CELEX: 31977R2317
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2317/77 of 20 October 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

No L 269/40                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             21 . 10 . 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2317/77
                                                       of 20 October 1977
                 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/
COMMUNITIES,                                                        67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1607/71 (5);
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 neces­
                                                                    sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        to destination ;
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­
ization of the market in cereals (! ), as last amended by           Whereas the refund must be fixed at least once a
Regulation (EEC) No 1386/77 (2), and in particular the              month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening
first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16             period ;
(2) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Committee,
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                         relation to each other, at any given moment,
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                        within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
provides that the difference between quotations or                       on their effective parity ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                   — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
products in the Community may be covered by an                           arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
export refund ;                                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
                                                                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No (EEC)                         in the previous subparagraph ;
No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                    Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3),                 above to the present situation on the market in
provides that when refunds are being fixed account                  cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
must be taken of the existing situation and the future              these products within the Community and on the
                                                                    world market, that the refunds, should be fixed as
trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals
on the Community market on the one hand and                         shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
prices for cereals and cereal products on the world
market on the other ; whereas the same article                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
provides that it is also important to ensure equili­                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Cereals,
brium and the natural development of prices and
trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into
account the economic aspect of the proposed exports
and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION .
nity market ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75                                                A rticle 1
defines the specific criteria to be taken into account
when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;                    The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b)
                                                                    and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in
                                                                     the natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as              Annex to this Regulation .
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas,
 furthermore, when the refund on these products is                                              Article 2
 being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­
 ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas           This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 October
                                                                     1977 .
 (■) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 158 , 29 . 6 . 1977, p. 1 .                            (4) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p . 2574/67 .
 P ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 19 75, p. 78 .                          (5) OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.
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               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 20 October 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 20 October 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                         and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                      (u.a. / tonne)
               CCT
              heading                              Description of products                          Refund
                No
           10.01 A         Common wheat and mesiin :                                                    0
           10.01 B         Durum wheat                                                                  0
           10.02           Rye                                                                          0
           10.03           Barley :
                           — for exports to :
                              — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                5000
                              — Iberian Peninsula                                                     6000
                              — other third countries                                                   0
           10.04           Oats                                                                         0
           10.05 B         Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing                                   —
           10.07 C         Grain sorghum                                                               —
        ex 11.01 A         Wheat flour :
                           — of an ash content òf 0 to 520                                            9800
                           — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                          9800
                           — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                          88 00
                           — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                        88 00
                           — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                      7800
                           — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                      78 00
        ex 11.01 B         Rye flour :
                           — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                           4500
                           — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                       4500
                           — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                     4500
                           — of «n ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                     4500
           1 1.02 A I a)   Durum wheat groats and meal :
                           — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                          15500
                           — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                      1 5500
                           —- of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                   1 55-00
           1 1.02 A I b)   Common wheat groats and meal :
                           — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                            98 00
        NB. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (O J No L 134, 28. 5. 1977).