CELEX: 31979R0506
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 506/79 of 15 March 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

16 . 3 . 79                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 66/ 15
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 506/79
                                                       of 15 March 1979
                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 0 ;
 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 neces­
                                                                  sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      to destination ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
ization of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by          Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular the            whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
first 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
Committee,                                                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                       relation to each other at any given moment within
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
provides that the difference between quotations or                     their effective parity ;
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 indent ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No (EEC)
No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                 Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                  set out above to the present situation on the market in
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3),               cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
provides that when refunds are being fixed account                these products within the Community and on the
must be taken of the existing situation and the future            world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals         the Annex hereto ;
on the Community market on the one hand and
prices for cereals and cereal products on the world               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
market on the other ; whereas the same article                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
provides that it is also important to ensure equili­              ment Committee for Cereals,
brium 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 avoid disturbances on the Commu­                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
nity market ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75
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,
                                                                                            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 16 March
                                                                   1979 .
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
(}) OJ 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, 15 March 1979 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                            ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 15 March 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and
                                           on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                        (u.a. / tonne)
                CCT
               heading                                       Description                               Refund
                 No
            10.01 A          Common wheat and meslin :
                             — for exports to :
                                — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                6700
                                — the People's Republic of China                                        79-75
                                — Zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII a) and b)                           0
                                — other third countries                                                 70 00
            10.01 B          Durum wheat                                                                  0
            10.02            Rye :
                             — for exports to :
                                — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein
                                                                                                       I71-50
                                — other third countries                                                 81-50
            10.03            Barley :                                                                  \
                             — for exports to :
                                — Zones I , II, III, IV, V and VI                                         0
                                — other third countries                                                 73-00
            10.04            Oats                                                                       64-00
            10.05 B          Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing                                   —
            10.07 C          Grain sorghum                                                               —
        ex 11.01 A           Wheat flour :                                                             I
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                           11000
                             — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                         110-00
                             — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                         100-00
                             — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                       100-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                      90-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                      90-00
        ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :                                                               l
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                           103-00
                             — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                       103-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                     10300
                             — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                     103-00
            11.02 A I a)     Durum wheat groats and meal :                                             l
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                           165-00
                             — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                       165-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                     165-00
            11.02 A lb)      Common wheat groats and meal :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                           110-00
         N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).