CELEX: 31974R1538
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1538/74 of the Commission of 20 June 1974 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

21 . 6. 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 166/ 13
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1538/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 20 June 1974
                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
                                                                  Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Economic Community ;
                                                                  requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                  sary to vary the refund for certain products according
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       to destination ;
67/BEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­           Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ;
lation (EEC) No 1 346/73 (2), and in particular the first         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2)
thereof ;                                                         Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                  refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Committee ;
                                                                       relation to each other, at any given moment,
                                                                      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC                        on their effective parity ;
provides that the difference between quotations or
prices on the world market for the products listed in             — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
products in the Community may be covered by an                         of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
export refund ;                                                        relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                       in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/                   Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined
67/EEC (3) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules              above to the present situation on the market in
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for           cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for
fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when              these products within the Community and on the
refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe               world market, that the refunds , should be fixed as
existing situation and the future trend with regard to            shown in the Annex to this Regulation ;
prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community
market on the one hand and prices for cereals and                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
cereal products on the world market on the other ;                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­          ment Committee for Cereals,
tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­
ment 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 distur­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
bances on the Community market ;
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC                                              Article 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 No 120/67/ EEC, exported in the
                                                                  natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex
Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as            to this Regulation .
wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in
Article 4 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC ; whereas,
                                                                                           Article 2
furthermore, when the refund on these products is
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 June
                                                                   1974 .
(!) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.
(2) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5. 1973, p. 8 .                            (<) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67.
P) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2453/67.                            (5) OJ No L 1 68, 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 June 1974.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 20 June 1974 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                                  and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                                            tu.a. /t)
          CCT heading
               No                                           Description of products                                   Refund
            10.01 A             Common wheat and mesiin
            10.01 B             Durum wheat
            10.02               Rye H                                                                                    0
            10.03               Barley
            10.04               Oats
            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 of 0 to 520                                                          0
                                — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                        0
                                — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                        0
                                — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                      0
                                — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                    0
                                — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                    0
       ex 11.01 B               Rye flour :
                                — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                           0
                                — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                       0
                                — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                     0
                                — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                     0
            11 .02 A la         Durum wheat groats and meal :
                                — of an ash content of 0 to 950
                                — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300
                                — of an ash content of '1 301 to 1 500
            11 .02 A lb         Common wheat groats and meal :
                                — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                          0
       (') The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which have not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3)
           and (5) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC .
       The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation No 587.
       67/EEC is 2 u.a./ton.