CELEX: 31979R0020
Language: en
Date: 1979-01-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 20/79 of 4 January 1979 fixing the refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 20/79
                                                      of 4 January 1979
                 fixing the refunds on cereals and on 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             Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Economic Community,
                                                                   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 (J), as last amended by           Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (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 within
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
provides that the difference between quotations or                     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 beirig 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 5 January
                                                                    1979 .
(•) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 1 .                              («) 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, 4 January 1979 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                           ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 4 January 1979 fixing the refunds on cereals and on
                                            wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                        (u.a. / tonne)
                CCT     I                                                                            I
               heading                                       Description                             Refund
                 No
                        I
           10.01 A          Common wheat and meslin :
                            — for exports to :
                                — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                6200
                                — Zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII                                     0
                               — other third countries                                                  71 00
           10.01 B          Durum wheat :
                            — for exports to :
                               — Algeria                                                                6000
                               — other third countries                                                    0
           10.02'           Rye :
                            — for exports to :
                               — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                 6700
                               — other third countries                                                  7700
           10.03            Barley :
                            — for exports to :
                               — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                 6500
                               — Zones I, II, III, IV, V and VI                                           0
                               — other third countries                                                  7600
           10.04            Oats                                                                        5500
           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                                          11100
                            — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                        11100
                            — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                        10100
                            — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                      10100
                            — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                       91-00
                            — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                       91 00
        ex 11.01 B          Rye flour :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                          10300
              '
                            — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                      10300
                            — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                    103 00
                            — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                    103.00
           11.02 A I a)     Durum wheat groats and meal :                                            I
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                          16600
                            — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                      16600
                            — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                    16600
           11.02 A lb)      Common wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                          11100
         NB. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).