CELEX: 31987R3403
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3403/87 of 12 November 1987 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

13 . 11 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 323/27
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3403/87
                                                        of 12 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
                                                                        Annex hereto ;
  existing situation and the future trend with regard to
  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             of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
  products on the world market on the other ; whereas the
                                                                        of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
  same Article provides that it is also important to ensure             tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
  equilibrium and the natural development of prices and                 the case of exports to Portugal ;
  trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into
  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 1 607/7 1 (^ ;                     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 13 November
   (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                               1987 .
   (2) 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.                                h 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, 12 November 1987 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 12 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                                105,00
                               — zone II b)                                                            110,00
                               — zones I , II a), III , V, VI and VII                                    20,00
                               — zone IV                                                                 25,00
                               — Ceuta, Melilla, the Canary Islands, Djibouti, Burundi and Mali        122,00
                               — other third countries                                                   15,00
                10.01 B II     Durum wheat
                               for exports to :
           I                   — 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
                               — other third countries                                                   25,00
                10.03           Barley
                               for exports to :
                               — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                 112,00
                               — zone II b)                                                             117,00
                               — Poland                                                                  23,00
                               — Cyprus                                                                  24,00
                               — other third countries                                                   25,00
                10.04           Oats
           l                    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                                                           0
                                — other third countries                                                    0
                 10.07 B        Millet                                                                    —
                 10.07 C II     Grain sorghum, other than hybrid sorghum for sowing                       —
             ex 1 1.01 A        Wheat flour :
                                — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                         165,00
                                — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                       165,00
                                — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                       148,00
                                — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                     139,00
                                — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                   130,00
                                — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                   119,00
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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                                                               165,00
                                  — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                           165,00
                                  — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                         165,00
                                  — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                         165,00
             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                                                               165,00
        (') 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).