CELEX: 31985R0071
Language: en
Date: 1985-01-11
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 71/85 of 10 January 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 71/85
                                                    of 10 January 1985
                fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the world market situation or the specific
COMMUNITIES,                                                    requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                to vary the refund for certain products according to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           destination ;
Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by         Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular the          refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2),
                                                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         relation to each other at any given moment within
Committee,                                                           a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
provides that the difference between quotations or                   No 974/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
prices on the world market for the products listed in                No 855/84Q,
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those
products in the Community may be covered by an                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
export refund ;                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                     these currencies recorded over a given period in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules                 in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for              cient ;
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
of the existing situation and the future trend with             out above to the present situation on the market in
regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the           cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
Community market on the one hand, and prices for                these products within the Community and on the
cereals and cereal products on the world market on              world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is        the Annex hereto ;
also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural
development of prices and trade on cereal markets               Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
and, furthermore, to take into account the economic             not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid            its chairman,
disturbances on the Community market ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
furthermore, when the refund on these products is               (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­          exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                Annex hereto .
ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas
these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
67/ EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                            Article 2
 1607/71 0 ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 January
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                          1985 .
(2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
N OT No 128 . 27 . 6 . 1967. D . 2574 / 67 .                    (o) OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
¥) OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.                            P) OJ No L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 10 January 1985.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 10 January 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and
                                      on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                 (ECU / tonne)
             CCT
           heading                                    Description                                  Refund
              No
       10.01 B I        Common wheat and meslin
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    10,00
                        — other third countries                                                      0
       10.01 B II       Durum wheat                                                                  —
       10.02            Rye
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    10,00
                        — other third countries                                                     10,00
       10.03            Barley
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    30,00
                        — Zone II b)                                                                37,00
                        — Japan
                        — other third countries
       10.04            Oats
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                     —
                        — other third countries
       10.05 B          Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing
                        for exports to :
                        — Niger (■)                                                                 20,00
                        — other third countries
       10.07 B          Millet                                                                       —
       10.07 C          Grain sorghum                                                                —
    ex 1 1 .0 1 A       Wheat flour :
                        — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                             21,00
                        — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                           21,00
                        — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                           18,00
                        — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                         17,00
                        — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                       16,00
                        — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                       14,00
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                                                                                                              (ECU / tonne)
                  CCT
               heading                                        Description                                       Refund
                   No
         ex 1 1 .0 1 B        Rye flour :
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                    21,00
                              — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                21,00
                              — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                              21,00
                              — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                              21,00
             11.02 A I a)     Durum wheat groats and meal :
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2)                                             103,00
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (3)                                              97,00
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300                                                  87,00
                              — of an ash content of more than 1 300                                             82,00
             11.02 A lb)      Common wheat groats and meal :
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                    21,00
        (') For exports to be made on the basis of a contract awarded following an invitation to tender for the supply of
            cereals in the context of an emergency aid operation under the Lomé Convention .
        (2) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,250 mm mesh.
        (3) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,160 mm mesh.
        N.B. The zones are those denned in Regulation (EEC) Mo 1124/// ((JJ Mo L 134, 2». b . 19 / /), as amended by
                Regulation (EEC) No 3634/83 (OJ No L 360, 23 . 12. 1983).