NoL86/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.3.74
REGULATION (EEC)No732/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of29March1974
fixingtheexportrefundsoncereal-basedcompoundfeedingstuffs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/67/
EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbythe
Regulation (EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthefourthsubparagraph of
Article16(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle16ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1ofthatRegulationandpricesforthosepro­
ductswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulationNo139/67/
(EEC)(3)of21June1967layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsandcriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefundsprovidesthat
whenrefundsarebeingfixedaccountmustbetaken
ofthe:existingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regard^topricesandavailabilitiesofcerealsonthe
Communitymarketontheonehandandpricesfor
cerealsandcerealproductsontheother;whereas
thesameArticleprovidesthatitisalsoimportantto
ensureequilibriumandthenaturaldevelopmentof
pricesandtradeonthecerealmarkets;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingrulesandcriteria
tothepresentsituationonthemarketincereal­
basedcompoundfeedingstuffsthattheexportre­
fundshouldbefixedatanamountwhichwillcover
thedifferencebetweenCommunitypricesandworld
marketprices;
WhereasArticle7(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No968/68(4)of15July1968onthesystemtobe
appliedtocereal-basedcompoundfeedingstuffs ,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2196/69(5),pro­
videsthat,whenexportrefundsoncereal-basedcom­
poundfeedingstuffsarebeingfixed,onlythepro­
ductsnormallyusedinthemanufactureofcom­
poundfeedingstuffsforwhicharefundmaybefixed
shouldbetakenintoaccount;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1913/69(8)of29September1969onthegranting
andtheadvancefixingoftheexportrefundor
cereal-basedcompoundfeedingstuffsprovidesthat
calculationoftheexportrefundmustbebasedonthe
levyapplicabletomaize;whereas'thiscalculation
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%>,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrates
ofeachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedonceamonth;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOninionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals
(')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(l)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(»)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2453/67. (s)OJNoL279,6.11.1969,p.1.
HOJNoL166,17.7.1968,p.2. (#)OINoL246.30.9.1969,p.11.

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toRegulation (EEC)No968/68areherebyfixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Article2
Theexportrefundsonthecompoundfeedingstuffs
coveredbyRegulationNo120/67/EECandsubjectThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29March1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
CCTheading
NoSpecial
specification
forrefundNomenclature insimplifiedwordingRefundin
u.a./100kg
(thirdcountries)
2.1.07BT
3010Preparations ofakindusedinanimaifeeding,coveredby
Regulation (EEC)No968/68,containingstarch,glucoseorglucose
syrupfallingwithinsubheadingsNos17.02Band17.05Bormilk
products(fallingwithinheadingsNos04.01,04.02,04.03and04.04
andsubheadings17.02Aand17.05A):
ofamilkpowder(x)contentoflessthan50°/obyweightandof
cerealproducts(2)contentbyweight:
—Exceeding5%butnotexceeding15°/o
4010 —Exceeding15%butnotexceeding30% —
5010 —Exceeding30%butnotexceeding50%> —
6010 —Exceeding50%butnotexceeding65°/o
7010 —Exceeding65%> —
(')Ifthepreparationofakindusedinanimalfeedingcontainsskimmed-milkpowderfallingwithinsubheadingNo04.02AIIb)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,theamountsfixedintheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No757/71initsversionnowinforcearechargedattheimportation
(■)'Cerealproducts'meanstheproductsfallingwithinChapter10andheadingsNos11.01and11.02(excludingsubheadingNo11.02G)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.