CELEX: 31991R3462
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3462/91 of 28 November 1991 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 327 /26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29. 11 . 91
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3462/91
                                                       of 28 November 1991
                     fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          were fixed in Commission Regulation No 1 62/67/EEC (6),
                                                                     as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2849/91 Q ;
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 necessary to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 tion ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph            Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
of Article 16 (2) thereof,                                           whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                     refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
provides that the difference between quotations or prices                 tion to each other at any given moment within a band
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of               of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
that Regulation and prices for those products in the                      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                            the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                          tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­
Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of                      tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
250 000 tonnes of soft wheat flour to certain destinations ;
whereas the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of                  — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 (3), as last                       average of the ecu rates published in the Official
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 675/91 (4), should be                      Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
used ; whereas account should be taken of this when the                   a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
refunds are fixed ;                                                       cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for             out above to the present situation on the market in
granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing           cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
the amount of such refunds (*) provides that when refunds            products within the Community and on the world
are being fixed, account must be taken of the existing               market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
situation and the future trend with regard to prices and             Annex hereto ;
availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the
one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal products on              Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article             delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium             chairman,
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               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
avoid disturbances on the Community 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 export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
                                                                      (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat          the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
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 being calculated,                                           Article 2
account must be taken of the quantities of cereals
required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities             This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 November
                                                                       1991 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No   L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                              (6) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
0   OJ  No   L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13.                                 0 OJ No L 272, 28 . 9 . 1991 , p. 62.
(4) OJ  No   L 75, 21 . 3. 1991 , p. 30.                              (■) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.                            (') OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 28 November 1991 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                      ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 November 1991 fixing the export refunds on cereals
                                   and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                           (ECU/ tonne)
                     Product code                    Destination (')          Amount of refund
                    0709 90 60 000                        —
                    0712 90 19 000                        —                         —
                    1001 10 10 000                        —                         —
                    1001 10 90 000                        04                      120,00
                                                          05                       40,00
                                                          06                       35,00
                                                          02                         0
                    1001 90 91 000                        —                         —
                    1001 90 99 000                        04                       77,00
                                                          05                       32,00
                                                          06                       96,00 (2)
                                                          02                       20,00
                    1002 00 00 000                        03                       31,00
                                                          07                       85,00
                                                          02                       30,00
                    1003 00 10 000                        08                       80,00
                                                          02    .                   0
                    1003 00 90 000                        04                       31,00
                                                          05                       32,00
                                                          02                       30,00
                    1004 00 10 000                        —                         —
                    1004 00 90 000                        —                         —
                    1005 10 90 000                        —                         —
                    1005 90 00 000                        04                       60,00
                                                          02                        0
                    1007 00 90 000                        —
                    1008 20 00 000                                                  —
                    1101 00 00 100                        01                      114,00
                    1101 00 00 130                        01                      106,00
                    1101 00 00 150                        01                       97,00
                    1101 00 00 170                        01                       89,00
                    1101 00 00 180                        01                       83,00
                    1101 00 00 190          I                                       —
                    1101 00 00 900                                                  —
                    1102 10 00 600                        01                      114,00
                    1102 10 00 900                        —                         —
                    1103 11 10 100                        01                      200,00
                    1103 11 10 200                        01                      200,00
                    1103 11 10 500                        01                        0
                    1103 11 10 900                        01                        0
                    1103 11 90 100                        01                      114,00
                    1103 11 90 900                        —                         —
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            (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                01 All third countries,
                02  Other third countries,
                03  Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein,
                04  Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Ceuta and Melilla,
                05 The Soviet Union ,
                06 Algeria,
                07 The People's Republic of China,
                08 Zone II b).
            (2) Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 in respect
                of a quantity of 250 000 tonnes of soft wheat flour destined for Algeria.
            A® .• The zones are those defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134,
                   28.5.1977, p. 53), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/89 (OJ No L 292, 11 . 10.
                    1989, p. 10).