COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 397/98 of 19 February 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
Date: 1998-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereal flour, cereals, export refund, groat, meal

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 397/98

of 19 February 1998

fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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 organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article
13 (2) thereof,

Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
of that Regulation and prices for those products in the
Community may be covered by an export refund;

Whereas the refunds must be fixed taking into account
the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down
certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No
1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and
the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on
the market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2052/97 (4);

Whereas possibilities exist
for a quantity of 100 000
tonnes of maize to be exported to certain destinations
under invitations to tender issued by the World Food
Programme; whereas the procedure laid down in Article 7
(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 932/97 (6), should be
used; whereas account should be taken of this when the
refunds are fixed;

Whereas, as far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal
are concerned, when the refund on these products is
being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities

of cereals required for their manufacture; whereas these
quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95;

the world market

Whereas
the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
vary the refund for certain products according to destina-
tion;

situation or

Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
it may be altered in the intervening period;

Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
out above to the present situation on the market
in
cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
products within the Community and on the world
market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
Annex hereto;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, excluding
malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in
the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 February
1998.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 19 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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. 7.
(4) OJ L 287, 21. 10. 1997, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(6) OJ L 135, 27. 5. 1997, p. 2.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 19 February 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on
wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

Product code

Destination (1)

Amount of refund

Product code

Destination (1)

Amount of refund

(ECU / tonne)

(ECU / tonne)

1001 10 00 9200
1001 10 00 9400
1001 90 91 9000
1001 90 99 9000

1002 00 00 9000

1003 00 10 9000
1003 00 90 9000

1004 00 00 9200
1004 00 00 9400
1005 10 90 9000
1005 90 00 9000

1007 00 90 9000
1008 20 00 9000

(cid:190)
(cid:190)
(cid:190)
03
02
03
02
(cid:190)
03
02
(cid:190)
(cid:190)
(cid:190)
04
03
02
(cid:190)
(cid:190)

(cid:190)
(cid:190)
(cid:190)
9,00
0
25,00
0
(cid:190)
21,00
0
(cid:190)
(cid:190)
(cid:190)

29,00 (3)
19,00
(cid:190)
(cid:190)
(cid:190)

1101 00 11 9000

1101 00 15 9100

1101 00 15 9130

1101 00 15 9150

1101 00 15 9170

1101 00 15 9180

1101 00 15 9190

1101 00 90 9000

1102 10 00 9500

1102 10 00 9700

1102 10 00 9900

1103 11 10 9200

1103 11 10 9400

1103 11 10 9900

1103 11 90 9200

1103 11 90 9800

(cid:190)

01

01

01

01

01

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

01

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

01

(cid:190)

(1) The destinations are identified as follows:

01 All third countries,
02 Other third countries,
03 Switzerland, Liechtenstein,
04 Tanzania, Burundi, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo.

(2) No refund is granted when this product contains compressed meal.

(cid:190)

26,00

24,25

22,50

20,75

19,50

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

47,50

(cid:190)

(cid:190)

(cid:190) (2)

(cid:190) (2)

(cid:190)

0 (2)

(cid:190)

(3) Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7 (4) of amended Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a quantity of 100 000 tonnes of maize to
be exported to Tanzania, Burundi, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of Congo, under invitations to tender issued by the
World Food Programme.

NB: The zones are those defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (OJ L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 20).