CELEX: 31985R2176
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2176/85 of 26 July 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereal based compound feedingstuffs

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                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2176/85
                                                        of 26 July 1985
                      fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    feedingstuffs for which a refund may be fixed should
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     be taken into account ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                              Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1913/69
                                                                  of 29 September 1969 on the granting and the advance
                                                                  fixing of the export refund on cereal-based compound
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     feedingstuffs (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­
                                                                  No 537/83 (7), provides that calculation of the export
ation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by            refund must be based on the average of the refunds
Regulation (EEC) No 1018 /84 (2), and in particular the           granted on the most commonly used basic cereals,
fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof,                    adjusted on the basis of the threshold price in force
                                                                  during the month of exportation and on the levy
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      applicable to maize ; whereas this calculation must also
Committee,                                                        take account of the cereal products content ; whereas,
                                                                  therefore, in the interest of simplification, compound
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 feedingstuffs should be placed in categories and the
provides that the difference between quotations or                refund for each category should be fixed on the basis
prices on the world market for the products listed in             of a quantity of maize which is representative of the
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                 usual cereal products content for the category
products within the Community may be covered by an                concerned ; whereas, furthermore, the amount of the
export refund ;                                                   refund must also take into account the possibilities
                                                                  and conditions for the sale of those products on the
                                                                  world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules              Community market and the economic aspect of the
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for           export ;
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of
the existing situation and the future trend with regard
to prices and availabilities of cereals on the Commun­
ity market on the one hand and prices for cereals and             Whereas, however, in fixing the rate of refund it would
cereal products on the other ; whereas the same Article           seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium          in the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound
and the natural development of prices and trade on                feedingstuffs as between the Community and world
the cereal markets ;
                                                                  markets, allowing more accurate account to be taken
                                                                  of   the commercial       conditions    under which    such
Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules             products are exported ;
to the present situation on the market in cereal-based
compound feedingstuffs that the export refund should
be fixed at an amount which will cover the difference             Whereas the world market situation or the specific
between Community prices and world market prices ;                requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                  to vary the refund for compound feedingstuffs accord­
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No            ing to composition and destination ; whereas, for
2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on the system to be                    purposes of varying the refund, the destination zones
applied to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs (4), as            laid down in Annex II to Commission Regulation
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 0, provides                (EEC) No 1124/77 of 27 May 1977 redefining the
that, when export refunds on cereal-based compound                destination zones for export refunds or levies and for
feedingstuffs are being fixed, only the products                  certain export licences for cereals and rice (8), as
normally used in the manufacture of compound                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 501 /85 f), should
                                                                  be used ;
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4 . 1984, p. 1 .                            (6) OJ No L 246, 30 . 9 . 1969, p. 11 .
 3 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                            7) OJ No L 63 , 9 . 3 . 1983, p. 10 .
(4) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 60 .                         (8) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977, p. 53 .
Is) OJ No L 303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                            9 OJ No L 60 , 28 . 2. 1985, p . 26.
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,           whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in             Committee for Cereals,
      relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
      their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
      provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
      No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                               Article 1
      No 855/84 (2),
                                                                The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the           covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and subject
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of       to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 are hereby fixed as
      these currencies recorded for a given period in           shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
      relation to the Community currencies referred to
      in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
      cient ;                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;           1985 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 26 July 1985.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 26 July 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based
                                                       compound feedingstuffs
                                                                                                                         (ECU / tonne)
       CCT            Special
     heading       specification                    Nomenclature in simplified wording                             Refund
        No          for refund
23.07 B I                        Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                                 (EEC) No 2743/75, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup
                                 falling within subheadings 17.02 B and 21.07 F II or milk products
                                 (falling within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04 and
                                 subheadings 17.02 A and 21.07 F I):
                                 Of a milk powder content of less than 50 % by weight and of a
                                 cereal products (') content by weight :
                       0510      —    Exceeding  5 % but not exceeding 10 %                               1,92 (2)  2,80 (2)(3)   — (4)
                       1010      —    Exceeding  10 % but not exceeding 20 %                              3,85 (2)  5,60 00       -0
                       2010      —    Exceeding  20 % but not exceeding 30 %                              7,69 (2) H,2100         -0
                       3010      —    Exceeding  30 % but not exceeding 40 %                            11,54 0    16,81(2)(3 )   -0
                       4010      —    Exceeding  40 % but not exceeding 50 %                            15,38 (2)  22,42 00       —0
                       5010      —    Exceeding  50 % but not exceeding 60 %                            19,23 (2)  28,02 (2)O     — C)
                       6010      —    Exceeding  60 % but not exceeding 70 %                            23,07 0    33,63 (2) 0    — (4)
                       7010      —    Exceeding  70 %                                                   25,17 (2)  36,68 00       _(<)
(') 'Cereal products means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading 11.02
    G) of the Common Customs Tariff.
(2) For exports to Zones A, B, C, D and E specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77, as last amended by Regulation
    (EEC) No 501 /85 .
0 Minimum content of maize and/or sorghum exceeding : 0-510 : 5 % ; 1010 : 10 % ; 2010 : 20 % ; 3010 : 30 % ; 4010 : 40 % ;
    5010 : 50 % ; 6010 : 60 % ; 7010 : 60 % .
     In so far as this minimum is observed, these refunds shall, at the request of the party concerned, also apply where the cereal
     products' content exceeds the maximum specified on the same line.
(4) For export to other third countries .