CELEX: 31988R0338
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 338/88 of 4 February 1988 fixing the export refunds on malt

No L 33/28                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    5. 2. 88
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 338/88
                                                        of 4 February 1988
                                               fixing the export refunds on malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the world market situation or the specific
COMMUNITIES,                                                        requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                    vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               tion ;
                                                                                        /
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   refunds should be calculated on the following , basis :
Portugal,                                                           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                         tion to each other at any given moment within a band
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
No 3989/87 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph                tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (% as last amended by Regula­
of Article 16 (2) thereof,                                               tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
                                                                    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                         these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                        tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
provides that the difference between quotations or prices                previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
oh the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of
those Regulations and prices for those products within              Whereas, following the introduction of the 'combined
the Community may be covered by an export refund ;                   nomenclature'      by     Council      Regulation (EEC)    No
                                                                     2658/87 (8), the nomenclature applicable from 1 January
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     1988 to export refunds on agricultural products was esta­
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for             blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9) ;
granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing           Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                  whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to               Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community                of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
market on the one hand and prices for cereals and cereal             of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
products on the world market on the other ; whereas the              tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
same Article provides that it is also important to ensure            the case of exports to Portugal ;
equilibrium and the natural development of prices and
trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
account the economic aspect of the proposed exports, and             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
the need to avoid disturbances on the Community                      Committee for Cereals,
market ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29
October 1975 on the import and export system for
products processed from cereals and from rice (4), as last                                       Article 1
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 (*), defines the
specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund           The export refunds on malt listed in Article 1 (d) of Regu­
on these products is being calculated ;                              lation (EEC) No 2727/75 subject to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2744/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
the present situation on the market in products processed            The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed.
from cereals and rice that the export refund should be
fixed at an amount which will cover the difference                                               Article 2
between Community prices and world market prices ;
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 February 1988 .
(') OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 377,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                            («) OJ  No  L 164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.                            f)  OJ  No  L 153,   13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(<) OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.                            (■) OJ  No  L 256,  7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
V) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.                                   0   OJ  No  L 366,  24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 4 February 1988 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President
                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 4 February 1988 fixing the export refunds on malt
                                                                           (ECU/ tonne)
                                   Product code                    Refund
                       1107 10 19 000                              120,00
                       1107 10 99 000                              175,00
                       1107 20 00 000                              205,00