Commission Regulation (EC) No 2732/98 of 17 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
Date: 1998-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, cereal product, export refund

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2732/98

of 17 December 1998

fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

avoid disturbances on the Community market and the
economic aspect of the export;

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 Article
13 (3) thereof,

Whereas, however, in fixing the rate of refund it would
seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference in
the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound feeding-
stuffs as the Community and world markets, allowing
more accurate account to be taken of the commercial
conditions under which such products are exported;

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

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 Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
introduction of
the euro (4) provides that, as from 1
January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995
laying down detailed rules for the application of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for
the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based
on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95
laying down special detailed rules for the application of
the system of import and export licences for cereals and
rice (3) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the
amount of such refunds;

Whereas that calculation must also take account of the
cereal products content; whereas in the interest of simpli-
fication, the refund should be paid in respect of two
categories of ‘cereal products', namely for maize, the most
commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and
maize products, and for
these being
eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize prod-
ucts; whereas a refund should be granted in respect of the
quantity of cereal products present
in the compound
feedingstuff;

‘other cereals',

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export
refunds on the compound feedingstuffs
covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject to
Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in
the Annex to this Regulation.

Whereas furthermore, the amount of the refund must also
take into account the possibilities and conditions for the
sale of those products on the world market, the need to

(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. 51.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 December
1998.

(4) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1998.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based
compound feedingstuffs

Product code benefiting from export refund (1):

2309 10 11 9000, 2309 10 13 9000, 2309 10 31 9000,
2309 10 33 9000, 2309 10 51 9000, 2309 10 53 9000,
2309 90 31 9000, 2309 90 33 9000, 2309 90 41 9000,
2309 90 43 9000, 2309 90 51 9000, 2309 90 53 9000.

Cereal products (2)

Amount of refund (2)

(ECU/tonne)

Maize and maize products:

CN codes 0709 90 60, 0712 90 19, 1005, 1102 20,
1103 13, 1103 29 40, 1104 19 50, 1104 23, 1904 10 10

Cereal products (2)
products

excluding maize

and maize

55,47

39,64

(1) The product codes are defined in Sector 5 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12.

1987, p 1), amended.

(2) For the purposes of the refund only the starch coming from cereal products is taken into account.

Cereal products means the products falling within subheadings 0709 90 60 and 0712 90 19, Chapter 10, and headings
Nos 1101, 1102, 1103 and 1104 (unprocessed and not reconstituted) excluding subheading 1104 30) and the cereals content
of the products falling within subheadings 1904 10 10 and 1904 10 90 of the combined nomenclature. The cereals content
in products under subheadings 1904 10 10 and 1904 10 90 of the combined nomenclature is considered to be equal to the
weight of this final product.
No refund is paid for cereals where the origin of the starch cannot be clearly established by analysis.