CELEX: 31977R2728
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2728/77 of 8 December 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

9 . 12. 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 315/21
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2728/77
                                                     of 8 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,
 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 9 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, 8 December 1977.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President
                                                         ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 8 December 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                       and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                     (u.a. / tonne)
              CCT
            heading                              Description of products                            Refund
               No
        10.01 A          Common wheat and mesiin :                                                     0
        10.01 B          Durum wheat                                                                   0
        10.02            Rye                                                                           0
        10.03            Barley :
                         — for exports to :
                             — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                               4500
                             — Iberian Peninsula                                                    5000
                             — other third countries                                                   0
        10.04            Oats                                                                          0
        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                                            8000
                         — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                          8000
                         — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                          7000
                         — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                        7000
                         — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                      6000
                         — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                      6000
     ex 11.01 B          Rye flour :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                            4500
                         — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                        4500
                         — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                      4500
                         — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                      4500
        1 1 .02 A I a)   Durum wheat groats and meal :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                           1 5500
                         — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                       15500
                         — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                     1 5500
        1 1.02 A I b)    Common wheat groats and meal :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                            8000
    N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).