CELEX: 31988R3921
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3921/88 of 15 December 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

16. 12. 88                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 347/65
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3921/88
                                                    of 15 December 1988
                   fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    account must be taken of the quantities of cereals
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities
                                                                  were fixed in Commission Regulation No 162/67/EEC (4),
                                                                  as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 607/71 (^ ;
 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 necessary to
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
 Portugal,                                                        tion ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the              Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph
of Article 16 (2),
                                                                  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 rela­
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
provides that the difference between quotations or prices              of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of            rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
that Regulation and prices for those products in the                   the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                         tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                       tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (0 ;
                                                                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for               these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing             tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                     previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community
market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal         Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
products on the world market on the other ; whereas the           out above to the present situation on the market in
same Article provides that it is also important to ensure         cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
equilibrium and the natural development of prices and             products within the Community and on the world
                                                                  market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
tr^de on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into
                                                                  Annex hereto :
account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and
the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
market ;
                                                                  Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
                                                                  of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                  of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when       tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                       the case of exports to Portugal ;
Whereas these specific criteria are defined,! as far as wheat     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4        in accordance with the opinion of the Management
of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore,             Committee for Cereals,
when the refund on these products is being calculated,
                                                                  (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           O OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.
0 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.                                (j OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.                             0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed.
                           Article 1
                                                                                          Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in            This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December
the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.         1988 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 15 December 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                       '    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of IS December 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals
                                     and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                             (ECU/ tonne)
                       Product code                    Destination (')          Amount of refund
                      0709 90 60 000                                                  _
                      0712 90 19 000                        —                         —
                      1001 10 10 000                        01                         0
                      1001 10 90 000                        04                       21,00 0
                                                            07                       22,00
            I                                               02                       20,00 (2)
                      1001 90 91 000                        01                         0
                      1001 90 99 000                        05                       58,00
            I                                               07                       22,00
            I                                               06                       65,00
            l                                               02                       20,00
                      1002 00 00 000                        06                       65,00
                                                            02                       20,00
                      1003 00 10 000                        01                         0
                      1003 00 90 000                        05                       65,00
                                                            07                       22,00
            I                                               02                       20,00
                      1004 00 10 000                        01                         0
                      1004 00 90 000                        01                         0
                      1005 10 90 000                        —
                                                                                      —    .
                      1005 90 00 000                        03                       70,00
            l                                               02                         0
                      1007 00 90 000                        —                         —
                      1008 20 00 000                        —                         —
                      1101 00 00 110                        01                       97,00
                      1101 00 00 120                        01                       97,00
                      1101 00 00 130                        01                       89,00
                      1101 00 00 150                        01                       79,00
                      1101 00 00 170                        01                       69,00
                      1101 00 00 180                        01                       59,00
                      1101 00 00 190                        —                         —
                      1101 00 00 900                        —                         —
                      1102 10 00 100                        01                       97,00
                      1102 10 00 200                        01                       97,00
                      110210 00 300                         01                       97,00
                      1102 10 00 500                        01                       97,00
                      1102 10 00 900                        —                         —
                      1103 11 10 100                        04                      235,00
            I                                               02                      200,00
                      1103 11 10 200                        04                      235,00
                                                            02                      189,00
                      1103 11 10 500                        01                      169,00
                      1103 11 10 900                        01                      159,00
                      1103 11 90 100                        01                       97,00
                      1103 11 90 900                        —                         —
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            (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                01 All third countries,
                02 Other third countries,
                03 Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein ,
                04 Algeria,
                05 Switzerland Austria. Liechtenstein. Ceuta and Melilla,
                06 Zone II b),
                07 Poland.
            (2) The refund cannot be granted if the quality of durum wheat exported corresponds, to less than the quality
                defined in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 569/77 with the exception of impuri­
                ties constituted by grain (other than mottled grains and grains affected with fusariosis) ; 7 % maximum of which
                5 % of soft wheat or other cereals.
            NB : The zones are those defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28.
                     5. 1977, p. 53), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 296/88 (OJ No L 30, 2. 2. 1988, p. 9).