CELEX: 31991R0480
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 480/91 of 28 February 1991 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 55/ 12                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 3 . 91
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 480/91
                                                          of 28 February 1991
                           fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            economic aspect of the proposed exports, and the need to
                                                                       avoid disturbances on the Community market ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                    Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and export
                                                                       system for products processed from cereals and from
                                                                       rice Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  1906/87 (8), defines the specific criteria to be taken into
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                   account when the refund on these products is being
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             calculated ;
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph
of Article 16 (2) thereof,
                                                                       Whereas, on the basis of the criteria laid down in Regula­
                                                                       tion (EEC) No 2744/75, particular account should be
                                                                       taken of the prices and quantities of basic products used
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                   to calculate the variable component of the levy ;
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1 806/89 (4), and in particular the fourth subparagraph
of Article 17 (2) thereof,                                             Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
                                                                       the present situation on the market in products processed
                                                                       from cereals and rice that the export refund should be
                                                                       fixed at an amount which will cover the difference
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               between Community prices and world market prices ;
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and                  Whereas when the refund is being calculated account
Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 provide that                 should be taken of the quantities of raw materials used to
the difference between quotations or prices on the world               determine the variable component of the levy ; whereas
market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regu­             the quantities of raw materials used for certain processed
lations and prices for those products within the Commu­                products may vary according to the end use of the
nity may be covered by an export refund ;                              product ; whereas, depending on the manufacturing
                                                                       process used, products other than the main product are
                                                                       obtained, the quantity and value of which may vary with
                                                                       the nature and quality of the main products being manu­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       factured ; whereas cumulation of the refunds on the
2746/75 (*), and Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No              various products manufactured by a single process from
 1 43 1 /76 (6) laying down general rules for granting export          the same basic product may make it possible, in certain
refunds on cereals and rice respectively and criteria for              cases, to export to third countries at prices which are
fixing the amount of such refunds, provide that when                   lower than world market prices ; whereas the refund on
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the exis­             certain products should therefore be limited to an amount
ting situation and the future trend with regard to prices              which, while allowing access to the world market, will
and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the             ensure that the aims of the common organization of the
Community market on the one hand and prices for                        markets are respected ;
cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on the world
market on the other ; whereas the same Articles provide
that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                Whereas the refund to be granted in respect of certain
natural development of prices and trade on the markets in              processed products should be graduated on the basis of
cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take into account the            the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch
                                                                       content of the individual product concerned, this content
(') OJ    No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic
(2) OJ    No   L 353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                            product actually incorporated in the processed product ;
(3) OJ    No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .
(4) OJ    No   L  177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1 .
O   OJ    No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.                           O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
(6) OJ    No   L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                             (8) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.
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Whereas there is no need at present to fix an export                   a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or                  cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of
potential exports and in particular the nature and origin          Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
of these products ; whereas, for certain products processed        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
from cereals, the insignificance of Community participa­
tion in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export          Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
refund at the present time ;
                                                                   delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
                                                                   chairman,
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
the refund for certain products according to destination ;         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                                      Article 1
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band         The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (d)
      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of
      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    Regulation (EEC) No 1418/79 and subject to Regulation
      the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­      (EEC) No 2744/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the
      tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­        Annex to this Regulation.
      tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),
 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an                                   Article 2
      average of the ecu rates published in the Official
      Journal of the European Communities, C series, over          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 28 February 1991 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                                ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1991 fixing the export refunds on products
                                                    processed from cereals and rice
                                                    (ECU/tonne)                                                     (ECU/tonne)
          Product code                   Refund                                    Product code              Refund
        1102 20 10 100                    178,85                                 1104 22 30 100              171,32
        1102 20 10 300                   153,30                                  1104 22 30 900                —
        1102 20 10 900                       —
                                                                                 1104 22 50 000
        1102 20 90 100                   153,30                                  1104 23 10 100              191,63
        1102 20 90 900                       —
                                                                                 1104 23 10 300              146,91
        1102 30 00 000                       —
                                                                                 1104 23 10 900
        1102 90 10 100                   150,00                                   1104 29 11 000
        1102 90 10 900                   102,00                                  1104 29 15 000
        1102 90 30 100                   181,40                                  1104 29 19 000                —
        1102 90 30 900                       —
                                                                                 1104 29 91 000              120,00
        1103 12 00 100                    1 8 1 ,40                              1104 29 95 000              108,89
        1103 12 00 900                       —
                                                                                 1104 30 10 000               30,00
        1103 13 11 100                   229,95                                  1104 30 90 000               31,94
        1103 13 11 300                   178,85                                  1107 10 11 000              213,60
        1103 13 11 500                   153,30                                  1107 10 91 000              178,00
        1103 13 11 900                       —
                                                                                 1108 11 00 100              240,00
      . 1103 13 19 100                   229,95                                  1108 11 00 900
        1103 13 19 300                   178,85                                  1108 12 00 100              204,40
        1103 13 19 500                   153,30                                  1108 12 00 900
        1103 13 19 900                       —
                                                                                 1108 13 00 100              204,40
        1103 13 90 100                   153,30                                  1108 13 00 900
        1103 13 90 900                       —
                                                                                 1108 14 00 100
        1103 14 00 000                       —
                                                                                 1108 14 00 900
        1103 19 10 000                   108,89                                  1108 19 10 100              270,54
        1103 19 30 100                   155,00                                  1108 19 10900
        1103 19 30 900                       —
                                                                                 1108 19 90 100
        1103 21 00 000                   122,40                                  1108 19 90 900
        1103 29 20 000                   102,00                                  1109 00 00 100                0,00
        1103 29 30 000                       —
                                                                                 1109 00 00 900
        1103 29 40 000                   130,31                                  1702 30 51 000              267,00
        1104 11 90 100                   150,00                                  1702 30 59 000             204,40
        1104 11 90 900                       —
                                                                                 1702 30 91 000             267,00
        1104 12 90 100                   201,55                                  1702 30 99 000             204,40
        1104 12 90 300                   161,24                                  1702 40 90 000             204,40
        1104 12 90 900                      —
                                                                                 1702 90 50 100             267,00
        1104 19 10 000                   122,40                                  1702 90 50 900             204,40
        1104 19 50 110                   204,40                                  1702 90 75 000             279,77
        1104 19 50 130                   166,08                                  1702 90 79 000              194,18
        1104 19 50 150                      —
                                                                                 2106 90 55 000             204,40
        1104 19 50 190                      —
                                                                                 2302 10 10 000               27,82
        1104 19 50 900                      —
                                                                                 2302 10 90 100               27,82
        1104 19 91 000                      —
                                                                                 2302 10 90 900
        1104 21 10 100                   150,00                                  2302 20 10 000               27,82
        1104 21 10 900                      —
                                                                                 2302 20 90 100               27,82
        1104 21 30 100                   150,00                                  2302 20 90 900
        1104 21 30 900                      —
                                                                                 2302 30 10 000               27,82
        1104 21 50 100                   200,00                                  2302 30 90 000               27,82
        1104 21 50 300                   160,00                                  2302 40 10 000               27,82
        1104 21 50 900                      —
                                                                                 2302 40 90 000               27,82
        1104 22 10 100                   161,24                                  2303 10 11 100             102,20
        1104 22 10 900                      —
                                                                                 2303 10 11 900                —
NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846 /87 (OI No L 366, 24. 12.
     1987, p. 1 ).                           f