CELEX: 31978R2334
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2334/78 of 5 October 1978 fixing the refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 281 / 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            6 . 10 . 78
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2334/78
                                                      of 5 October 1978
                  fixing the refunds on cereals and on 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 (*), as last amended by          Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (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 within
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 provides that the difference between quotations or                    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
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as            the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in            Annex to this Regulation .
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 6 October
                                                                   1978 .
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, 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, 5 October 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                      ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 5 October 1978 fixing the refunds on cereals and on
                                         wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                   (u.a. / tonne)
              OCT
            heading                                      Description                              Refund
               No
        10.01 A          Common wheat and meslin :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                               5500
                            — the Iberian peninsula                                                60 00
                            — other third countries                                                  0
        10.01 B          Durum wheat :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Algeria                                                              6000
                            — other third countries                                                  0
        10.02            Rye :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                               6300
                            — other third countries                                                74-00
        10.03            Barley :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                               5500
                            — Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI                                         0
                            — other third countries                                                71.75
        10.04            Oats
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                               4500
                            — other third countries                                                55.00
        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                                          108-00
                         — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                        108-00
                         — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                         98-00
                         — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                       98-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                     88-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                     88.00
     ex 11.01 B          Rye flour :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                          100-00
                         — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                      100.00
                         — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                    100-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                    100-00
        1 1 .02 A I a)   Durum wheat groats and meal :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                          171 -00
                         — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                      171-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                    171-00
        11.02 A lb)      Common wheat groats and meal :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                          108-00
     N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).