CELEX: 31973R0724
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-16
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 724/73 of the Commission of 15 March 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

16 . 3 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 69 /7
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 724/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 15 March 1973
                       fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      in Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ;
COMMUNITIES,                                                        whereas, furthermore, when the refund on these
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        products is being calculated, account must be taken
European Economic Community ;                                       of the quantities of cereals required for their
                                                                    manufacture ; whereas these quantities were fixed in
Having regard to Council Regulation No                              Regulation No 162/67/EEC (5 ), as amended by
120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common                        Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (6) ;
organization of the market in cereals, as last                      Whereas the world market situation or the specific
amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on                 requirements of certain markets may make it
the Accession of new Member States to the European                  necessary to vary the refund for certain products
Economic Community and the European Atomic                          according to destination ;
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January
1972, and in particular the first sentence of the fourth            Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof;                             whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally ,
Committee ;                                                         refunds should be calculated on the basis of an
                                                                    exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                      which are floating or whose central rate differs from
provides that the difference between quotations or                  the official parity, on the effective rate or the
prices on the world market for the products listed                  central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
products in the Community may be covered by an                      on 13 February 1973 ;
export refund ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/67/                  criteria to the present situation on the market in
EEC (4 ) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules                  cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria                 these products within the Community and on the
for fixing the amount of such refunds provides that                 world market that the refund should be fixed at the
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                  amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
of the existing situation and the future trend within
regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the               Whereas the measures provided for in this
Community market on the one hand and prices for                     Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of
cereals and cereal products on the world market on                  the Management Committee for Cereals ;
the other ; whereas the same article provides that it
is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
natural development of prices and trade on cereal
markets and, furthermore, to take into account the                                           Article 1
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the
need to avoid disturbances on the Community                         The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( a),
market ;                                                            (b ) and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported
                                                                    in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC                       the Annex to this Regulation .
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                                             Article 2
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as              This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned ,                1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 15 March 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(!)  OJ   No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67.
(■)  OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
(s)  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 .                     («) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p . 16.
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                                                           ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 15 March 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and
                                 certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                          fu.a. /ton)
       CCT heading                                                                                     Refund
             No                                      Description of products
          10.01 A         Common wheat ( 1 ), and meslin :
                          for exports to :
                          — Austria , Liechtenstein and Switzerland                                     10·00
                          — other third countries                                                        1·00
           10.01 B        Durum wheat                                                                    1·00
           10.02          Rye 0 )                                                                      25·00
           10.03          Barley                                                                         1·00
          10.04           Oats                                                                           1·00
          10.05 B         Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)                                     1·00
          10.07 C         Grain sorghum                                                                  1·00
     ex 11.01 A           Wheat flour (2 ) :
                          —■ of an ash content of 0 to 520 :
                              —• for exports to :
                                  — Zone I a) and Zone V a) excluding Nigeria                          44·00
                                  — Zone IV                                                            49·00
                                 — Zones V b ), VI, VII, I c ) and Nigeria                             47·00
                                  — other third countries                                              38·00
                          — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                            34·25
                          — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                            29·50
                          —■ of an ash content of 901 to 1 100 :
                              — for exports to :
                                 — Zones V b ), VI and VII                                             36·80
                                  —■ other third countries                                             24·80
                          — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                        20·60
                          —■ of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                       15·00
     ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :
                          —■ of an ash content of 0 to 700                                             59·00
                          —■ of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                         52·25
                          — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                        39·75
                          — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                        31·00
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                                                                                                                         (u . a Jton)
           CCT heading                                                                                                Refund
                 No                                              Description of products
              11.02 Ala           Durum wheat groats and meal :
                                  —• of an. ash content of 0 to 950 :
                                     — for exports to :
                                         — Zones V b), VI, VII a) and I c)                                            47·00
                                         — Zones I a) and V a)                                                        44·00
                                          —■ other third countries                                                    38·00
                                  — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300 :
                                     —■ for exports to :
                                          — Zone V a )                                                                36·80
                                          — other third countries                                                     30·80
                                  — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500 :
                                     —• for exports to :
                                          — Zone V a )                                                                29·15
                                          — other third countries                                                     23·15
              11.02 A I b         Common wheat groats and meal (2) :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 520 :
                                      —■ for exports to :
                                          — Zones V b ), VI and I c)                                                  47·00
                                          — Zones I a ) and V a)                                                      44·00
                                          — other third countries                                                     38·00
         ') 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 .
         N.B. ; The zones are those defined in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 941 /72 ( OJ No L 107, 6. 5 . 1972).
        The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 587/
         67/EEC is 2 u.a. /ton .