CELEX: 31989R0204
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 204/89 of 27 January 1989 fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice

No L 25/38                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  28 . 1 . 89
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 204/89
                                                         of 27 January 1989
                         fixing the export refunds on products processed from cereals and rice
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          system for products processed from cereals and from
                                                                      rice Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 1906/87 (8), defines the specific criteria to be taken into
 Economic Community,                                                  account when the refund on these products is being
                                                                      calculated :
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                      Whereas, on the basis of the criteria laid down in Regula­
                                                                      tion (EEC) No 2744/75, particular account should be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 taken of the prices and quantities of basic products used
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  to calculate the variable component of the levy ; whereas
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 and Article 1
No 166/89 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph              of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1077/68 (9), as
of Article 16 (2) thereof,                                            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2764/71 (10), provide
                                                                      that the amount of the export refund should, for certain
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76                  products, be reduced by an amount equal to the produc­
of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the                     tion refund granted in respect of the basic products ;
market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2229/88 (4), and in particular the fourth subparagraph
of Article 17 (2) thereof,                                            whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to
                                                                      the present situation on the market in products processed
                                                                      from cereals and rice that the export refund should be
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               fixed at an amount which will cover the difference
                                                                      between Community prices and world market prices ;
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and
Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 provide that
the difference between quotations or prices on the world              Whereas when the refund is being calculated account
market for the products listed in Article 1 of those Regu­            should be taken of the quantities of raw materials used to
lations and prices for those products within the Commu­               determine the variable component of the levy ; whereas
nity may be covered by an export refund ;                             the quantities of raw materials used for certain processed
                                                                      products may vary according to the end use of the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      product ; whereas, depending on the manufacturing
2746/75 (*), and Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No             process used, products other than the main product are
1431 /76 (6) laying down general rules for granting export            obtained, the quantity and value of which may vary with
refunds on cereals and rice respectively and criteria for             the nature and quality of the main products being manu­
fixing the amount of such refunds, provide that when                  factured ; whereas cumulation of the refunds on the
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the exis­            various products manufactured by a single process from
ting situation and the future trend with regard to prices             the same basic product may make it possible, in certain
and availabilities of cereals, rice and broken rice on the            cases, to export to third countries at prices which are
Community market on the one hand and prices for                       lower than world market prices ; whereas the refund on
cereals, rice, broken rice and cereal products on the world           certain products should therefore be limited to an amount
market on the other ; whereas the same Articles provide               which, while allowing access to • the world market, will
that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the               ensure that the aims of the common organization of the
natural development of prices and trade on the markets in             markets are respected ;
cereals and rice and, furthermore, to take into account the
economic aspect of the proposed exports, and the need to
avoid disturbances on the Community market ;                          Whereas the refund to be granted in respect of certain
                                                                      processed products should be graduated on the basis of
Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      the ash, crude fibre, tegument, protein, fat and starch
2744/75 of 29 October 1975 on the import and export
                                                                      content of the individual product concerned, this content
                                                                      being a particularly good indicator of the quantity of basic
                                                                      product actually incorporated in the processed product ;
(') OJ No   L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  20, 25. 1 . 1989, p. 16.
(3) OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1 .                               f) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65.
(4) OJ  No  L  197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 30.                               (•) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49.
0   OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                           0 OJ No L 181 , 27. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No  L  166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 36.                               (">) OJ No L 283, 24. 12. 1971 , p. 30.
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Whereas there is no need at present to fix an export                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
refund for manioc, other tropical roots and tubers or                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
flours obtained therefrom, given the economic aspect of           Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
potential exports and in particular the nature and origin
of these products ; whereas, for certain products processed       whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
from cereals, the insignificance of Community participa­          Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
tion in world trade makes it unnecessary to fix an export         of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
refund at the present time ;                                      of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
                                                                  tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­         the case of exports to Portugal ;
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
the refund for certain products according to destination ;        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2806/71 (')                Committee for Cereals,
lays down additional rules for granting export refunds for
certain products processed from cereals and rice ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :                                      Article 1
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (d)
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in Article 1 (1 ) (c) of
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 and subject to Regulation
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    (EEC) No 2744/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­      Annex to this Regulation.
