CELEX: 31978R0103
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 103/78 of 19 January 1978 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 16/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            20 . 1 . 78
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 103/78
                                                     of 19 January 1978
                 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 ( 1 ), as last amended by        Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (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
                                                                  the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
                                                                  Annex to this Regulation .
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
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 20 January
                                                                   1978 .
(») OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                          (4) 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, 19 January 1978 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
                                                              ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 19 January 1978 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                            and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                           (u.a. / tonne)
                 CCT
                heading                                         Description                               Refund
                  No
             10.01 A          Common wheat and meslin                                                        0
             10.01 B          Durum wheat                                                                    0
             10.02            Rye :
                             — for exports to :
                                 — Switzerland , Austria and Liechtenstein                               55-00
                                 — other third countries                                                 65.00
            10.03             Barley :
                             -— for exports to :
                                 — Switzerland , Austria and Liechtenstein                               45-00
                                 — Iberian Peninsula                                                     60-00
                                 — Zones I , II , III , IV and V                                             0
                                 — other third countries                                                 6500
            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                                             80-00
                             — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                           80.00
                             — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                           70.00
                             — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                         70-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                       60.00
                             — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                       6000
        ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                             45.00
                            — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                          45.00
                            — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                        45-00
                            — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                        45-00
            1 1.02 A I a)    Durum wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                             1 55-00
                            — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                         1 55.00
                            — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                       1 55-00
            11.02 A I b)    Common wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                              80-00
        N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 1124/ 77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).