CELEX: 31973R1876
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-13
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1876/73 of the Commission of 12 July 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 192/ 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              13 . 7 . 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1876/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 12 July 1973
               fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
COMMUNITIES,                                                      ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas
                                                                  these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             67/EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community ;                                              1607/71 (6) ;
                                                                 Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                sary to vary the refund for certain products according
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the             to destination ;
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic                        Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
Community and the European Atomic Energy                          whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 Januaryl972,
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­           Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
paragraph of Article 1 6 (2) thereof ;                            refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Committee ;                                                            relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                       within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC                        on their effective parity ;
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 subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
67/EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules              criteria to the present situation on the market in
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for           cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for
fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when              these products within the Community and on the
refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe               world market that the refund should be fixed at the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to            amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community
market on the one hand and prices for cereals and                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
cereal products on the world market on the other ;                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­          ment Committee for Cereals ;
tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­
ment of prices and trade on cereal markets and,
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
bances on the Community market ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/ EEC
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account            The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b)
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                  and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported in the
                                                                   natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex
                                                                   to this Regulation .
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
                                                                                            Article 2
Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ; whereas,
furthermore, when the refund on these products is
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 July
                                                                   1973 .
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/67.
I2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5.                             (5) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2574/67.
(■•) OJ No 125, 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2453/67.                       (b) 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, 12 July 1973 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 12 July 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and
                                      certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                         (u.c. /t)
        CCT heading
             No                                           Description of products                                  Refund
          10.01 A              Common wheat (*), and mesiin :
                               For exports to :
                               — Senegal, Cameroon, Gabon, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast and
                                  Chad                                                                             25-00
                              — Other third countries                                                                 —
          10.01 B             Durum wheat                                                                            —
          10.02               Rye (*)                                                                                —
          10.03               Barley                                                                                 —
          10.04               Oats                                                                                   —
          10.05 B             Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)                                             —
          10.07 C             Grain sorghum                                                                          —
     ex 11.01 A               Wheat flour (2) :
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 520
                              — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                      —
                              — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                      —
                              — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                    —
                              — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                  —
                              —· of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                 —
    ex 11.01 B                Rye flour :
                              — of an ash content of 0 to 700
                              — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                    —
                              —■ of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                 —
                             — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                  —
         11.02 Ala            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 A lb          Common wheat groats and meal (2) :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                        —
    (') The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3)
        and (5) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC .
    (*) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat flour, groats and meal manufactured from common wheat which
        has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (5 ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC .
    The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 587/
    67/EEC is 2 u.a. /ton .