CELEX: 31998R2676
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2676/98 of 10 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

L 336/42             EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 11. 12. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2676/98
                                                    of 10 December 1998
                 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
                                                                    it may be altered in the intervening period;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                          Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                out above to the present situation on the market in
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the                   cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission                products within the Community and on the world
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Article            market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex
13 (2) thereof,                                                     hereto;
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                   Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
provides that the difference between quotations or prices           97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of         introduction of the euro (5) provides that, as from 1
that Regulation and prices for those products in the                January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
Community may be covered by an export refund;                       ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
                                                                    rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
Whereas the refunds must be fixed taking into account
the factors referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regula-          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
tion (EC) No 1501/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
certain detailed rules under Council Regulation (EEC) No            Committee for Cereals,
1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on cereals and
the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the market for cereals (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 2513/98 (4);
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas, as far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are
concerned, when the refund on these products is being               The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of              (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, excluding
cereals required for their manufacture; whereas these               malt, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in
quantities were fixed in Regulation (EC) No 1501/95;                the Annex hereto.
Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                             Article 2
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
vary the refund for certain products according to destina-          This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 December
tion;                                                               1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 10 December 1998.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 313, 21. 11. 1998, p. 16.                                  (5) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                                     ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 10 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on
                                                     wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                          (ECU / tonne)                                            (ECU / tonne)
      Product code             Destination (1)     Amount of refund            Product code  Destination (1) Amount of refund
    1001 10 00 9200                 —                     —                  1101 00 11 9000      —               —
    1001 10 00 9400                 01                     0                 1101 00 15 9100      01             44,50
    1001 90 91 9000                 —                     —                  1101 00 15 9130      01             41,50
    1001 90 99 9000                 03                   22,50               1101 00 15 9150      01             38,25
                                    02                     0                 1101 00 15 9170      01             35,50
    1002 00 00 9000                 03                   50,00               1101 00 15 9180      01             33,00
                                    02                     0
                                                                             1101 00 15 9190      —               —
    1003 00 10 9000                 —                     —
                                                                             1101 00 90 9000      —               —
    1003 00 90 9000                 03                   48,00
                                                                             1102 10 00 9500      01             82,00
                                    02                     0
                                                                             1102 10 00 9700      —               —
    1004 00 00 9200                 —                     —
    1004 00 00 9400                 —                     —                  1102 10 00 9900      —               —
    1005 10 90 9000                 —                     —                  1103 11 10 9200      01             21,00 (2)
    1005 90 00 9000                 03                   40,00               1103 11 10 9400      01             18,00 (2)
                                    02                     0                 1103 11 10 9900      —               —
    1007 00 90 9000                 —                     —                  1103 11 90 9200      01             20,00 (2)
    1008 20 00 9000                 —                     —                  1103 11 90 9800      —               —
(1) The destinations are identified as follows:
    01 All third countries,
    02 Other third countries,
    03 Switzerland, Liechtenstein.
(2) No refund is granted when this product contains compressed meal.
NB: The zones are those defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2145/92 (OJ L 214, 30. 7. 1992, p. 20).