CELEX: 31985R2899
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2899/85 of 17 October 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

No L 278 / 20                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             18 . 10 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2899/85
                                                       of 17 October 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/ 84 0,
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 measures provided for in this Regulation
and, furthermore, to take into account the economic                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid                Committee for Cereals,
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 18 October
(') 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.                         (<•) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p . 1 .
 4 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, 17 October 1985.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                        Vice-President
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                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 17 October 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
    l                   for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                     61,00
                        — zone II b) and the Iberian Peninsula                                       68,00
                        — other third countries                                                      71,00
       10.01 B II       Durum wheat
    l                   for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                     50,00
                        — other third countries                                                      60,00
       10.02            Rye
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                     72,00
                        — other third countries                                                      82,00
       10.03            Barley
                        for exports to :
                        — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein                                     72,00
                        — zone II b)                                                                 79,00
                        — Japan                                                                    •  —
                        — other third countries                                                       —
       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                                              80,00
                        — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                            80,00
                        — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                            70,00
                        — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                          65,00
                        — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                        60,00
                        — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                        54,00
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                                                                                                             (ECU / tonne)
              CCT
             heading                                       Description                                         Refund
               No
       ex 11.01 B           Rye flour :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                     80,00
                            — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                 80,00
                            — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                               80,00
                            — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                               80,00
           11.02 A I a)     Durum wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (') (                                           234,00
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2)                                             220,00
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300                                                  197,00
                            — of an ash content of more than 1 300                                             186,00
           11.02 A lb)      Common wheat groats and meal :
                            — of an ash content of 0 to 520 '                                                   80,00
       (') 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 last amended by
             Regulation (EEC) No 501 /85 (OJ No L 60, 28 . 2. 1985).