CELEX: 31978R1578
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1578/78 of 6 July 1978 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 185/40                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              7 . 7 . 78
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1578/78
                                                       of 6 July 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 (1), as last amended by         Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Regulation (EEC) No 1 254/78 (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
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     relation to each other at any given moment within
provides that the difference between quotations or                    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
prices on the world market for the products listed in                 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 Commuftity 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 measures provided for in this Regulation
 provides that it is also important to ensure equili­            are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
brium and the natural development of prices and                  ment Committee for Cereals,
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
nity market ;                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 7 July 1978 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, 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, 6 July 1978 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
                                                            ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 6 July 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 :
                             — for exports to :
                                 Zone V (a)                                                               7500
                                 other third countries                                                      0
            10.01 B          Durum wheat                                                                    0
            10.02            Rye :
                             — for exports to :
                                 — Switzerland , Austria and Liechtenstein                               55.00
                                 — other third countries                                                 65.00
            10.03            Barley :
                             — for exports to :
                                 — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                 61.00
                                 — other third countries                                                    0
            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                                            100.00
                             — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                          100.00
                             — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                           90.00
                             — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                         90.00
                             — of an ash content of 1101 to 1 650                                        80.00
                             — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                       80.00
        ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                             80.00
                             — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                         80.00
                             — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                       80.00
                             — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                       80.00
            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                                      1 55.00
            1 1 .02 A I b)   Common wheat groats and meal :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                            100.00
        N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).