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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)487 final
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Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC )No3035 /80laying down general
rules forgranting export refunds oncertain agricultural
products exported inthe form ofgoods notcovered byAnnex
IItotheTreaty ,andthe criteria forfixing theamount of
such refunds
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(81 )487 final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This proposal for aregulation isoneoftheadaptations resulting from
amendment ofRegulation (EEC )No2727 /75onthecommon organisation ofthe
market incereals .
This amendment provided the legal basis forgranting export refunds on
cereals used formanufacture ofcertain spirituous beverages .
The spirituous beverages soobtained must beexported without ,further
processing ,such aswhisky ,gin ,etc .Some spirituous beverages ,such as
liqueurs within subheading 22.09 CVofthe Common Customs Tariff and
obtained from aspirituous beverage for which arefund isavailable ,are
hot covered bythe said provisions . . '
Theobject ofthis proposal istofill that gap byproviding forgrant of
anexport refund for thegrain spirit contained inthe spirituous beverages
which are not covered .
Nofinancial statement isattached ,since the Commission proposals vAiich
resulted inRegulations (EEC )Noll87 /8l,and 1118 /81ontherefunds
granted forcereals employed inmanufacture ofspirituous beverages for ;
export ,included afinancial statement which covered allcereals employed
inmanufacture ofthespirituous beverages ,whether exported without
further processing orasmixtures . ■ ■ . *

proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC )No3035 /30laying down general
granting expert refunds oncertain agricultural products
form ofgoods not covered V;Annex IItothe Treaty ,and
for fixing the amount ofsuoh refunds
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THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard tothe Treaty e&tablishing .the European -Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No2727 /75of29October 1975 on
the common organiz ation oftk.3market incereals(l ),aslast amended by
Regulation (EEC )NO1187 /31(2).and inparticular Article 16(5 )thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commission (3),
Whereas Article 16(5 )ofRegulation (EEC )No2727 /75provides for thegrant
ofexport refunds forcereals employed inthe manufacture ofcertain spirituous
beverages ; ' 'rules for
exported inthe
the criteria
(1)OJNoL281 ,
(2)OJNoL121 ,
(3)OJNoC1.11.1975 ,p.1
5.5.1981 .p.1

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Whereas certain spirituous beverages ,such ascertain liqueurs within
subheading 22.09 CVoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,are obtained from
another spirituous beverage for which anexport refund for thecereals
employed initsmanufacture isavailable ;whereas thepart oftheproduct
employed inthesaid spirituous beverages cannot ,insome cases ,qualify
forthat refund ;whereas itisaccordingly necessary toamend Council Regulation
(EEC)No3035/801,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :. . ,
Article 1
Article 3(1 )(b)and (c)ofRegulation (EEC )No3035 /80ishereby replaced bythe
following :
«V
(b)inthecase ofuseofaproduct covered byAnnex IItotheTreaty :
-either derived from theprocessing ofabasic product orofaproduct
assimilated tothat basic product ,
-orassimilated toaproduct derived from theprocessing ofabasic
product ,
;-orderived from theprocessing ofaproduct assimilated toaproduct
derived from theprocessing ofabasic product /
thequantity shall betlrnt which isactually used inthemanufacture ofthe ex­
ported goods ,reduced toaquantity ofbasic product byapplying ,asthe case
may be,the special rules forcalculation ,equivalence ratios orcoefficients
fixed fordetermining the levies on .imports oftheproducts in'question .
However ,forthegrain spirit contained inspirituous beverages falling within
subheading 22.09 CVoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,this quantity shall be:
3.^kgofbarley per%vol .ofalcohol perhectolitre ofthe *spirituous
beverage exported ; * .
OJNoL323,29.11.1980 ,p.27

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(b) inthô cas© ofuse :
either ofaproduct not covered byAnnex IItothe Treaty derived from
theprocessing ofaproduct referred toin (a)or (b),
-orofaproduct derived from the mixture and/orthe processing of
several products referred toin (a)and/or (b),and/orproducts referred
tointhe preceding indent ,
thequantity ,tobedetermined onthebasis ofthequantity oftheproduct actually
used inthemanufacture ofthegoods exported ,shall beequal ,foreach ofthe
basic products inquestion andsubject totheprovisions ofparagraph 3,to
thequantity established bythecompetent authorities inaccordance with Article
8(1).Forthepurpose ofcalculating this quantity theconversion rates referred
toin (a)or,asthecase maybe,thespecial rules forcalculation ,equivalence
ratios and coefficients referred toin (b)shall beapplicable .
However ,for the cereal -based spirituous beverages contained inthe
spirituous beverages falling within subheading 22.09 CVoftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,this quantity shall be 3 kgof barley ,per %vol .of
alcohol perhectolitre ofthespirituous beverage exported ."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthe third day following that of
its publication inthe Official Journal ofthe Communities .
Itshall apply with effect from 1981 .
This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President