CELEX: 31973R0923
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 923/73 of the Commission of 5 April 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 90/8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                6. 4. 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 923/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 5 April 1973
                        fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     in Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ;
   COMMUNITIES,                                                      whereas, furthermore, when the refund on these
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       products is being calculated, account must be taken
   European Economic Community ;
                                                                      of the quantities of cereals required for their
                                                                      manufacture ; whereas these quantities were fixed in
   Having regard to Council Regulation No                             Regulation No 162/67/EEC (5), as amended by
   120/67/EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common                       Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (6) ;
  organization of the market in cereals, as last                     Whereas the world market situation or the specific
  amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on                 requirements of certain markets may make it
  the Accession of new Member States to the European                  necessary to vary the refund for certain products
  Economic Community and the European Atomic                          according to destination ;
  Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January
  1972, and in particular the first sentence of the fourth           Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
   subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof;                            whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
  Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                       Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
  Committee ;                                                        refunds should be calculated on the basis of an
                                                                     exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
  Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                     which are floating or whose central rate differs from
  provides that the difference between quotations or                 the official parity, on the effective rate or the
  prices on the world market for the products listed                 central rate of these currencies and, in the case of
  in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those               the US dollar, on the change in parity announced
 products in the Community may be covered by an                      on 13 February 1973 ;
  export refund ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules and
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/67/                 criteria to the present situation on the market in
 EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules                  cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for
 for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria                these products within the Community and on the
 for fixing the amount of such refunds provides that                world market that the refund should be fixed at the
 when refunds are being fixed account must be taken                  amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 of the existing situation and the future trend within
 regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the              Whereas the measures provided for in this
 Community market on the one hand and prices for                    Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of
 cereals and cereal products on the world market on                  the Management Committee for Cereals ;
 the other ; whereas the same article provides that it
 is also important to ensure equilibrium and the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 natural development of prices and trade on cereal
 markets and, furthermore, to take into account the                                          Article 1
 economic aspect of the proposed exports and the
 need to avoid disturbances on the Community                        The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
 market ;                                                           ( b ) and ( c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported
                                                                    in the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in
 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC                      the Annex to this Regulation.
 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
 when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                                            Article 2
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as              This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April
 wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned,                1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 5 April 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(»)  OJ No   117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(*)  OJ No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(»)  OJ No  L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.                               (5) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
(«)  OJ No   125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2453/67.                         (#) OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971, p. 16.
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                                                         ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 5 April 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and
                                certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                        (u.a. /ton)
         CCT heading
             No                                     Description of products                          Refund
          10.01 A        Common wheat (*), and meslin :
                         for exports to :
                         — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland                                    27-00
                         — Zone V                                                                    35-00
                         — other third countries                                                       1-00
          10.01 B        Durum wheat                                                                   1-00
          10.02          Rye (*)                                                                     35-00
          10.03          Barley :
                         for exports to :
                         — Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland                                    27-00
                         — other third countries
                                                                                                     35-00
          10.04          Oats
                                                                                                       100
          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 (l) :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 520 :
                             — for exports to :
                                — Zone I a) and Zone V a) excluding Nigeria                          4400
                                 — Zone IV                                                           49-00
                                — Zones V b), VI, VII, I c) and Nigeria                              47-00
                                 — other third countries                                             38-00
                         —■ 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./ton J
         CCT heading                                                                                                Refund
              No                                             Description of products
           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 A I h         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 flo ur, 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. 5. 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 .