CELEX: 31979R1227
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1227/79 of 21 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 155/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              22 . 6 . 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1227/79
                                                          of 21 June 1979
                 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the world market situation or the specific
COMMUNITIES,                                                         requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                     sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                to destination ;
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                      whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
ization of the market in cereals (J), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (2), and in particular the              Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16              refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
(2) thereof,
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                              relation to each other at any given moment within
Committee,                                                                a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                          their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
provides that the difference between quotations or                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
prices on the world market for the products listed in                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                         of these currencies recorded for a given period in
products in the Community may be covered by an                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
export refund ;                                                           in the previous indent ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No (EEC)                     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                    March 1979 (6) laid down the coefficient for
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                     expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3),                  ECU ;
provides that when refunds are being fixed account
must be taken of the existing situation and the future               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals            set out above to the present situation on the market in
on the Community market on the one hand and                          cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
prices for cereals and cereal products on the world                  these products within the Community and on the
market on the other ; whereas the same article                       world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
provides that it is also important to ensure equili­                 the Annex hereto ;
brium and the natural development of prices and
trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
account the economic aspect of the proposed exports                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­                     ment Committee for Cereals,
nity market ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
                                                                                               Article 1
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                    The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­               (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas             exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                     Annex hereto .
these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1607/71 (5);                                                                                  Article 2
(!) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 June
(2) OJ  No  L 156, 14. 6 . 1978 ,  p. 1 .                            1979 .
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
(4) OJ  No  128 , 27. 6. 1967, p.  2574/67.
(5) OJ  No  L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 ,  p. 16.                            (') OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 21 June 1979.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                      ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 21 June 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on
                                        wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                    (ECU / tonne)
             OCT
           heading                                      Description                                 Refund
              No
        10.01 A         Common wheat and meslin :
                        — for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                  4500
                           — other third countries                                                    0
        10.01 B         Durum wheat                                                                   0
        10.02           Rye :
                        — for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                  6500
                           — other third countries                                                   70.00
        10.03           Barley :
                        — for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                  6000
                           — other third countries                                                    0
       10.04            Oats                                                                         6500
        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                                              9000
                        — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                            9000
                        — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                            7800
                        — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                          78.00
                        — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                        66.00
                        — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                        66-00
    ex 11.01 B          Rye flour :
                        — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                            10000
                        — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                        10000
                        — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                      10000
                        — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                      10000
       1 1 .02 A I a)   Durum wheat groats and meal :
                        — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                            1 5000
                        — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                        15000
                        — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                      15000
       11.02 A lb)      Common wheat groats and meal :
                        — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                              9000
    N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).