CELEX: 31973R1428
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-31
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1428/73 of the Commission of 30 May 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

31 . 5 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 144/7
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1428 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 30 May 1973
                 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       furthermore, when the refund on these products is
COMMUNITIES,                                                         being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
                                                                     ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
Economic Community ;                                                 67/EEC (5),. as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                          1607/71 (6) ;
67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the                Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                     requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of
                                                                     sary to vary the refund for certain products according
new Member States to the European Economic                           to destination ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                    Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­              whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
paragraph of Article 1 6 (2) thereof ;
                                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                         refunds should be calculated on the basis of an
Committee ;                                                          exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC                     which are floating or whose central rate differs from
provides that the difference between quotations or                   the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
                                                                     rate of these currencies and , in the case of the US
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
products in the Community may be covered by an                       February 1973 ;
export refund ;                                                      Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/                      criteria to the present situation on the market in
67/ EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules                cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for              these products within the Community and on the
                                                                     world market that the refund should be fixed at the
fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe                 amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
existing situation and the future trend with regard to               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 market on the one hand and prices for cereals and                   ment Committee for Cereals ;
cereal products on the world market on the other ;
whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­
tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ment of prices and trade on cereal markets and,
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect                                         Article 1
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
bances on the Community market ;                                     The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b)
                                                                     and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported in the
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/ EEC                       natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account               to this Regulation .
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in               This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 May
Article 4 of Regulation No 139/ 67/ EEC ; whereas,                    1 973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 May 1 973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 .
(^)  OJ  No L 7 .?, 27 .    1972, p. 14 .
(3 ) OJ  No L 7 .\ 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                             (s) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
(■») OJ  No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2453/67.                            (o) OJ No L 168,- 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.
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                                                                  ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and
                                      certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                     (u .a Jton)
       CCT heading                                                                                                 Refund
             No                                              Description of products
          10.01 A             Common wheat (*), and meslin :
          10.01 B             Durum wheat
          10.02               Rye (*)
          10.03
                              Barley
          10.04
                              Oats
          10.05 B
                              Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)
          10.07 C
                              Grain sorghum
      ex 11.01 A              Wheat flour (2) :
                              —   of  an ash  content of 0 to 520
                               —  of  an ash  content of 521 to 600
                               —  of  an ash  content of 601 to 900
                               —  of  an ash  content of 901 to 1 100
                               —  of  an ash  content of 1 101 to 1 650
                               —  of  an ash  content of 1 651 to 1 900
      ex 11.01 B               Rye flour :
                               —  of an  ash  content  of  0 to 700
                               —• of an  ash  content  of  701 to 1 150
                               —  of an  ash  content  of  1 151 to 1 600
                               —  of an  ash  content  of  1 601 to 2 000
           11.02 Ala           Durum wheat groats and meal :
                               — of an ash content of 0 to 950
                               — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300
                               — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500
           11.02 Alb           Common wheat groats and meal (2) :
                               — of an ash content of 0 to 520
      (l) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3)
          and (5) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC.
       P) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat flour, groats and meal manufactured from common wheat which
          has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (5) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC .
      The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 587/
       67/EEC it 2 u.a./ton .