CELEX: 31975R0591
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 591/75 of the Commission of 6 March 1975 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

7. 3 . 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 61 /41
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 591 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 6 March 1975
                 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 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  1607/71 (6) ;
 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 No 120/                      to destination ;
 67/EEC ( !) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­          Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
 lation (EEC) No 85/75 (2), and in particular the first           month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2)             period ;
 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
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/ 67/EEC                        relation to each other, at any given moment,
 provides that the difference between quotations or                    within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                 on their effective parity ;
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 139/                        in the previous subparagraph ;
 67/ EEC (3) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules
 for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for          Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
 fixing the amount of such refunds, as last amended by            above to the present situation on the market in
 Regulation (EEC) No 87/75 (4), provides that when                cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe              these products within the Community and on the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to            world market, that the refunds, should be fixed as
 prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community            shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 market on the one hand and prices for cereals and
 cereal products on the world market on the other ;               Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­          not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
 tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­               its Chairman,
 ment of prices and trade on cereal markets and,
 furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect
of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­
bances on the Community market ;                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/ EEC                                            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 No 120/67/ EEC, exported in the
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as            natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in            to this Regulation .
Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ; 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 7 March
                                                                   1975 .
(') OJ  No  117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/ 67.
(2) OJ  No  L 11 , 16. 1 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2453/67.                         (5) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
(4) OJ  No  L 11 , 16. 1 . 1975, p. 3.                            (') 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, 6 March 1975.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 6 March 1975 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                                  and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                                    (u.a . /metric ton)
              CCT
            heading                                         Description of products                                        Refund
               No
            10.01 A            Common wheat (*) and meslin
                               for exports to :
                               — Zone I                                                                                     25 -CO
                               — other third countries                                                                      20-00
            10.01 B            Durum wheat groats and meal                                                                   —
            10.02              Rye                                                                                           —
            10.03              Barley                                                                                         0'
            10.04              Oats                                                                                          5.00
            10.05 B            Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)                                                    5 »00
             10.07 C           Grain sorghum                                                                                  —
       ex 11.01 A              Wheat flour :
                               — of an ash content of 0 to 520
                                    for exports to :
                                   — Zones I and VI                                                                         30.00:
                                   — Zone VII                                                                               35.00
                                    — other third countries                                                                 20.00
                               — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                            18 -00
                               — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                            18 - 00
                               — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                          16.00
                               — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                        16.00
                               — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                        16.00
       ex 11.01 B               Rye flour :
                               — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                                 0
                               — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                             0
                               — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                           0
                               — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                           0
             11.02 A I a        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 I b         Common wheat groats and meal :
                               — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                              20.00
       (*) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3) and
           (5) 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./»metric ton .
       N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 941 /72 ( OJ No L 107, 6. 5 . 1972).