CELEX: 31998R0749
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 749/98 of 2 April 1998 fixing the export refunds on malt

L 103/20              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 3. 4. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 749/98
                                                       of 2 April 1998
                                            fixing the export refunds on malt
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
                                                                    1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (5), as last
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (6), are used to
Community,                                                          convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                   conversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission                whereas detailed rules on the application and determina-
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular the third          tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-
subparagraph of Article 13 (2) thereof,                             lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (7), as last amended by Regula-
                                                                    tion (EC) No 1482/96 (8);
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
provides that the difference between quotations or prices           Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of         it may be altered in the intervening period;
that Regulation and prices for those products within the            Whereas in follows from applying these rules to the
Community may be covered by an export refund;                       present situation on markets in cereals, and in particular
Whereas the refunds must be fixed taking into account               to quotations or prices for these products within the
the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regula-          Community and on the world market, that the refunds
tion (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down                    should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on             Committee for Cereals,
the market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2052/97 (4);
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas the refund applicable in the case of malts must
be calculated with amount taken of the quantity of cereals                                     Article 1
required to manufacture the products in question;
whereas the said quantities are laid down in Regulation             The export refunds on malt listed in Article 1 (c) of
(EC) No 1501/95;                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 shall be as set out in the
                                                                    Annex hereto.
Whereas the world market situation or the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to                                       Article 2
vary the refund for certain products according to destina-
tion;                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April 1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 2 April 1998.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(1)  OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.                                   (5) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
( 2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.                                  (6) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
( 3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.                                   (7) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
( 4) OJ L 287, 21. 10. 1997, p. 14.                                 (8) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
 ---pagebreak--- 3. 4. 98  EN             Official Journal of the European Communities                   L 103/21
                                             ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 2 April 1998 fixing the export refunds on malt
                                                                    (ECU / tonne)
                           Product code                     Refund
                         1107 10 19 9000                     25,20
                         1107 10 99 9000                     25,80
                         1107 20 00 9000                     30,00