CELEX: 31985R0334
Language: en
Date: 1985-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 334/85 of 7 February 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 36/28                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              8 . 2 . 85
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 334/85
                                                    of 7 February 1985
                fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the world market situation or the specific
COMMUNITIES,                                                    requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                to vary the refund for certain products according to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           destination ;
Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by         Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular the          refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2),
                                                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                         relation to each other at any given moment within
Committee,                                                           a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                    provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
provides that the difference between quotations or                   No 974/71 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
prices on the world market for the products listed in                No 855/84Q,
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those
products in the Community may be covered by an                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
export refund ;                                                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                     these currencies recorded over a given period in
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     relation to the Community currencies referred to
2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules                 in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for              cient ;
fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that
when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken             Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set
of the existing situation and the future trend with             out above to the present situation on the market in
regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the           cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
Community market on the one hand, and prices for                these products within the Community and on the
cereals and cereal products on the world market on              world market, that the refunds should be as set out in
the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is        the Annex hereto ;
also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural
development of prices and trade on cereal markets               Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has
and, furthermore, to take into account the economic             not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                its chairman,
aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid
disturbances on the Community market ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
furthermore, when the refund on these products is               (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,
being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­          exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
                                                                Annex hereto .
ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas
these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                             Article 2
 1607/71 0 ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 February
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                          1985 .
(2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
 3 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 .
(4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.                          (6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
O OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p . 16.                            0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 7 February 1985.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                     Vice-President
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                                                      ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 7 February 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and
                                      on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal
                                                                                                  (ECU / tonne)
              CCT
           heading                                     Description                                  Refund
               No
        10.01 B I        Common wheat and meslin
                         for exports to :
                         — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    10,00
                         — other third countries                                                      0
        10.01 B II       Durum wheat
                         for exports to :
                         — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    10,00
                         — other third countries                                                     20,00
        10.02            Rye
                         for exports to :
                         — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    10,00
                         — other third countries                                                     20,00
        10.03            Barley
                         for exports to :
                         — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                    31,00
                         — Zone II b)                                                                38,00
                         — Japan
                         — other third countries                                                     10,00
        10.04            Oats
                         for exports to :
                         — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein
                         — other third countries
        10.05 B          Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing                                    —
        10.07 B          Millet                                                                       —
        10.07 C          Grain sorghum                                                                —
     ex 1 1 .0 1 A       Wheat flour :
                         — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                             26,00
                         — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                           26,00
                         — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                           23,00
                         — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                         22,00
                         — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                       21,00
                         — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                       19,00
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                                                                                                         (ECU/ tonne)
               OCT
              heading                                      Description                                     Refund
                No
        ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                26,00
       l                     — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                            26,00
                             — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                          26,00
                             — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                          26,00
            11.02 A I a)     Durum wheat groats and meal :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (')                                         124,00
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2)                                         117,00
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300                                             105,00
                             — of an ash content of more than 1 300                                         99,00
            11.02 A lb)      Common wheat groats and meal :
                             — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                26,00
       (') Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,250 mm mesh.
        (2) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,160 mm mesh.
        N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977), as amended by
              Regulation (EEC) No 3634/83 (OJ No L 360, 23. 12. 1983).