CELEX: 31976R1668
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1668/76 of 8 July 1976 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

9 . 7 . 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 182/ 27
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1668 /76
                                                          of 8 July 1976
                 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 11 43/76 (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
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
provides that the difference between quotations or                      within a band of 2 25 % , a rate of exchange based
prices on the world market for the products listed in                   on their effective parity ;
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
trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals           world market, that the refunds, should be fixed as
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 Management Committee for Cereals has
provides that it is also important to ensure equili­                not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
brium and the natural development of prices and                     its Chairman ,
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
 nity market ;                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as              the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in              Annex to this Regulation .
 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 July 1976 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 130 , 19 . 5 . 1976, p. 1 .                             («) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2574/ 67 .
P ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 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 July 1976.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                                               ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 8 July 1976 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and
                                                            wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                                                                  (u.a. / metric ton)
                     CCT
                   heading                                                  Description of products                                                    Refund
                      No
                10.01 A                      Common wheat (') and meslin
                                             for export to :
                                             —' Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                                                 1000
                                             — other third countries                                                                                      0
               10.01 B                       Durum wheat                                                                                               4500
               10.02                         Rye (')                                                                                                      0
               10.03                         Barley                                                                                                       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                                                                           4000
                                             — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                                         40 00
                                             — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                                         3200
                                             — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                                       3200
                                             — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                                     2200
                                             — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                                     2200
        ex 11.01 B                           Rye flour :
                                             — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                                           48.00
                                             — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                                       48 00
                                             — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                                     48 00
                                             — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                                     48 00
               1 1 .02 A I a                 Durum wheat groats and meal :
                                             — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                                                           7000
                                             — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                                                       7000
                                             — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                                                     70 00
               11 .02 A I b                  Common wheat groats and meal :
                                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                                           4000
        ( l ) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 ( 3) and ( 5) Regulation ( EEC) No
              2727 / 75 .
         N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306/ 76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2 . 1976).