CELEX: 31987R3483
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3483/87 of 19 November 1987 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 329/46                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   20 . 11 . 87
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3483/87
                                                       of 19 November 1987
                   fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tion ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
Economic Community,                                                  whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Portugal,                                                             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
No 1900/87 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph                   rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
of Article 16 (2),                                                          the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                            tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                     tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ;
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
provides that the difference between quotations or prices                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of                 these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
that Regulation and prices for those products in the                        tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                              previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for              out above to the present situation on the market in
granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing            cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                    products within the Community and on the world
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the                  market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to                Annex hereto ;
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community
                                                                      Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal
products on the world market on the other ; whereas the
                                                                       of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
same Article provides that it is also important to ensure              of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
                                                                       tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
equilibrium and the natural development of prices and
trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into                 the case of exports to Portugal ;
account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the need to avoid disturbances on the Community                        in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 market ;                                                              Committee for Cereals,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when
 the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat
 and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4                                       Article 1
 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore,
 when the refund on these products is being calculated,                The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
 account must be taken of the quantities of cereals                    (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in
 required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities             the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 were fixed in Commission Regulation No 162/67/EEC (4),
 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (*) ;                       The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed.
 Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                                Article 2
 requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 November
 (■) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                               1987 .
 0   OJ No  L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 40 .
 (3) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
 (4) OJ No  128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2574/67.                            («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0   OJ No  L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.                                o OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 19 November 1987.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                         ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 19 November 1987 fixing the export refunds on cereals
                                      and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                    (ECU / tonne)
                CCT
             heading                                      Description                                 Refund
                 No
           10.01 B I       Common wheat and meslin
                           for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   101,00
                           — zone II b)                                                               106,00
                           — zones I, II a), III, V, VI and VII                                         20,00
                           — zone IV                                                                    25,00
                           — Ceuta, Melilla, the Canary Islands, Djibouti, Burundi, Mali, Ethiopia,
                               Angola and Lesotho                                                     124,00
                           — other third countries                                                      15,00
           10.01 B II      Durum wheat
                           for exports to :
                           — zones II and III                                                         1 82,00 (3)
                           — other third countries                                                      25,00 (3)
           10.02           Rye
                           for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                     10,00
                           — Japan                                                                      20,00
                           — other third countries                                                      25,00
           10.03           Barley
                           for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   108,00
                           — zone II b)                                                               113,00
                           — other third countries                                                      25,00
            10.04          Oats
                            for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein
                           — other third countries
            10.05 B         Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing
                            for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   110,00
                           — Canary Islands                                                            116,00
                           — other third countries                                                        0
            10.07 B         Millet
            10.07 C II      Grain sorghum, other than hybrid sorghum for sowing
        ex 1 1 .0 1 A       Wheat flour :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                            170,00
                            — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                          170,00
                            — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                          153,00
                            — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                        144,00
                            — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                      135,00
                            — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                      124,00
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                                                                                                                                   (ECU/ tonne)
                      CCT
                    heading                                               Description                                                Refund
                       No
             ex 11.01 B                Rye flour :
           \                           — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                               170,00
                                       — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                           170,00
                                       — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                         170,00
                                       — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                         170,00
                  11.02 A I a)         Durum wheat groats and meal
                                       — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (')                                                         292,00
                                       — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2)                                                         276,00
                                       — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300                                                             247,00
                                       — of an ash content of more than 1 300                                                        233,00
             ex 11.02 A lb)            Common wheat groats and meal :
                                       — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                               170,00
             (') Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,250 mm mesh.
             (2) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,160 mm mesh.
             (3) 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1569/77 with the exception of impurities constituted by grain (other than mottled grains and
                 grains affected with fusariosis) ; 7 % maximum of which 5 % of soft wheat or other cereals.
              N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                    No 1548/87 (OJ No L 144, 4. 6 . 1987).