CELEX: 31977R2540
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2540/77 of 17 November 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

18 . 11 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 294/25
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2540/77
                                                     of 17 November 1977
                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 (*), as last amended by          Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Regulation (EEC) No 1 386/77 (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
                                                                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that the difference between quotations or                     on their effective parity ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
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 (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
                                                                  ment Committee for Cereals,
brium and the natural development 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 disturbances on the Commu­
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 nity market ;
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
                                                                  the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
                                                                  Annex to this Regulation.
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
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             18
                                                                  November 1977.
(<) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 158, 29. 6. 1977, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
P) 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, 17 November 1977.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
                                                            ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 17 November 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to
                                    cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                  (u.a. / tonne)
              CCT
            heading                                 Description of products                      Refund
               No
        10.01 A           Common wheat and meslin :                                                 0
        10.01 B           Durum wheat                                                               0
        10.02             Rye                                                                       0
        10.03             Barley :
                         — for exports to :
                              — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                           4500
                              — Iberian Peninsula                                                50.00
                              — 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                                        9000
                          — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                      90.00
                          —   of an  ash content of  601 to 900                                  80.00
                          —   of an  ash content of  901 to 1 100                                80.00
                          —   of an  ash content of  1 101 to 1 650                              70.00
                          —   of an  ash content of  1 651 to 1 900                              70.00
     ex 1 1 .0 1 B        Rye flour :
                          — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                        45.00
                          — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                    45.00
                          — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                  45.00
                          — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                  45.00
        11.02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal :
                          — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                        155.00
                          — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                    155.00
                          — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                  155.00
         11.02 A lb)      Common wheat groats and meal :
                          — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                         90.00
     KB. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1977).