CELEX: 31988R1700
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1700/88 of 16 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 151 / 58                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                   17. 6. 88
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1700/88
                                                        of 16 June 1988
                   fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore,
COMMUNITIES,                                                       when the refund on these products is being calculated,
                                                                   account must be taken of the quantities of cereals
                                                                   required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities
Having regard to the Treaty establishing th«? European             were fixed in Commission Regulation No 162/67/EEC (4),
Economic Community,                                                as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (*) ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
                                                                   Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Portugal,
                                                                   requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                   vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
                                                                   tion :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1097/88 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph          Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
of Article 16 (2),                                                 whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                   Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75
provides that the difference between quotations or prices          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of             tion to each other at any given moment within a band
that Regulation and prices for those products in the                    of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
Community may be covered by an export refund ;                          rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                        the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                        tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regula­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                        tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ;
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for
granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing         — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the                   these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
existing situation and the future trend with regard to                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community                   previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal
products on the world market on the other ; whereas the
same Article provides that it is also important to ensure
equilibrium and the natural development of prices and              Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into             out above to the present situation on the market in
account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and            cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
the need to avoid disturbances on the Community                    products within the Community and on the world
market ;                                                           market, that the refunds should be as set out in the
                                                                   Annex hereto ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when        Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                        of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
                                                                   of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
                                                                   tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat       the case of exports to Portugal ;
and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4
                                                                   (4) OJ  No  128, 27. 6. 1967, p.  2574/67.
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .                           0   OJ  No  L 168, 27.  7. 1971 , p. 16.
0 OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 7.                                  (6) OJ  No  L 164, 24.  6. 1985,  p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                            O   OJ  No  L 153, 13 . 6. 1987,  p. 1 .
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 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are          The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed.
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                           Article 1                                                       Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in
the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.        This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 1988.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 16 June 1988 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 16 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on
                                          wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                             (ECU / tonne)
                       Product code                    Destination (')          Amount of refund
                     0709 90 60 000
                     0712 90 19 000
                     1001 10 10 000                         01                       70,00
                     1001 10 90 000                         04                       30,00 (2)
                                                            05                       25,00 0
                                                            07                       24,00 (2)
                                                            02                       20,00 (2)
                     1001 90 91 000                         01                       70,00
                     1001 90 99 000                         03                       75,00
                                                            02                       25,00
                                                            06                       80,00
                     1002 00 00 000                         03                       75,00
                                                            02                       25,00
                                                            06                       75,00
                     1003 00 10 000                         01                       65,00
                     1003 00 90 000                         03                       70,00
                                                            02                       25,00
                     1004 00 10 000                         01                       50,00
                     1004 00 90 000
                     1005 1.0 90 000                                        > •
                     1005 90 00 000                         03                       95,00
                                                            02                        0
                     1007 00 90 000
                     1008 20 00 000
                     1101 00 00 110                         01                      100,00
                     1101 00 00 120                      ■  01                      100,00
                     1101 00 00 130                         01                       90,00
                     1101 00 00 150                         01                       80,00
                     1101 00 00 170                         01                       70,00
                     1101 00 00 180                         01                       60,00
                     1101 00 00 190
                     1101 00 00 900
                     1102 10 00 100                         01                      100,00
                     1102 10 00 200                         01                      100,00
                     1102 10 00 300                         01                      100,00
                     1102 10 00 500                         01                      100,00
                     1102 10 00 900
                     1103 11 10 100                         01                      150,00
                     1103 11 10 200                         01                      135,00
                     1103 11 10 500                         01                      105,00
                     1103 11 10 900                         01                      100,00
                     1103 11 90 100                         01                      100,00
                     1103 11 90 900
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            (') The destinations are identified as follows :
                01  All third countries,
                02  Other third countries,
                03  Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein,
                04  Zones II and III,                                   >
                05 Algeria,
                06 Zone II (b),
                07 Tunisia,
            (2) The refund cannot be granted if the quality of durum wheat exported corresponds to less than the quality
                defined in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 569/77 with the exception of impurities constituted
                by grain (other than mottled grains and grains affected with fusariosis); 7 % maximum of which 5 % of soft
                wheat or other cereals.
            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 296/88 (OJ No L 30, 2. 2. 1988).
                   The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.