CELEX: 31997R1868
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-26 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1868/97 of 26 September 1997 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

27. 9 . 97           EN              Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 265/ 13
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1868/97
                                                    of 26 September 1997
                            fixing the export refunds on cereal -based compound feedingstuffs
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      the quantity of cereal products present in the compound
                                                                   feedingstuff;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                      Whereas furthermore, the amount of the refund must also
                                                                   take into account the possibilities and conditions for the
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92            sale of those products on the world market, the need to
  of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the                avoid disturbances on the Community market and the
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Commission            economic aspect of the export;
  Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (z), and in particular Article 13
  (3) thereof,                                                    Whereas, however, in fixing the rate of refund it would
                                                                  seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference in
 Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92                the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound feeding­
  provides that the difference between quotations or prices       stuffs as the Community and world markets, allowing
  on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of     more accurate account to be taken of the commercial
  that Regulation and prices for those products within the        conditions under which such products are exported;
  Community may be covered by an export refund;
                                                                  Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month; whereas
 Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 of 29 June 1995               it may be altered in the intervening period;
 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regula­
                                                                  Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
 tion (EEC) No 1766/92 as regards the arrangements for
 the export and import of compound feedingstuffs based            delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
                                                                  chairman ,
 on cereals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1162/95
 laying down special detailed rules for the application of
 the system of import and export licences for cereals and         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 rice (3) in Article 2 lays down general rules for fixing the
 amount of such refunds;                                                                   Article 1
 Whereas that calculation must also take account of the
                                                                  The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs
 cereal products content; whereas in the interest of simpli­      covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 and subject to
 fication, the refund should be paid in respect of two cate­      Regulation (EC) No 1517/95 are hereby fixed as shown in
 gories of 'cereal products', namely for maize, the most          the Annex to this Regulation .
 commonly used cereal in exported compound feeds and
 maize products, and for 'other cereals', these being                                      Article 2
 eligible cereal products excluding maize and maize
 products; whereas a refund should be granted in respect of       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 26 September 1997.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(4 OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
0 OJ L 147, 30. 6. 1995, p. 51 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 September 1997 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based
                                                         compound feedingstuffs
           Product code benefitting from export refund ('):
           2309   10 11 9000,  2309  10  13  9000,  2309  10  31 9000,
           2309   10 33 9000 , 2309  10  51  9000 , 2309  10  53 9000,
           2309   90 31 9000 , 2309  90  33  9000 , 2309  90  41 9000,
           2309   90 43 9000 , 2309  90  51  9000 , 2309  90  53 9000 .
                                                                                                                       (ECU/tonne)
                                Cereal products (2)                                      Amount of refund (2)
          Maize and maize products:
          CN codes 0709 90 60 , 0712 90 19, 1005, 1102 20,
           1103 13 ,      1103 29 40,       1104 19 50,      1104 23 ,
           1904 10 10                                                                             24,53
          Cereal products (2) excluding maize and maize
          products                                                                                 2,98
          (') The product codes are defined in Sector 5 of the Annex to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 3846/ 87 (OJ L 366, 24 . 12 .
              1987, p 1 ), amended.
          (2) For the purposes of the refund only the starch coming from cereal products is taken into account.
              Cereal products means the products falling within subheadings 0709 90 60 and 0712 90 19, Chapter 10, and headings
              Nos 1101 , 1102, 1103 and 1104 (excluding subheading 1104 30) and the cereals content of the products falling within
              subheadings 1904 10 10 and 1904 10 90 of the combined nomenclature . The cereals content in products under
              subheadings 1904 10 10 and 1904 10 90 of the combined nomenclature is considered to be equal to the weight of this
              final product.
              No refund is paid for cereals where the origin of the starch cannot be clearly established by analysis .