CELEX: 31973R0279
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 279/73 of the Commission of 1 February 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 279/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 1 February 1973
                    fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        "Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
COMMUNITIES,                                                          wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          in Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ;
European Economic Community ;                                         whereas, furthermore, when the refund on these
                                                                      products is being calculated, account must be taken
Having regard to Council Regulation No                                of the quantities of cereals required for their
120/67/EEC (*) of 3 3 June 1967 on the common                          manufacture ; whereas these quantities were fixed in
organization of the market in cereals, as last                         Regulation No 162/67/EEC (5 ), as amended by
amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on                   Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (6) ;
the Accession of new Member States to the European
Economic Community and the European Atomic                            Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                    requirements of certain markets may make it
1972, and in particular the first sentence of the fourth              necessary to vary the refund for certain products
subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof;                                according to destination ; .
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                        Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
provides that the difference between quotations or                     whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
prices on the world market for the products listed                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                  criteria to the present situation on the market in
products in the Community may be covered by an                        cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for
export refund ;                                                       these products within the Community and on the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/67/                    world market that the refund should be fixed at the
EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules                      amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria
for fixing the amount of such refunds provides that                   Whereas the measures provided for in this
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                    Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of
of the existing situation and the future trend within                  the Management Committee for Cereals ;
regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the
Community market on the one hand and prices for                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
cereals and cereal products on the world market on
the other ; whereas the same article provides that it                                             Article 1
is also important to ensure equilibrium and the
 natural development of prices and trade on cereal                    The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
markets and, furthermore, to take into account the                     ( b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported
economic aspect of the proposed exports and the                       in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in
 need to avoid disturbances on the Community                           the Annex to this Regulation .
market ;
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account                This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 February
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                       1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 1 February 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
 (»)  OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .
 (2)  OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .
 (3)  OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .                                ( °) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2574/67.
 (4 ) OJ No 125 , 26 . 6. 1967, p . 24.53 /67.                         (") OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p . 16 .
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                                                        ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 1 February 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and
                                          wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                          (u . a Jton)
       CCT heading                                                                                     Refund
            No                                    Description of products
         10.01 A        Common wheat {l), and mesiin :
                        for exports to :
                        — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland                                       10-00
                        — other third countries                                                          1-00
         10.01 B        Durum wheat                                                                     1-00
         10.02          Rye (')                                                                        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                                                3B-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 .Iton)
           CCT heading
                No                                              Description of products                              Refund
             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 Alb            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. S. 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 .