CELEX: 31979R0551
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 551/79 of 22 March 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 72/28                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              23 . 3 . 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 551 /79
                                                         of 22 March 1979
                 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 neces­
                                                                     sary to vary the refund for certain products according
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        to destination ;
 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
 ization of the market in cereals ( J ), as last amended by          Whereas the refund must be fixed onct a month ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular the              whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 first 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
 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 effective parity ;
 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 indent ;
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No (EEC)
 No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general                   Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules
 rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                    set out above to the present situation on the market in
 criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3),                 cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
 provides that when refunds are being fixed account                  these products within the Community and on the
 must be taken of the existing situation and the future             world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
 trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals           the Annex hereto ;
 on the Community market on the one hand and
 prices for cereals and cereal products on the world                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 market on the other ; whereas the same article                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 provides that it is also important to ensure equili­               ment Committee for Cereals,
brium 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 disturbances on the Commu­                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
nity market ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                    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
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 23 March
                                                                     1979 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p . 1 .                              (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
(3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 78 .                           (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, 22 March 1979 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 22 March 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and
                                       on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                      (if. i i. / tonne )
              CCT
             heading                                      Description                                Refund
               No
         10.01 A         Common wheat and meslin :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                  67-00
                            — the People's Republic of China                                         78-25
                            — Zones I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII a) and b)                              0
                            — other third countries                                                   7000
         10.01 B         Durum wheat                                                                     0
         10.02           Rye :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                  71-50
                            — other third countries                                                   81-50
         10.03           Barley :
                         — for exports to :
                            — Zones I, II, III , IV, V and VI                                            0
                            — other third countries                                                   73-00
         10.04           Oats                                                                         64-00
         10.05 B         Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing                                     —
         10.07 C         Grain sorghum                                                            I-
    ex 11.01 A           Wheat flour :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                            1 1 ()■()()
                         — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                         110-00
                         — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                         100-00
                         — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                       100-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                        90-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                        90-00
    ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                           103-00
                         — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                       103-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                     103-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                     103-00
        11.02 A I a)     Durum wheat groats and meal :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                           165-00
                         — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                       165-00
                         — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                     165-00
        1 1 .02 A I b)   Common wheat groats and meal :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                           1 10-00
     N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977).