CELEX: 31984R3697
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3697/84 of 27 December 1984 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

29 . 12. 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 341 /27
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3697/84
                                                   of 27 December 1984
                       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 0, 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 for 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
                                                                 export ;
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for
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 3634/83 f), should
                                                                 be used ;
(') OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
O   OJ  No  L 107,  19. 4.   1984, p. 1.                         (s) 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.
(«) OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60.                        («) OJ No   L  134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53.
M OJ No L 303, 28. 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                             0   OJ No   L 360, 23 .  12. 1983, p. 21
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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,         Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :         not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in           its chairman,
    relation to each other at any given moment within
    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
    their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
     No 855/84 (2),                                                                 Article 1
— 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 ;               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;         1985.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 27 December 1984.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
 4 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1984 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
                                 foiling within subheadings 17.02 B and 21.07 F II or milk products
                                 (falling within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.Q2, 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 %                               1,45 (2)   3,51 (2) (3) -0
                       1010      —    Exceeding  10 % but not exceeding 20 %                              2,91 (2)   7,02 00 -0
                      2010       —    Exceeding  20 % but not exceeding 30 %                              5,81 (2) 14,04 00 -0
                       3010      —    Exceeding  30 % but not exceeding 40 %                              8,72 (2) 21,06 00 — (4)
                      4010       —    Exceeding  40 % but not exceeding 50 %                            11,62 (2)  28,08 (2)O — C)
                       5010      —    Exceeding  50 % but not exceeding 60 %                            14,53 0    35,11 (2) (3) -0
                      6010       —    Exceeding  60 % but not exceeding 70 %                            17,44 (2)  42,13 (2)0 — 0
                       7010      —    Exceeding  70 %                                                   19,02 0    45,96 (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 amended by Regulation
    (EEC) No 3634/83.
(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.
(*) For export to other third countries.