CELEX: 31985R1446
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1446/85 of 31 May 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

No L 144/42                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 6 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1446/85
                                                        of 31 May 1985
                        fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                   feedingstuffs for which a refund may be fixed should
COMMUNITIES,                                                       be taken into account ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1913/69
                                                                   of 29 September 1 969 on the granting and the advance
                                                                   fixing of the export refund on cereal-based compound
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       feedingstuffs (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­                  No 537/83 Q, provides that calculation of the export
ation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             refund must be based on the average of the refunds
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular the             granted on the most commonly used basic cereals,
fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof,                     adjusted on the basis of the threshold price in force
                                                                   during the month of exportation and on the levy
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       applicable to maize ; whereas this calculation must also
Committee,                                                         take account of the cereal products content ; whereas,
                                                                   therefore, in the interest of simplification, compound
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  feedingstuffs should be placed in categories and the
provides that the difference between quotations or                 refund for each category should be fixed on the basis
prices on the world market for the products listed in              of a quantity of maize which is representative of the
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                  usual cereal products content for the category
products within the Community may be covered by an                 concerned ; whereas, furthermore, the amount of the
export refund ;                                                    refund must also take into account the possibilities
                                                                   and conditions far the sale of those products on the
                                                                   world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules               Community market and the economic aspect of the
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for            export ;
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of
the existing situation and the future trend with regard
to prices and availabilities of cereals on the Commun­
ity market on the one hand and prices for cereals and              Whereas, however, in fixing the rate of refund it would
cereal products on the other ; whereas the same Article            seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference
provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium           in the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound
and the natural development of prices and trade on                 feedingstuffs as between the Community and world
the cereal markets ;
                                                                   markets, allowing more accurate account to be taken
                                                                   of   the  commercial       conditions     under which   such
Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules              products are exported ;
to the present situation on the market in cereal-based
compound feedingstuffs that the export refund should
be fixed at an amount which will cover the difference              Whereas the world market situation or the specific
between Community prices and world market prices ;                 requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                   to vary the refund for compound feedingstuffs accord­
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No             ing to composition and destination ; whereas, for
2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on the system to be                     purposes of varying the refund, the destination zones
applied to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs (4), as             laid down in Annex II to Commission Regulation
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (*), provides               (EEC) No 1124/77 of 27 May 1977 redefining the
that, when export refunds on cereal-based compound                 destination zones for export refunds or levies and for
feedingstuffs are being fixed, only the products                   certain export licences for cereals and rice (8), as
normally used in the manufacture of compound                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 501 /85 (9), should
                                                                   be used ;
(') OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L 107,   19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .                           (6) OJ  No L  246, 30 , 9 . 1969, p. 11 .
(3) OJ No  L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .                         0   OJ  No L  63, 9 . 3 . 1983, p. 10 .
(4) OJ No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60 .                          (8) OJ  No L  134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53 .
0   OJ No  L 303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                          O   OJ  No L  60 , 28 . 2. 1985, p. 26.
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :           are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in             Committee for Cereals,
      relation to each other at any given moment within
      a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
      their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
      provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
      No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                               Article 1
      No 855/84 (2),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the           The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of       covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and subject
      these currencies recorded for a given period in           to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 are hereby fixed as
      relation to the Community currencies referred to          shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
      in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­
      cient ;
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1985.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 31 May 1985.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ Nò L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based
                                                      compound feedingstuffs
                                                                                                                         (ECU / tonne)
       CCT            Special
     heading       specification                    Nomenclature in simplified wording                             Refund
        No          for refund
23.07 B I                        Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation
                                 (EEC) No 2743/75, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup
                                 falling within subheadings 17.02 B and 21.07 F II or milk products
                                 (falling within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04 and
                                 subheadings 17.02 A and 21.07 F I) :
                                 Of a milk powder content of less than 50 % by weight and of a
                                 cereal products (') content by weight :
                       0510      — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 10 %                                   2,88 (2)  4,40 (2) (3)   -0
                       1010      — Exceeding 10 % but not exceeding 20 %                                  5,75 0    8,81 (2)0      - 0)
I                      2010      — Exceeding 20 % but not exceeding 30 %                                11,50 (2)  17,62 (2)0      -0
                       3010      — Exceeding 30 % but not exceeding 40 %                                1 7,26 (2) 26,43 0 (3)     -0
                       4010      — Exceeding 40 % but not exceeding 50 %                                23,01 (2)  35,24 (2)0      -0
                       5010      — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 60 %                                28,76 (2)  44,04 0 0       -0
l                      6010      — Exceeding 60 % but not exceeding 70 %                                34,51 (2)  52,85 (2)0      -0
                       7010      — Exceeding 70 %                                                       37,65 (2)  57,66 (2)0      -0
(') 'Cereal products means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading 11.02
    G) of the Common Customs Tariff.
0 For exports to Zones A, B, C, D and E specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77, as last amended by Regulation
    (EEC) No 501 /85.
(3) Minimum content of maize and/or sorghum exceeding : 0510 : 5 % ; 1010 : 10 % ; 2010 : 20 % ; 3010 : 30 % ; 4010 : 40 % ;
    5010 : 50 % ; 6010 : 60 % ; 7010 : 60 % .
     In so far as this minimum is observed, these refunds shall, at the request of the party concerned, also apply where the cereal
     products' content exceeds the maximum specified on the same line.
(4) For export to other third countries .