CELEX: 31978R0377
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 377/78 of 23 February 1978 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 53/ 14                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             24. 2. 78
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 377/78
                                                    of 23 February 1978
                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 2560/77 (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,
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that the difference between quotations or                     on 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 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
                                                                   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
 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 24 February
                                                                    1978 .
 (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                           (4) 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, 23 February 1978 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                             Vice-President
                                                            ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 23 February 1978 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                           and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                          (u.a. / tonne)
                  CCT
                heading                                       Description                                Refund
                   No
            10.01 A          Common wheat and meslin                                                        0
            10.01 B          Durum wheat                                                                    0
            10.02            Rye :
                             — for exports to :
                                — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                 5500
                                 — other third countries                                                 6500
            10.03            Barley :
                             — for exports to :
                                 — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                5600
                                 — Iberian Peninsula                                                     60.00
                                 — Zones I, II, III , IV and V                                              0
                                 — other third countries                                                 6500
            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                                             9200
                             — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                           9200
                             — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                           8200
                             — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                         82.00
                             — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                       72.00
                             — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                       72.00
         ex 11.01 B          Rye flour :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                             45.00
                             — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                         45.00
                             — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                       45-00
                             — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                       45.00
            11.02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                            1 55.00
                             — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                        155.00
                             — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                      155-00
            1 1 .02 A I b)   Common wheat groats and meal :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                             92.00
         N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).