CELEX: 31988R3344
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3344/88 of 27 October 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 295/64                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 10 . 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3344/88
                                                       of 27 October 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 162/67/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 momernt within a band
                                                                         of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
provides that the difference between quotations or prices                rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of
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 (6), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1636/87 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               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal            out above to the present situation on the market in
products on the world market on the other ; whereas the              cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
same Article provides that it is also important to ensure            products within the Community and on the world
equilibrium and the natural development of prices and                market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into
                                                                     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 measures provided for in this Regulation are
 and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore,               Committee for Cereals,
 when the refund on these products is being calculated,
                                                                     (4) 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.
 0 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.                                  («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                              n 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 28 October
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, 27 October 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 27 October 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                          —                        —
                    071290 19 000                           —                        —
                    1001 10 10 000                          01                        0
                    1001 10 90 000                          01                      20,00 (2)
                    1001 90 91 000                          01                        0
                    1001 90 99 000                          05                      52,00
                                                            06                      70,00
                                                            02                      20,00
                    1002 00 00 000                           01                     20,00      ,
                    1003 00 10 000                           01                        0
                    1003 00 90 000                           05                     57,00
                                                             02                     20,00
                     1004 00 10 000                          01                        0
                     1004 00 90 000                          01                        0
                     1005 10 90 000                          —                        —
                     1005 90 00 000                          03                      50,00
                                                             02                        0
                     1007 00 90 000                          —
                                                                                      —
                     1008 20 00 000                          —
                                                                                      —
                     1101 00 00 110                          01                      87,00
                     1101 00 00 120                          01                      87,00
                     1101 00 00 130                          01                      79,00
                     1101 00 00 150                          01                      69,00
                     1101 00 00 170                          01                      59,00
                     1101 00 00 180                          01                      49,00
                     1101 00 00 190                          —
                                                                                      —
                     1101 00 00 900                          —
                                                                                      —
                     1102 10 00 100                          01                      87,00
                     1102 10 00 200                           01                     87,00 ,
                     1102 10 00 300                           01                     87,00
                     1102 10 00 500                           01                     87,00
                     1102 10 00 900                           —
                                                                                      —
                      1103 11 10 100                          04                   229,00
                                                              02                    188,00
                      1103 11 10 200                          04                   229,00
                                                              02                    178,00
                      1103 11 10 500                          01                    159,00
                      1103 11 10 900                          01                    150,00
                      1103 11 90 100                          01                      87,00
                      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 VIII (b).
            (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 1569/77 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 296/88 (OJ No L 30, 2. 2. 1988, p. 9).