Commission Regulation (EC) No 749/98 of 2 April 1998 fixing the export refunds on malt
Date: 1998-04-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, malt

L 103/20

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Official Journal of the European Communities

3. 4. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 749/98

of 2 April 1998

fixing the export refunds on malt

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 the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular the third
subparagraph of 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 within 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 Regula-
tion (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 the refund applicable in the case of malts must
be calculated with amount taken of the quantity of cereals
required to manufacture the products
in question;
whereas the said quantities are laid down in Regulation
(EC) No 1501/95;

the world market

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

situation or

Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (6), are used to
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
conversion rates of
the Member States’ currencies;
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina-
tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (7), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1482/96 (8);

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

Whereas in follows from applying these rules to the
present situation on markets 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 malt listed in Article 1 (c) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be as set out in the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 April 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 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(8) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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to the Commission Regulation of 2 April 1998 fixing the export refunds on malt

ANNEX

Product code

1107 10 19 9000

1107 10 99 9000

1107 20 00 9000

(ECU / tonne)

Refund

25,20

25,80

30,00