CELEX: 31974R3197
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3197/74 of the Commission of 19 December 1974 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

20 . 12. 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 341 / 19
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3197 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 19 December 1974
                  fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
COMMUNITIES,                                                           67/ EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1607/71 (*);
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 No 120/                           to destination ;
67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­               Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
lation (EEC) No 1996/74 (2), and in particular the first               month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2)                  period ;
thereof ;
                                                                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Committee ;
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC                            relation to each other, at any given moment,
provides that the difference between quotations or                          within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
prices on the world market for the products listed in                       on 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
export refund ;
                                                                            of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/                             in the previous subparagraph ;
67/ EEC (3) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for               Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
fixing the amount of such refunds, as amended by                       above to the present situation on the market in
Regulation (EEC) No 1 997/74 (4), provides that when                  cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe                    these products within the Community and on the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to                world market, that the refunds, should be fixed as
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community                  shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
market on the one hand and prices for cereals and
cereal products on the world market on the other ;                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­                    ment Committee for Cereals,
ment 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 distur­
bances on the Community market ;                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/ EEC                                                   Article 1
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;
                                                                      The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b)
                                                                       and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC, exported in the
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as                 natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in                 to this Regulation .
Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/ EEC ; 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              20
                                                                       December 1974 .
(>)  OJ No  117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p.  2269/ 67 .
(2 ) OJ No  L 209, 31 .    7. 1974,  p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No  125, 26 . 6.   1967, p . 2453/67.                         (5 ) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2574/67.
(4)  OJ No  L 209 , 31 .   7. 1974,  p. 3 .                           (6) 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, 19 December 1974 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 19 December 1974 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                                and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                                            (u.M. /t !
          CCT heading                                                                                                  Refund
                 No                                        Description of products
             10.01 A            Common whear and mesiin
             10.01 B            Durum wheat                                                                               —
             10.02              Rye (')                                                                                   —
             10.03              Barley                                                                                    —
             10.04              Oats                                                                                      __
              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                                                           —
                                — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                         —
                                — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                         —
                                 — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                      —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                    —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                    —
        cx 11.01 B               Rye flour :
                                 — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                          —
                                 — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                       —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                     —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                     —
               U. 02 A I a       Durum wheat groats and meal :
                                 — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                                           —
                                 — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                                       —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                                     —
               1 1 .02 A I b     Common wheat groats and meal :
                                 — of an ash content of 0 to 520
         (') The refund is granted solely in respect of rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (5) of Regu­
             lation No 120/67/ECC .
         The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 587.'
         67/EEC is 2 u.a./ton .
         N.B. If no amount is fixed for the refund, the corrective amount for such refund is not fixed .