation and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995 layingdown detailed rules for the application of Regulation(EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for theexportandimportofcompoundfeedingstuffsbasedoncereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95layingdownspecialdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesforcerealsandrice(
3)inArticle2laysdowngeneralrulesforfixingthe
amount of such refunds.
(3)That calculation must also take account of the cerealproducts content. In the interest of simplification, therefund should be paid in respect of two categories of‘cerealproducts’,namelyformaize,themostcommonlyused cereal in exported compound feeds and maizeproducts, and for ‘other cereals’, these being eligiblecerealproductsexcludingmaizeandmaizeproducts.Arefund should be granted in respect of the quantity of
cereal products present in the compound feedingstuff.
(4)Furthermore, the amount of the refund must also takeintoaccountthepossibilitiesandconditionsforthesaleof those products on the world market, the need toavoid disturbances on the Community market and theeconomic aspect of the export.
(5)However, in fixing the rate of refund it would seemadvisabletobaseitatthistimeonthedifferenceinthecost 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.
(6)Therefundmustbefixedonceamonth;whereasitmaybe altered in the intervening period.
(7)The Management Committee for Cereals has not deliv-ered an opinion within the time limit set by itschairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Theexportrefundsonthecompoundfeedingstuffscoveredby
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 9 February 2001.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 8 February 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 51.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.2.2001 L39/17
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 8 February 2001 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound
feedingstuffs
Product codes benefiting from export refund:
230910119000, 230910139000, 230910319000,
230910339000, 230910519000, 230910539000,230990319000, 230990339000, 230990419000,230990439000, 230990519000, 230990539000.
Cerealproducts Destination Unitofmeasurement Amountofrefunds
Maize and maize products:
CN codes 07099060, 07129019, 1005, 110220,
110313, 11032940, 11041950, 110423,19041010A00 EUR/t 29,38
Cereal products excluding maize and maize products A00 EUR/t 2,67
NB:Theproductcodesandthe‘A’seriesdestinationcodesaresetoutinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJ
L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.