Commission Regulation (EC) No 1709/2004 of 30 September 2004 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
Date: 2004-09-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, cereal product, export refund, manufactured feedingstuffs

1.10.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1709/2004

of 30 September 2004

fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29
september 2003 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), and in particular Article 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 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.

(EC) No

1784/2003

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June
1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
the
Regulation
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
import and export
the system of
licences for cereals and rice (2) in Article 2 lays down
general rules for fixing the amount of such refunds.

regards

as

That calculation must also take account of the cereal
products content.
In the interest of simplification, the
refund should be paid in respect of two categories of
‘cereal
the most
in exported compound feeds
commonly used cereal

for maize,

products’,

namely

and maize products, and for ‘other cereals’, these being
eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize
products. A refund should be granted in respect of the
in the compound
quantity of cereal products present
feedingstuff.

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

The current situation on the cereals market and,
in
particular, the supply prospects mean that the export
refunds should be abolished.

The Management Committee
for Cereals has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs covered by
Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 and subject to Regulation (EC)
No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this
Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 September 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78.
(2) OJ L 147, 30.6.1995, p. 51.

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to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 2004 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound
feedingstuffs

ANNEX

Product codes benefiting from export refund:

2309 10 11 9000, 2309 10 13 9000, 2309 10 31 9000,
2309 10 339000, 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

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refunds

Maize and maize products:
CN codes 0709 90 60, 0712 90 19, 1005, 1102 20,
1103 13,
1104 23,
1904 10 10

1104 19 50,

1103 29 40,

C10

EUR/t

0,00

Cereal products excluding maize and maize products

C10

EUR/t

0,00

NB: The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366,

24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
C10: All destinations.