CELEX: 31977R0242
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 242/77 of 3 February 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 33 / 14                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               4 . 2 . 77
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 242/77
                                                           of 3 February 1977
                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 last amended by               Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Regulation (EEC) No 3138/76 (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
                                                                             relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                            within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that the difference between quotations or                           on their effective parity ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
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
                                                                       world market, that the refunds , should be fixed as
trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals
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
                                                                        ment Committee for Cereals,
brium and the natural development of prices and
 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
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
nity market ;
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 4 February
                                                                         1977 .
( ! ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1975 , p . 1 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 354, 24 . 12 . 1976 , p . 1 .                            (•») OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2574/ 67 .
H OJ No L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 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, 3 February 1977.
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                    Vice-President
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                                                                          ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 3 February 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                                     and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                                                                 (u.a. / tonne)
               CCT
                                                                  Description of products                                                       Refund
              heading
                No
          10.01 A                 Common wheat (') and meslin                                                                                      0
          10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                                                                                      0
          10.02                   Rye 0 )                                                                                                          0
          10.03                   Barley                                                                                                           0
          10.04                   Oats                                                                                                             0
          10.05 B                 Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)                                                                      —
          10.07 C                 Grain sorghum                                                                                                   —
     ex 11.01 A                   Wheat flour :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                                               8000
                                  — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                                             7700
                                  — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                                             7200
                                  — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                                           7200
                                  — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                                         6200
                                  — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                                         6200
     ex 11.01 B                   Rye flour :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                                               4800
                                  — 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                                                                               170.00
                                  — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                                                           170.00
                                  — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                                                         170.00
          11.02 Alb)              Common wheat groats and meal :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 520 "                                                                              8000
     (') 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 ( EEC)
         No . 2727 / 75 .
     N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306/76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2 . 1976).