CELEX: 31981R3173
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3173/81 of 5 November 1981 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 316/ 34                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             6 . 11 . 81
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3173/81
                                                   of 5 November 1981
                fixing the export refunds on cereals and on 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 necessary
                                                                to vary the refund for certain products according to
                                                                destination ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
zation of the market in cerealfc ('), as last amended by        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1949/81 (2),
                                                                Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    relation to each other at any given mcment within
provides that the difference between quotations or                   a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
prices on the world market for the products listed in                their effective parity,
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 of
export refund ;                                                      these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                     in the previous indent ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules            Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for         out above to the present situation on the market in
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that            cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken             these products within the Community and on the
of the existing situation and the future trend with             world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the           the Annex hereto ;
Community market on the one hand, and prices for
cereals and cereal products on the world market on              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is        are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural            Committee for Cereals,
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 Community market ;                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 the natural state, shall be as set out in the
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as          Annex hereto .
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 6 November
                                                                 1981 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 198 , 20 . 7. 1981 , p . 2.                         (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
O Of 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 , 5 November 1981 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                   ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 5 November 1981 fixing the export refunds on cereals
                                  and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                            (ECU / tonne)
            CCT
          heading                                    Description                              Refund
             No
        10.01 A        Common wheat and mesiin
                       for exports to :
                       — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                33-00
                       — the Iberian peninsula and Zone II b)                                  5000
                       — Zone V                                                                41-00
                       — other third countries                                                  15-00
        10.01 B        Durum wheat
                       for exports to :
                       — Morocco, Tunisia and Zone V                                           70-00
                       — other third countries
        10.02          Rye
                       for exports to :
                       — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                 1000
                       — Zone II b)                                                            25-00
                       — other third countries                                                   0
        10.03          Barley
                       for exports to :
                       — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                40-00
                       — the Iberian peninsula and Zone II b)                                 45-00
                       — Japan
                       — other third countries                                                  15-00
        10.04          Oats
                       for exports to :
                       — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                  5-00
                       — other third countries
        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                                          75-00
                        — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                       71-00
                       — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                        66-00
                        — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                     61-00
                        — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                   56-00
                        — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                   50-00
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                                                                                                          (ECU / tonne)
                  C CT
                heading                                      Description                                    Refund
                   No
         ex 1 1 .0 1 B         Rye flour (') :
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                35-00
                              — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                            3500
                              — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                          3500
                              — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                          35-00
              1 1.02 A I a)    Durum wheat groats and meal (') :
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                               130-00
                              — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                           130-00
                              — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                         130-00
              1 1.02 A I b)    Common wheat groats and meal (') :
                               — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                               75-00
         (') Destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979,
             p. 1 ).
         N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).