CELEX: 31974R1044
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1044/74 of the Commission of 30 April 1974 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

1 . 5. 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 119 /29
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1044/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 30 April 1974
                       fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    when export refunds on cereal-based compound
COMMUNITIES,                                                       feedingstuffs are being fixed, only the products
                                                                   normally used in the manufacture of compound
                                                                   feedingstuffs for which a refund may be fixed should
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             be taken into account ; .
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                1913/69 (6) of 29 September 1969 on the granting and
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­           the advance fixing of the export refund on cereal­
lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular the first          based compound feedingstuffs provides that calcula­
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2)             tion of the export refund must be based on the levy
thereof ;                                                          applicable to maize ; whereas this calculation must
                                                                  also take account of the cereal products content ;
                                                                  whereas, therefore, in the interest of simplification,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      compound feedingstuffs should be placed in catego­
Committee ;                                                        ries and the refund for each category should be fixed
                                                                   on the basis of a quantity of maize which is representa­
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                     tive of the usual cereal products content for the cate­
provides that the difference between quotations or                gory concerned ; whereas, furthermore, the amount of
prices on the world market for the products listed in              the refund may also take into account the situation on
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                  the market in cereal products other than maize ;
products within the Community may be covered by
an export refund ;
                                                                  Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                   requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/                    sary to vary the refund for compound feedingstuffs
67/EEC (3) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules               according to destination ;
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when
refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the
existing situation and the future trend with regard to             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community              refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
market on the one hand and prices for cereals and
cereal products on the other ; whereas the same                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Article provides that it is also important to ensure                    relation to each other, at any given moment,
equilibrium and the natural development of prices                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
and trade on the cereal markets ;                                      on their effective parity ;
                                                                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Whereas it follows from applying rules and criteria to                  arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the present situation on the market in cereal-based                    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
compound feedingstuffs that the export refund should                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
be fixed at an amount which will cover the difference
                                                                        in the previous subparagraph ;
between Community prices and world market prices ;
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No             Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
968/68 (4) of 15 July 1968 on the system to be applied             whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs, as amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2196/69 (5), provides that,
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(') OJ  No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p.  2269/67.                          are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
(2) OJ  No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .                            ment Committee for Cereals,
0   OJ  No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p.  2453/67.
(<) OJ  No L 166, 17. 7. 1968 ,  p. 2.
(5) OJ  No L 279, 6. 11 . 1969,  p. 1 .                            (6) OJ No L 246, 30. 9. 1969, p. 11 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                Regulation (EEC) No 968 /68 are hereby fixed as
                                                                             shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
                                Article 1
                                                                                                         Article 2
The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs
covered by Regulation No 120/67/EEC and subject to                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1974.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 30 April 1974.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                                     ANNEX
   CCT heading             Special                                                                                                    Refund in
         No             specification                              Nomenclature in simplified wording                                u.a./100 k|
                         for refund                                                                                               (third countries)
23.07 B I                                   Preparation's of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by
                                            Regulation (EEC) No 968/68, containing starch, glucose or glucose
                                           syrup falling within subheading Nos 17.02 B and 17.05 B or milk
                                  ■
                                            products (falling within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04
                                           and subheading Nos 17.02 A and 17.05 A) :
                                           of a milk powder (') content of less than 50 % by weight and of
                                           cereal products (2) content by weight :
                           3010            —     Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 °/o                                                   0
                           4010            —     Exceeding 15 °/o but not exceeding 30 °/o                                                0
                           5010            —     Exceeding 30 % but not exceeding 50 %                                                    0
                           6010            —     Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 °/o                                                  0
                           7010            — Exceeding 65 °/o                                                                             0
(l) If the preparation of a kind used in animal feeding contains skimmed-milk powder falling within subheading No 04.02 A II b) 1 of the Common
    Customs Tariff , the amounts fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC / No 757/71 in its version now in force are charged at the importation .
(*) ' Cereal products ' means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading No 11.02 G) of the
    Common Customs Tariff.