CELEX: 31973R2228
Language: en
Date: 1973-08-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2228/73 of the Commission of 16 August 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

17 . 8 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 229 /9
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2228/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 16 August 1973
                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             Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Economic Community ;
                                                                  requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                  sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       to destination ;
67/EEC (^ of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­           Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular the first         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2)
thereof ;                                                         Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Committee ;
                                                                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                        within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                          on their effective parity ;
provides that the difference between quotations or
prices on the world market for the products listed in             — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
products in the Community may be covered by an                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
export refund ;                                                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                         in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
67/EEC (3) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules               criteria to the present situation on the market in
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for            cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for
fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when               these products within the Community and on the
refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe                world market that the refund should be fixed at the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to             amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community
market on the one hand and prices for cereals and                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
cereal products on the world market on the other ;                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­           ment Committee for Cereals ;
tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­
ment 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 distur­              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
bances on the Community market ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/ EEC                                                 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 No 120/67/ EEC, exported in the
                                                                   natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as             to this Regulation .
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ; whereas,
                                                                                               Article 2
furthermore, when the refund on these products is
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas           This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 August
                                                                    1973 .
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.
m OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 8 .                             (4 ) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2.574/ 67 .
(3 ) OJ No 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2453/ 67 .                     (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, 16 August 1973 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                      ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 16 August 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and
                                           certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                               { U.C.It)
             CCT heading
                  No                                            Description of products                                 Refund
               10.01 A              Common wheat (*), and mesiin
               10.01 B              Durum wheat                                                                           —
               10.02                Rye H                                                                                  -
               10.03                Barley                                                                                —
               10.04                Oats                                                                                  —  .
               10.05 B              Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)                                             -
               10.07 C              Grain sorghum                                                                         —
       ex 11.01 A                   Wheat flour ( 2 ) :
                                    —· of an ash content of 0 to 520
                                    —· of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                    —
                                    — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                     —      '
                                    — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                   —
                                    — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                 —
                                    — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                 —
       cx      1 1.01 B             Rye flour :
                                    —· of an ash content of 0 to 700
                                    — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                   —
                                    — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600
                                    -- of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000
               1 1.02 A I           Durum whear groats and meal :
                                    —· of an ash content of 0 to 950                                                      —
                                    — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                                   —
                                    — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                                 —
               1 1.02 A I h         Common wheat groats and meal (2 ) :
                                    - - of an ash content of 0 to 520
        ( J ) The refund is granted solely in rcspcct of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3)
              and (5 ) of Regulation No 120/67/ EFC .
        (2 ) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat flour , groats and meal manufactured from common wheat which
              has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3 ) and (5 ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC .
        The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 587/
        67 / EEC is 2 u.a. / ton .