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regula­        The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed.
     tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (3),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                      Article 2
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 27 January 1989.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 284, 28 . 12. 1971 , p. 9.
 (*) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 M OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 27 January 1989 fixing the export refunds on products
                                                 processed from cereals and rice
                                                 (ECU/tonne)                                                           (ECU/tonne)
         Product code                    Refund                                   Product code                Refund
       1102 20 10 100                    107,60                                 1104 22 10 900
       1102 20 10 300                     92,23                                 1104 22 30 100                 59,82
       1102 20 10 900                                                           1104 22 30 900
       1102 20 90 100                     92,23                                 1104 22 50 000
       1 102 20 90 900                                                         1104 23 10 100                 115,29
       1102 30 00 000                                                          1104 23 10 300                  88,39
       1102 90 10 100                     98,69                                1104 23 10 900
                                                                               1104 29 10 100
       1102 90 10 900                     67,11
       1102 90 30 100                                                          1104 29 10 900
                                          63,34
       1102 90 30 900
                                                                               1 104 29 91 000                 58,21
       1103 12 00 100                     6334
                                                                               1104 29 95 000                   58.21
       1103 12 00 900
                                                                               1104 30 10 000                   15,41
                                                                                1104 30 90 000                  19.22
       1103 13 11 100                    138,35
                                                                                110710 11 000                 109,74
       1103 13 11 300                    107,60
                                                                                1107 10 91 000                117,11
       1103 13 11 500                     92,23
                                                                                1108 11 00 100                109.30
       1103 13 11 900
                                                                                1108 11 00 900
       1103 13 19 100                    13835
                                                                                1108 12 00 100                114,98
       1103 13 19 300                    107,60
                                                                                1108 12 00 900
       1103 13 19 500                     92,23
                                                                                1108 13 00100                 114,98
       1103 13 19 900
                                                                                1108 13 00 900
       1103 13 90 100                     92,23                                 1108 14 00 100
       1103 13 90 900                                                           1108 14 00 900
       1103 14 00 000                                                                                         162,17
                                                                                1108 19 10 100
       1103 19 10 000                     58,21                                 1108 19 10 900
       1103 19 30 100                    101.97                                 1108 19 90 100
       1103 19 30 900                                                           1108 19 90 900
       1103 21 00 000                     62,88                                 1109 00 00 100                   0,00
       1103 29 20 000                     67,11                                 1109 00 00 900
       1103 29 30 000                                                           1702 30 51 000                150,19
       1 103 29 40 000                    78,40                                 1702 30 59 000                114,98
       1104 11 90 100                     98,69                                 1702 30 91 000                150,19
       1104 11 90 900                                                           1702 30 99 000                114,98
       110412 90 100                       70,38                                1702 40 90000                 114,98
       1104 12 90 300                      56,30                                1702 90 50 100                 150,19
       1104 12 90 900                                                           1702 90 50 900                114,98
        1104 19 10 000                     62,88                                1702 90 75 000                 157,37
        1104 19 50 110                   122.98                                 1702 90 79 000                 109,23
        1104 19 50 130                     99,92                                2106 90 55 000                 114,98
        1104 19 50 150                                                          2302 10 10 000                   16,34
        1104 19 50 190                                                          2302 10 90 100                   16,34
        1104 19 50 900                                                          2302 10 90 900
        1104 19 91 000                                                          2302 20 10 000                   16,34
        1104 21 10 100                     98,69                                2302 20 90 100                   16,34
        1104 21 10 900                                                           2302 20 90 900
        1104 21 30 100                     98,69                                 2302 30 10 000                  16,34
                                                                                 2302 30 90 000                  16,34
        1104 21 30 900
                                          131,58                                 2302 40 10 000                  16,34
        1104 21 50 100
                                          105,26                                 2302 40 90 000                  16,34
        1104 21 50 300
                                                                                 2303 10 11 100                  57,49
        1104 21 50 900
                                            56,30                                2303 10 11 900
        1104 22 10 100
NB : The products codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended (OJ No L 366, 24. 12.
     1987, p. 1 ).