CELEX: 31983R3555
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3555/83 of 15 December 1983 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 354/48                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            16 . 12. 83
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3555/83
                                                    of 15 December 1983
                 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
  COMMUNITIES,                                                     67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1607/71 0 ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,                                             Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                   requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                   to vary the refund for certain products according to
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     destination ;
  2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
 zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by          Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1451 /82 (2), and in particular the          whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2),
                                                                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
                                                                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Committee,                                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                       relation to each other at any given moment within
 Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 provides that the difference between quotations or                    their central rate,
 prices on the world market for the products listed in            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 products in the Community may be covered by an                       these currencies recorded for a given period in
 export refund ;                                                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                      in the previous indent ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules             out above to the present situation on the market in
 for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for
 fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
                                                                  cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
                                                                  these products within the Community and on the
 when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken              world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
 of the existing situation and the future trend with              the Annex hereto ;
 regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the
 Community market on the one hand, and prices for                 Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
 cereals and cereal products on the world market on               not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
 the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is         its chairman ,
 also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural
 development of prices and trade on cereal markets
 and, furthermore , to take into account the economic
 aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 disturbances on the Community market ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
                                                                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;
                                                                 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
                                                                 exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as           Annex hereto .
wheat 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                                         Article 2
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas         This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December
                                                                  1983 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 164, 14 . 6 . 1982, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                         O 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, 15 December 1983 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 15 December 1983 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                                 34,00
                        — Zone II b)                                                             41,00
                        — other third countries                                                  15,00
        10.01 B II      Durum wheat
        10.02           Rye
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                 2 1 , 00
                        — Zones II b) and I a)                                                   28,00
                        — other third countries
       10.03            Barley
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                 25,50
                        — Zone II b)                                                             32,50
                        — Japan
                        — other third countries                                                  10,00
       10.04            Oats
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   0
                        — Libya                                                                  15,00
                        — other third countries
       10.05 B          Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing                                 —
       10.07 C          Grain sorghum                                                             —
    ex 1 1 .01 A        Wheat flour :
                        — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                          77,00
                        — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                        77,00
                        — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                        68,00
                        — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                      63,00
                        — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                    58,00
                        — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                    52,00
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                                                                                                     (ECU / tonne)
                 CCT
               heading                                    Description                                  Refund
                  No
       ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                             77,00
                            — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                         77,00
                            — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                       77,00
                            — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                       77,00
            1 1 .02 A I a)  Durum wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (')                                      161,00
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2)                                      152,00
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300                                          136,00
                            — of an ash content of more than 1 300                                     128,00
           11 .02 A I b)    Common wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                             77,00
       (') 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 .
       N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).