Council Regulation (EEC) No 1127/78 of 22 May 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 on production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1127/78  of 22 May 1978  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 on production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1125/78 (2), and in particular Article 11 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1126/78 (4), and in particular Article 9 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in view of the possibility of substitution in the bakery industry between starch and quellmehl, the level of the refund to be granted for maize and common wheat used for the production of quellmehl intended for human consumption should be such as to achieve a balance between the cost of supplying the bakery industry with either starch or quellmehl ; whereas this objective could be achieved by fixing the production refund for maize and common wheat for the manufacture of quellmehl intended for use in the bakery industry at the same level as that fixed in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 of 29 October 1975 for production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2139/77 (6), for the production of starch from maize or common wheat;
Whereas, in view of the situation which will exist as from the beginning of the 1978/79 marketing year, particularly as a result of the increase in Community farm prices for that marketing year, the minimum price paid to the producer of potatoes intended for starch manufacture should be adjusted;
Whereas the aforesaid Regulation provides that a balanced relationship should be maintained between potato starch and maize starch prices and that the production refund should be the same for both products ; whereas, however, in order to maintain this balanced relationship and taking into account the increasing advantage enjoyed by the maize starch industry, particularly because of the by-products obtained from such manufacture, a premium should be paid to potato starch producers;
Whereas, in view of the possibility of substitution in the brewing industry between, on the one hand, starch and, on the other, maize groats and meal and broken rice, the level of the production refund to be granted for maize used by the maize industry in the manufacture of groats and meal for use by the brewing industry in the production of beer and for broken rice used for the same purpose should be such as to achieve a balance between the cost of supplying the brewing industry with either starch, maize groats and meal or broken rice ; whereas this objective could be achieved by fixing the refund for maize intended for the manufacture of groats and meal at the same level as the refund granted for maize for the manufacture of starch and, also, by fixing the refund on broken rice used in the brewing industry at the same level as the refund on broken rice intended for the manufacture of starch,