CELEX: 31979R1406
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-06
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1406/79 of 5 July 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 168 / 24                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                6 . 7. 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1406/79
                                                           of 5 July 1979
                 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 neces­
                                                                     sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                to destination ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                      whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
ization of the market in cereals ( ! ), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular the               Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 1 6             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
(2) thereof,
                                                                     — 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 effective parity ;
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
provides that the difference between quotations or                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
prices on the world market for the products listed in                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                         of these currencies recorded for a given period in
products in the Community may be covered by an                            relation to the Community currencies referred to
export refund ;                                                           in the previous indent ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No (EEC)
                                                                     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general
                                                                     March 1 979 (6) laid down the coefficient for
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and
                                                                     expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3),                  ECU ;
provides that when refunds are being fixed account
must be taken of the existing situation and the future
trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals            Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
on the Community market on the one hand and                          set out above to the present situation on the market in
prices for cereals and cereal products on the world                  cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
market on the other ; whereas the same article                       these products within the Community and on the
                                                                     world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
provides that it is also important to ensure equili­
                                                                     the Annex hereto ;
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                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
nity market ;                                                        ment Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in                                         Article 1
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas,
furthermore, when the refund on these products is
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­               The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas             (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/                    exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                     Annex hereto .
67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1607/71 (5 );
                                                                                               Article 2
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 156, 14. 6. 1978,    p. 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 1979 .
(3) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
(") OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p.   2574/67.
(5) OJ No L 168 , 27 . 7. 1971 , p. 16.                              (6) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979 , p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 5 July 1979.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President
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                                                      ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 5 July 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on
                                         wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                  (ECU / tonne)
             CCT
           heading                                       Description                              Refund
              No
        10.01 A          Common wheat and meslin :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                              4000
                            — other third countries
        10.01 B          Durum wheat
        10.02            Rye                                                                      55.00
        10.03            Barley :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                              4500
                            — other third countries
        10.04            Oats
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                              40 00
                            — other third countries
        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                                          7000
                         — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                        7000
                         — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                        67.00
                         — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                      67-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                    64.00
                         — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                    64-00
    ex 1 1 .0 1 B        Rye flour :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                          80.00
                         — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                      80.00
                         — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                    80.00
                         — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                    80.00
        11.02 A I a)     Durum wheat groats and meal :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 950
                         — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300
                         — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500
        11.02 Alb)       Common wheat groats and meal :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                          70.00
     N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).