CELEX: 31983R0688
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-25
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 688/83 of 24 March 1983 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 79/38                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              25 . 3 . 83
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 688/83
                                                   of 24 March 1983
                fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                               67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES,                                                   1607/71 0 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Economic Community,                                            requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                               to vary the refund for certain products according to
                                                               destination ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­               Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2),
                                                               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 within
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
provides that the difference between quotations or                   their central rate,
prices on the world market for the products listed in          — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
products in the Community may be covered by an                       these currencies recorded for a given period in
export refund ;                                                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                     in the previous indent ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules           Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for         out above to the present situation on the market in
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that            cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken             these products within the Community and on the
of the existing situation and the future trend with             world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the           the Annex hereto ;
Community market on the one hand, and prices for
cereals and cereal products on the world market on              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is        are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural            Committee for Cereals,
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
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
disturbances on the Community 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 export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
                                                                (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as          exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                Annex hereto .
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
 these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/               This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 March
                                                                 1983 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 164, 14. 6 . 1982, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2574/ 67 .
P) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                          0 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, 24 March 1983 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 24 March 1983 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                                   62,50
                        — Zone II b)                                                               69,50
                        — Zone IV
                        — other third countries                                                    15,00
         10.01 B II     Durum wheat                                                                15,00
         10.02          Rye
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   68,00
                        — Zones II b) and I a)                                                     93,00
                        — other third countries                                                      0
         10.03           Barley
                        for exports to :
                         — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                  78,00
                         — Zone II b)                                                               83,00
                         — Japan
                         — other third countries                                                    15,00
          10.04          Oats
                         for exports to :
                         — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   30,00
                         — other third countries
          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                                           121,00
                         — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                         115,00
                         — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                         107,00
                          — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                        99,00
                          — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                      91,50
                          — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                      82,00
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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                                             100,00
                           — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                         100,00
                           — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                       100,00
                           — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                       100,00
           1 1 .02 A I a)  Durum wheat groats and meal :
                           — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                             214,00
                           — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                         214,00
                           — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                       214,00
           11.02 A lb)     Common wheat groats and meal :
                           — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                             121,00
        N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).