CELEX: 31976R0992
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 992/76 of 29 April 1976 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 113/46                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 4. 76
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 992/76
                                                      of 29 April 1976
            *    fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
COMMUNITIES,                                                      67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1607/71 (5);
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                  requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                  sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      to destination ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
ization of the market in cereals ('), as amended by               Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Regulation (EEC) No 3058/75 (2), and in particular the            month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16           period ;
(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 following basis :
Committee,
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
provides that the difference between quotations or                     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
prices on the world market for the products listed in                  on their effective parity ;
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                 — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
products in the Community may be covered by an                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
export refund ;                                                        of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No (EEC)                       in the previous subparagraph ;
No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                  Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3),               above to the present situation on the market in
provides that when refunds are being fixed account                cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
must be taken of the existing situation and the future             these products within the Community and on the
trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals         world market, that the refunds, should be fixed as
on the Community market on the one hand and                        shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 prices for cereals and cereal products on the world
 market on the other ; whereas the same article                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 provides that it is also important to ensure equili­              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
brium and the natural development of prices and                    ment Committee for Cereals,
 trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into
 account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
 and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
 nity market ;                  '                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75
                                                                                           Article 1
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
 when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;
                                                                   The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b)
                                                                   and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in
 Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as            the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
 wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in            Annex to this Regulation .
 Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas,
 furthermore, when the refund on these products is
                                                                                            Article 2
 being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
 ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1976.
 (!) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 306, 26. 11 . 1975, p. 3 .                            O OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
 (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                          (5) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 29 April 1976.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                         ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1976 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                                     and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                                                           (u.0. / metric ton)
               CCT
             heading                                                  Description of products                                                   Refund
                 No
          10.01 A                      Common wheat (') and mesiin
                                       for export to :
                                       — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                                                 2000
                                       — other third countries                                                                                     0
          10.01 B                       Durum wheat                                                                                             4500
          10.02                        Rye (')                                                                                                     0
          10.03                         Barley
                                        for export to :
                                       — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                                                 2000
                                       — other third countries                                                                                     0
          10.04                         Oats                                                                                                     15-00
          10.05 B                      Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)
                                        for export to :
                                       — the Iberian peninsular                                                                                 3000
                                       — other third countries                                                                                     —
          10.07 C                       Grain sorghum                                                                                           2500
     ex 1 1 .0 1 A                     Wheat flour :
                                       — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                                           5000
                                        — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                                        5000
                                        — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                                       4200
                                        — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                                     4200
                                        — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                                    3200
                                        — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                                    3200
     ex 11.01 B                         Rye flour :
                                        — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                                          48 00
                                        — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                                      48 00
                                        — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                                    48 00
                                        — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                                    48 00
          11.02 A I a                   Durum wheat groats and meal :
                                        — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                                                          7000
                                        — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                                                      7000
                                        — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                                                    7000
          11.02 A I b                   Common wheat groats and meal :
                                        — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                                          5000
     (') The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (5) Regulation (EEC) No
         2727 / 75 .
      N. B. The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306/76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2. 1976).