CELEX: 31977R2870
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2870/77 of 22 December 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

23 . 12. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 330/ 23
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2870/77
                                                    of 22 December 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 ('), 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
                                                                   world market, that the refunds, should be fixed as
 trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals
 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,
                                                                                             Article 2
  furthermore, when the refund on these products is
 being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
  ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas         This    Regulation    shall   enter into force on    23
                                                                    December 1977.
  (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
  (2) 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, 22 December 1977 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
                                                             ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to
                                      cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                    (u.d. / 1 Ofl HI )
               CO"
             heading                                 Description of products                       Refund
                No
         10.01 A           Common wheat and mesiin :                                                  0
         10.01 B            Durum wheat                                                               0
         1 0.02            Rye                                                                        0
         1 0.03             Barley :
                           — for exports to :
                               — Switzerland , Austria and Liechtenstein                           45Ό0
                               — Iberian Peninsula                                                 50 00
                               — other third countries                                                0
         10.04              Oats                                                                      0
         10.05 B            Maize , other than hybrid maize for sowing                                —
          10.07 C           Grain sorghum                                                             —
     ex 1 1.01 A            Wheat flour :
                           — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                         8000
                           — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                       80 00
                            — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                       70-00
                            — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                     70-00
                            — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                   60-00
                            — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                   60-00
     ex 1 1 .0 1 B          Rye flour :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                         4500
                            — 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 1 a)    Durum wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                        1 55 00
                            — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                    1 55-00
                            — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                  1 55-00
          1 1 .02 A I b)    Common wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                         80-00
     N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).