CELEX: 31985R2397
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2397/85 of 22 August 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

23 . 8 . 85                         Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 225/25
                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2397/85
                                                  of 22 August 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 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
prices on the world market for the products listed in              No 855/84 f),
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 oft 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 measures provided for in this Regulation
and, furthermore, to take into account the economic           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                              Committee for Cereals,
aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid
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,
                                                              exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­        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 23 August
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                          1985 .
0 OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.
(4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.                       («) 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, 22 August 1985.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                     Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 22 August 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and
                                        on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                   (ECU/ tonne)
                                                                                       /
                OCT
              heading                                    Description                                 Refund
                 No
            10.01 B I      Common wheat and meslin
                           for exports to :
                           — China                                                                    47,00
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   31,00
        \                  — The Iberian Peninsula                                                    36,00
                           — other third countries                                                     0
            10.01 B II     Durum wheat
                           for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   30,00
                           — other third countries                                                    40,00
            10.02          Rye
                           for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    0
                           — other third countries                                                     0
            10.03          Barley
                           for exports to :
                           — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                   50,00
                           — Zone II b)                                                               55,00
                           — Japan                                                                     —
        I                  — other third countries                                                     0
            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 11.01 A        Wheat flour :
                           — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                            53,00
                           — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                          53,00
                           — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                          47,00
                           — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                        43,00
                           — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                      40,00
                           — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                      36,00
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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                                                   53,00
                          — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                               53,00
                          — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                             53,00
                          — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                             53,00
        1 1 .02 A I a)    Durum wheat groats and meal :
                          — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (')                                           196,00
    l                     — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2)                                           185,00
                          — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300                                               165,00
                          — of an ash content of more than 1 300                                          156,00
        11.02 A lb)       Common wheat groats and meal :
                          — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                   53,00
    (') 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), as last amended by
            Regulation (EEC) No 501 /85 (OJ No L 60, 28 . 2. 1985).