CELEX: 31974R0316
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 316/74 of the Commission of 7 February 1974 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

8 . 2. 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 35/ 5
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 316/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 7 February 1974
                 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and 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 (5);
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 Economic Community ;
                                                                  requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                  sary to vary the refund for certain products according
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                      to destination ;
 67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­         Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
 lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular the first        whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2)
 thereof ;                                                       Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 Committee ;
                                                                      relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
 Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                       on their effective parity ;
 provides that the difference between quotations or
 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
 products in the Community may be covered by an                       of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
 export refund ;                                                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                      in the previous subparagraph ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 67/EEC (3) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules             criteria to the present situation on the market in
 for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for          cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for
 fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when             these products within the Community and on the
 refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe              world market that the refund should be fixed at the
 existing situation and the future trend with regard to           amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community
 market on the one hand and prices for cereals and                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 cereal products on the world market on the other ;               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­         ment Committee for Cereals,
 tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­
 ment 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 distur­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 bances on the Community market ;
/Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC                                             Article 1
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
 when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                 The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b)
                                                                  and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC, exported in the
                                                                  natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex
 Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as           to this Regulation.
 wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
 Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ; whereas,
                                                                                           Article 2
 furthermore, when the refund on these products is
 being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
 ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas         This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February
                                                                   1974.
 ( i) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
 (*) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8.                            (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
 (3) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2453/67.                          (5) 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, 7 February 1974.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 7 February 1974 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                      and certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                                            (u.a.it)
          CCT heading                                                                                                  Refund
                No                                         Description of products
             10.01 A             Common wheat, and mesiin
             10.01 B             Durum wheat                                                                              —
             10.02               Rye i1 )                                                                                 —
             10.03               Barley                                                                                   —
             10.04                Oats                                                                                    —
             10.05 B             Maize (other than hybrid maize for sowing)                                               —
             10.07 C             Grain sorghum                                                                            —
       ex 11.01 A               Wheat flour :
                                 — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                          —
                                 — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                        —
                                 — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                        —
                                 — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                      —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                    —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                    —
       ex 11.01 B                 Rye flour :
                                 — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                          —
                                 — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                      —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                    —
                                 — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                    —
             11.02 A la           Durum wheat groats and meal :
                                 — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                                          —
                                 — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                                      —
                                  — of an ash content of '1 301 to 1 500                                                  —
             11.02 A lb           Common wheat groats and maal :
                                  — bf an ash content of 0 to 520
        (l) The refund is granted solely in respect of rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (5) of Regu­
            lation No 120/67/EEC .
       The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 587/
       67/EEC is 2 u.a./ton.