CELEX: 31985R0531
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 531/85 of 28 February 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 531 /85
                                                        of 28 February 1985
                  fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                     to vary the refund for certain products according to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               destination ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular the              refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2),
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                             relation to each other at any given moment within
 Committee,                                                               a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                          their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
 Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                        provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 provides that the difference between quotations or                       No 974/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                    No 855/84 0,
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those
 products in the Community may be covered by an                      — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 export refund ;                                                          arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                          these currencies recorded over a given period in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          relation to the Community currencies referred to
 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules                     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
 for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for                  cient ;
 fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken                  Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
 of the existing situation and the future trend with                 out above to the present situation on the market in
 regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the               cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
 Community market on the one hand, and prices for                    these products within the Community and on the
 cereals and cereal products on the world market on                  world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
 the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is            the Annex hereto ;
 also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural
 development of prices and trade on cereal markets                   Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
 and, furthermore, to take into account the economic                 not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid                 its chairman,
disturbances on the Community market ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas                   The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
furthermore, when the refund on these products is                    (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­               exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                     Annex hereto .
ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas
these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                                 Article 2
 1607/71 0 ;
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
(')   OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           1985 .
(2)   OJ  No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984,   p. 1 .
(3)   OJ  No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
(4)   OJ  No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p.   2574/67.                         (6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
O    OJ   No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 ,   p. 16.                           0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 28 February 1985.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                          ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1985 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                                    12,00
                             — Ethiopie (3)                                                              24,50
                             — other third countries                                                      0
            10.01 B II       Durum wheat
                             for exports to :
                             — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    10,00
                             — other third countries                                                     20,00
            10.02            Rye
                             for exports to :
                             — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    10,00
                             — other third countries                                                     20,00
           10.03             Barley
                             for exports to :
                             — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    31,00
                             — Zone II b)                                                                38,00
                             — Japan
                             — other third countries                                                     10,00
           10.04             Oats
                             for exports to :
                             — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                     —
                             — other third countries
           10.05 B           Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing                                    —
           10.07 B           Millet                                                                       —
           10.07 C           Grain sorghum                                                                —
        ex 1 1 .0 1 A        Wheat flour :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                             24,00
                             — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                           24,00
                             — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                           22,00
                             — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                         20,00
                             — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                       19,00
                             — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                       18,00
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                                                                                                           (ECU / tonne)
               CCT
             heading                                      Description                                        Refund
                No
     ex 1 1.01 B            Rye flour :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                   24,00
                            — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                               24,00
                            — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                             24,00
                            — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                             24,00
          11.02 A I a)      Durum wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (')                                            108,00
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2)                                            103,00
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300                                                 92,00
                            — of an ash content of more than 1 300                                            86,00
          1 1 .02 A I b)    Common wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                   24,00
     (') Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,250 mm mesh .
     (2) Meal of which less, than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,160 mm mesh.
     (3) For exports to be made on the basis of a contract awarded following an invitation to tender for the supply of
         cereals in the context of an emergency aid operation under the Lomé Convention .
     N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977), as last amended by
              Regulation (EEC) No 501 /85 (OJ No L 60, 28 . 2. 1985).