CELEX: 31991R0418
Language: en
Date: 1991-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 418/91 of 21 February 1991 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

22. 2. 91                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 49/ 19
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 418/91
                                                       of 21 February 1991
                    fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of
                                                                     100 000 tonnes of durum wheat meal to certain destina­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               tions ; whereas the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of
Economic Community,                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 (6), as last amended by Regu­
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 325/91 Q, should be used ; whereas
                                                                    account should be taken of this when the refunds are
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                fixed ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3577/90 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph           Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
of Article 16 (2) thereof,                                          whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
                                                                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
provides that the difference between quotations or prices                tion to each other at any given moment within a band
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of              of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
that Regulation and prices for those products in the                     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                           the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (9);
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for            — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
the amount of such refunds (3) provides that when refunds                Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
are being fixed, account must be taken of the existing                   a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
situation and the future trend with regard to prices and                 cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the
one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal products on             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article             out above to the present situation on the market in
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium             cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal            products within the Community and on the world
markets and, furthermore, to take into account the                   market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to             Annex hereto ;
avoid disturbances on the Community market ;
                                                                    Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                     delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when          chairman,
the refund on cereals is being calculated ;
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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 being calculated,                                            Article 1
account must be taken of the quantities of cereals
required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities           The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
were fixed in Commission Regulation No 1 62/67/EEC (4),             (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (*);                       the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the world market situation or the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to                                          Article 2
vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
tion :                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February
                                                                     1991 .
(') OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No   L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                             (6) OJ  No  L  94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13.
(3) OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.                           0   OJ  No  L  38, 12. 2. 1991 , p. 12.
(4) OJ No   128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.                           (8) OJ  No  L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.                            0   OJ  No  L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 21 February 1991 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                     ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 21 February 1991 fixing the export refunds on cereals and
                                     on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                           (ECU / tonne)
                    Product code                    Destination (')          Amount of refund
                  0709 90 60 000
                  0712 90 19 000
                  1001 10 10 000
                  1001 10 90 000                         04                       140,00
                                                         06                        50,00
                                                         02                         0
                  1001 90 91 000
                  1001 90 99 000                         04                       100,00
                                                         05                       100,00
                                                         02                        20,00
                  1002 00 00 000                         03                       100,00
                                                         05                       100,00
                                                         02                        20,00
                  1003 00 10 000                         07                        87,00
                                                         02                          0
                  1003 00 90 000                         04                        87,00
                                                         06                        30,00
                                                         02                        20,00
                  1004 00 10 000
                  1004 00 90 000
                  1005 10 90 000
                  1005 90 00 000                         03                        65,00
                                                         02                         0
                  1007 00 90 000
                  1008 20 00 000
                  1101 00 00 100                         01                       135,00
                  1101 00 00 130                         01                      119,00
                  1101 00 00 150                         01                       110,00
                  1101 00 00 170                         01                       102,00
                  1101 00 00 180                         01                        91,00
                  1101 00 00 190
                  1101 00 00 900
                  1102 10 00 600                         01                      135,00
                  1102 10 00 900
                  1103 11 10 100                         01                      240,00 (2)
                  1103 11 10 200                         01                      226,00 (2)
                  1103 11 10 500                         01                      202,00 (2)
                  1103 11 10 900                         01                      1 90,00 (2)
                  1103 11 90 100                         01                      135,00
                  1103 11 90 900
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           (') The destinations are identified as follows :
               01 All third countries,
               02 Other third countries,
               03 Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein,
               04 Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Ceuta and Melilla,
               05 Zone II (b),
               06 The Soviet Union,
               07 Poland and Hungary.
           (2) Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 in respect
               of a quantity of 100 000 tonnes of durum wheat meal.
            NB : The zones are those defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134,
                   28.5. 1977, p. 53), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/89 (OJ No L 292, 11 . 10.
                   1989, p. 10).