CELEX: 31977R2222
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2222/77 of 6 October 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 256/24                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             7. 10. 77
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2222/77
                                                      of 6 October 1977
                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 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1607/71 (5) ;
 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 ( J ), as last amended by       Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 Regulation (EEC) No 1386/77 (2), and in particular the            month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
 first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16          period ;
(2) 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
                                                                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 provides that the difference between quotations or                    on their effective parity ;
 prices on the world market for the products listed in
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 (EEC)                       in the previous subparagraph ;
 No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general
 rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                 Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3),               above to the present situation on the market in
 provides that when refunds are being fixed account               cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
 must be taken of the existing situation and the future           these products within the Community and on the
 trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals        world market, that the refunds, should be fixed as
on the Community market on the one hand and                       shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 prices for cereals and cereal products on the world
 market on     the other ; whereas the same            article    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 provides that it is also important to ensure equili­             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  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 ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                                           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 (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in
                                                                  the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
                                                                  Annex to this Regulation .
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; 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 7 October
                                                                   1977 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 158 , 29 . 6. 1977, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p . 2574/67.
(3) 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 , 6 October 1977 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
                                                              ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 6 October 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                            and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                         (u.a. / tonne)
                  CCT
                 heading                              Description of products                           Refund
                   No
             10.01 A          Common wheat and mesiin :                                                    0
             10.01 B          Durum wheat                                                                  0
             10.02            Rye                                                                          0
             10.03            Barley :
                              — for exports to :
                                 — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                               5000
                                 — Iberian Peninsula                                                    6000
                                 — other third countries                                                   0
             10.04            Oats                                                                         0
             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                                          107-50
                              — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                        107-50
                              — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                         97-50
                              — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                       97-50
                                 of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                    87-50
                              — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                     87-50
         ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                           45-00
                             — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                       45-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                     45-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                     45-00
            1 1 .02 A I a)    Durum wheat groats and meal :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                           155-00
                             — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                       155-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                     155-00
            1 1 .02 A I b)    Common wheat groats and meal :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                           107-50
         N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).