CELEX: 31977R0689
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 689/77 of 31 March 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour groats and meal

1 . 4 . 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 84/69
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 689/77
                                                         of 31 March 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 3138/76 (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                                              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 (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 1 April
                                                                     1977 .
(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 354, 24. 12. 1976, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6 . 1967, p. 2574/67.
(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , 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, 31 March 1977 .
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                     Vice-President
                                                                         ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1977 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals
                                                     and wheat or rye flour groats and meal
                                                                                                                                                    (n.ii. / tonne)
                CCT
                                                                 Description of products                                                           Refund
              heading
                 No
          10.01 A                 Common wheat ('), and mesiin                                                                                        0
          10.01 B                 Durum wheat                                                                                                         0
          10.02                   Rye C )                                                                                                             0
          10.03                   Barley                                                                                                              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 of 0 to 520                                                                                  8000
                                  — of an ash content of 521 to 600                                                                                77-00
                                  — of an ash content of 601 to 900                                                                                7200
                                  — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100                                                                              72-00
                                  — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650                                                                            62-00
                                  — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900                                                                            62-00
     ex 11.01 B                   Rye flour :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 700                                                                                  48 00
                                  — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150                                                                              48-00
                                  — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600                                                                            48-00
                                  — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000                                                                            48-00
          11.02 A I a)             Durum wheat groats and meal :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 950                                                                                 1 70-00
                                  — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300                                                                             170-00
                                  — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500                                                                           170-00
          1 1 .02 A I b)          Common wheat groats and meal :
                                  — of an ash content of 0 to 520                                                                                   80-00
     (') The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 ( J ) and ( S ) of Regulation ( EEC )
         No 2727 / 75 .
      N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation ( EEC) No 306 /76 (OJ No L 38 , 13 . 2. 1976).