CELEX: 31988R0173
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 173/88 of 21 January 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 173/88
                                                        of 21 January 1988
                   fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities
COMMUNITIES,                                                         were fixed in Commission Regulation No 162/67/EEC (4),
                                                                     as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (s);
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 necessary to
                                                                     vary the refund for certain products according to destina­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   tion ;
Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 3989/87 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph           Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
of Article 16 (2),                                                   refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                           of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                          rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices                 the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
 that Regulation and prices for those products in the                      tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ;
 Community may be covered by an export refund ;                       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing                previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when
 refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the                Whereas, following the introduction of the "combined
 existing situation and the future trend with regard to               nomenclature" by Council Regulation (EEC) No
 prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community                2658/87 (8), the nomenclature applicable from 1 January
 market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal            1988 to export refunds on agricultural products was esta­
 products on the world market on the other ; whereas the              blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9) ;
 same Article provides that it is also important to ensure
 equilibrium and the natural development of prices and
 trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into               Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
 account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and              out above to the present situation on the market in
  the need to avoid disturbances on the Community                     cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these
  market ;                                                            products within the Community and on the world
                                                                      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
  the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                         Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
                                                                      of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
                                                                      of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­
  Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat        tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
  and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4          the case of exports to Portugal ;
  of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore,
  when the refund on these products is being calculated,
  account must be taken of the quantities of cereals                  (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
                                                                      Is) OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.
                                                                      («)  OJ  No  L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
  (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                             0    OJ  No  L  153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                              (8)  OJ  No  L  256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
   h) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78.                              (9) OJ  No  L  366, 24. 12. 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 2
                            Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
(b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in             This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 January
 the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.        1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 21 January 1988 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
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                                                        ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 21 January 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and
                                       on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                           (ECU/ tonne)
                      Product code                Destination of refund (')   Amount of refund
                   0709 90 60 000
                   0712 90 19 000
                   1001 10 10 000                            01                    80,00
                   1001 10 90 000                            04                    30,00 (4)
                                                             05                    25,00 (4)
                                                             02                    20,00 (4)
                    1001 90 91 000                           01                     80,00
                    1001 90 99 000                           03                     95,00
                                                             02                     25,00
                                                             08                   110,00
                                                             09                   110,00
                    1002 00 00 000                           03                     10,00
                                                             06                     20,00
                                                             07                     15,00
                                                             02                     25,00
                                                             09                   110,00
                    1003 00 10 000                           01                     80,00
                    1003 00 90 000                           03                     95,00
                                                             02                     25,00
                                                             09                   114,00
                    1004 00 10 000                           01                     50,00
                    1004 00 90 000
                    1005 10 90 000
                    1005 90 00 000                            03                   105,00
                                                              02                      0
                    1007 00 90 000 '
                     1008 20 00 000
                     1101 00 00 110                           01                   165,00
                     1101 00 00 120                           01                   165,00
                     1101 00 00 130                           01                   146,00
                     1101 00 00 150                           01                   137,00
                     1101 00 00 170                           01                   128,00
                     1101 00 00 180                           01                   117,00
                     1101 00 00 190
                     1101 00 00 900
                     1102 10 00 100                           01                   165,00
                     1102 10 00 200                           01                   165,00
                     1102 10 00 300                           01                   165,00
                     1102 10 00 500                           01                   165,00
                     1102 10 00 900
                     1103 11 10 100                           01                   290,00 (2)
                     1103 11 10 200                           01                   274,00 (3)
                     1103 11 10 500                            01                  245,00
                     1103 11 10 900                            01                  231,00
                     1103 11 90 100                            01                   165,00
                      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 Japan,
                  07 South Korea,
                  08 Ceuta and Melilla,
                  09    Zone II b.
              (2) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,250 mm mesh.
              (3) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,160 mm mesh.
              H 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 1569/77 with the exception of impurities constituted
                   by grain (other than mottled grains and grains affected with fusariosis) ; 7 % maximum of which 5 /o 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 1548 /87 (OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987).