CELEX: 31973R1576
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-15
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1576/73 of the Commission of 14 June 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

15 . 6 . 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 158 /7
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1576/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 14 June 1973
                fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   67/EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES,                                                     1607/71 (6);
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 neces­
                                                                sary to vary the refund for certain products according
                                                                 to destination ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­              Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the           whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Community and the European Atomic Energy                         refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
paragraph of Article 1 6 (2) thereof ;                               relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                     within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                       on their effective parity ;
provides that the difference between quotations or              — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
prices on the world market for the products listed in                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
products in the Community may be covered by an                       relation to the Community currencies referred to
export refund ;                                                      in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/                 Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was
67/EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules             requested ;
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when             Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe              criteria to the present situation on the market in
existing situation and the future trend with regard to           cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community            these products within the Community and on the
market on the one hand and prices for cereals and                world market that the refund should be fixed at the
cereal products on the world market on the other ;               amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­
tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
ment of prices and trade on cereal markets and,                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect            ment Committee for Cereals ;
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
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                                         Article 1
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
                                                                 The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b)
                                                                 and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported in the
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
                                                                 natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex
Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ; whereas,
                                                                 to this Regulation .
furthermore, when the refund on these products is
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
                                                                                         Article 2
ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas
these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June
                                                                 1973 .
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 /67 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                           (5) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
(4) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2453/67.                         (6) 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, 14 June 1973 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                      ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 14 June 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and
                                          certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                         (u .dJton}
            CCT heading
                 No                                              Description of products                              Refund
              10.01 A             Common wheat ( 1 ), and meslin :
               10.01 B            Durum wheat
              10.02
                                  Rye (*)
              10.03
                                  Barley
              10.04
                                  Oats
              10.05 B
                                  Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)
              10.07 C
                                  Grain sorghum
        c * 11.01 A               Wheat flour (*) :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 520
                                  — of an ash content of 521 to 600
                                  — of an ash content of 601 to 900
                                  — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100
                                  — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650
                                  — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900
        ex    11.01 B             Rye flour :
                                  —  of  an ash  content  of  0 to 700
                                  —  of  an ash  content  of  701 to 1 150
                                  —  of  an ash  content  of  1 151 to 1 600
                                  —  of  an ash  content  of  1 601 to 2 000
              11.02 Ala           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 h         Common wheat groats and meal (*) :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 520
        {') The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3)
             and (5) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC .
         (*) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat flour, groats and meal manufactured from common wheat which
             has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (5) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC.
        The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 587/
        67/EEC if 2 u.a. /ton .