CELEX: 31998R0161
Language: en
Date: 1998-01-22 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 161/98 of 22 January 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

23. 1. 98             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 18/17
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 161/98
                                                    of 22 January 1998
                  fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       of cereals required for their manufacture; whereas these
                                                                  quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
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 1766/92
                                                                  vary the refund for certain products according to destina-
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
                                                                  tion;
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article          Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
13 (2) thereof,                                                   it may be altered in the intervening period;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                 Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
provides that the difference between quotations or prices         out above to the present situation on the market in
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1          cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
of that Regulation and prices for those products in the           products within the Community and on the world
Community may be covered by an export refund;                     market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
Whereas the refunds must be fixed taking into account             Annex hereto;
the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regu-
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
lation (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  Committee for Cereals,
1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and
the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on
the market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2052/97 (4);                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas possibilities exist for a quantity of 100 000
tonnes of maize to be exported to certain destinations                                     Article 1
under invitations to tender issued by the World Food              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
Programme; whereas the procedure laid down in Article 7           (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, excluding
(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 (5), as last         malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in
amended by Regulation (EC) No 932/97 (6), should be               the Annex hereto.
used; whereas account should be taken of this when the
refunds are fixed;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, as far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal
are concerned, when the refund on these products is               This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 January
being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities         1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 22 January 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L  126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L  147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L  287, 21. 10. 1997, p. 14.
(5) OJ L  117, 24. 5. 1995, p. 2.
(6) OJ L  135, 27. 5. 1997, p. 2.
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                                                                         ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 22 January 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on
                                                      wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                              (ECU / tonne)                                                                   (ECU / tonne)
       Product code            Destination (1)      Amount of refund                    Product code           Destination (1)         Amount of refund
    1001 10 00 9200                                                                1101 00 11 9000                                         
    1001 10 00 9400                                                                1101 00 15 9100                  01                     12,50
    1001 90 91 9000                                                                1101 00 15 9130                  01                     11,50
    1001 90 99 9000                 03                       8,00                    1101 00 15 9150                  01                     10,75
                                    02                         0                     1101 00 15 9170                  01                     10,00
    1002 00 00 9000                 03                     17,00                     1101 00 15 9180                  01                      9,50
                                    02                         0
                                                                                     1101 00 15 9190                                         
    1003 00 10 9000                                         
                                                                                     1101 00 90 9000                                         
    1003 00 90 9000                 03                     10,00
                                                                                     1102 10 00 9500                  01                     36,50
                                    02                         0
                                                                                     1102 10 00 9700                                         
    1004 00 00 9200                                         
    1004 00 00 9400                                                                1102 10 00 9900                                         
    1005 10 90 9000                                                                1103 11 10 9200                                          (2)
    1005 90 00 9000                 04                    25,00 (3)                  1103 11 10 9400                                          (2)
                                    02                                              1103 11 10 9900                                         
    1007 00 90 9000                                                                1103 11 90 9200                  01                       0 (2)
    1008 20 00 9000                                                                1103 11 90 9800                                         
(1) The destinations are identified as follows:
    01 All third countries,
    02 Other third countries,
    03 Switzerland, Liechtenstein,
    04 Tanzania, Burundi, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo.
(2) No refund is granted when this product contains compressed meal.
(3) Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 7 (4) of amended Regulation (EC) No 1162/95 in respect of a quantity of 100 000 tonnes of maize to
    be exported to Tanzania, Burundi, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of Congo, under invitations to tender issued by the
    World Food Programme.
NB: The zones are those defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (OJ L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 20).