CELEX: 31988R3980
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3980/88 of 20 December 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

21 . 12. 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 351 /31
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3980/88
                                                       of 20 December 1988
                     fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     account must be taken of the quantities of cereals
  COMMUNITIES,                                                       required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities
                                                                     were fixed in Commission Regulation No 1 62/67/EEC (4),
                                                                     as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (*);
  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 necessary to
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
  Portugal,                                                          tion ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
  of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
  market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
  No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph
  of Article 16 (2),
                                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                     refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
  Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
  Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                       tion to each other at any given moment within a band
  provides that the difference between quotations or prices               of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
  on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of             rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
  that Regulation and prices for those products in the                    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1) of Council Regula­
  Community may be covered by an export refund ;                           tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                          tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 0 ;
                                                                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
  2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for                these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
  granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing              tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
  the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                       previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
  refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the
  existing situation and the future trend with regard to
  prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community
  market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal          Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
  products on the world market on the other ; whereas the             out above to the present situation on the market in
. same Article provides that it is also important to ensure           cereals, and. in particular to quotations or prices for these
  equilibrium and the natural development of prices and               products within the Community and on the world
  trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into              market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
                                                                     Annex hereto ;
  account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and
  the need to avoid disturbances on the Community
  market ;
                                                                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
                                                                      of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
  Whereas Article" 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                   of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
  defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when         tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
  the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                         the case of exports to Portugal ;
  Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat       Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
  and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4          delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
  of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore,               chairman,
  when the refund on these products is being calculated,
                                                                     o    OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p.  2574/67.
  (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            0    OJ  No  L 168, 27.  7. 1971 , p. 16.
  Ó OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.                                  («) OJ  No  L 164, 24.  6. 1985,  p. 1 .
  (J) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                            f)  OJ  No  L 153, 13 . 6. 1987,  p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED . THIS REGULATION :                                    The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed.
                           Article 1
                                                                                           Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in            This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 December
the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.        1988 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 20 December 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
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                                                         ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 20 December 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals
                                       and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                               (ECU/ tonne)
                      Product code                      Destination (')           Amount of refund
                    0709 90 60 000
                    0712 90 19 000
                    1001 10 10 000                           01                          0
                    1001 10 90 000                           04                        21,00 (2)
                                                             07                        22,00
                    1001 90 91 000                           01                          0
                    1001 90 99 000                           05                        58,00
                                                             07                        22,00
                                                             06                        65,00
                                                             02                        20,00
                                                             08                        66,50
                    1002 00 00 000                           06                        65,00
                                                             02                        20,00
                    1003 00 10 000                           01                          0
                    1003 00 90 000                           05                        65,00
                                                             07                        22,00
                                                             02                        20,00
                    1004 00 10 000                            01                         0
                    1004 00 90 000                           01                          0
                    1005 10 90 000
                    1005 90 00 000                            03                       70,00
                                                              02                         0
                    1007 00 90 000
                    1008 20 00 000
                    1101 00 00 110                            01                       97,00
                    1101 00 00 120                            01                       97,00
                    1101 00 00 130                            01                       89,00
                    1101 00 00 150                            01                       79,00
                    1101 00 00 170                            01                       69,00
                    1101 00 00 180                            01                       59,00
                    1101 00 00 190
                    1101 00,00 900
                    1102 10 00 100                            01                       97,00
                    1102 10 00 200                            01                       97,00
                    1102 10 00 300                            01                       97,00
                    110210 00 500                             01                       97,00
                    1102 10 00 900
                    1 1 03* 1 1 10 100                        04                      235,00
                                                              02                      200,00
                    1103 11 10 200                            04                      235,00
                                                              02                      189,00
                    1103 11 10 500                            01                      169,00
                     1103 11 10 900                           01                      159,00
                    1103 11 90 100                            01                       97,00
                     1103 11 90 900
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             (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                 01 All third countries,
                 02 Other third countries,
                 03 Switzerland. Austria and Liechtenstein,
                 04 Algeria,
                 05 Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Ceuta and Melilla,
                 06 Zone II b),
                 07 Poland,
                 08 People's Republic of China.
             (2) The refund cannot be granted if the quality of durum wheat exported corresponds to less than the quality
                 defined in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 569/77 with the exception of impuri­
                 ties constituted by grain (other than mottled grains and grains affected with fusariosis) ; 7 % maximum of which
                 5 % of soft wheat or other cereals.
             NB : The zones are those defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28.
                     5. 1977, p. 53), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2 96/88 (OJ No L 30, 2. 2. 1988, p. 9).