31973R0854

31 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 85/27

REGULATION (EEC) No 854/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 March 1973 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) COMMUNITIES, No 968/68 (5) of 15 July 1968 on the system to be applied to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2196/69 (e), pro­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ vides that, when export refunds on cereal-based com­ pean Community ; pound feedingstuffs are being fixed, only the pro­ ducts normally used in the manufacture of com­ pound feedingstuffs for which a refund may be fixed Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67/ should be taken into account ; EEC f 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No of new Member States to the European Econo­ 1913/69 (7) of 29 September 1969 on the granting mic Community and the European Atomic Energy and the advance fixing of the export refund on Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, cereal-based compound feedingstuffs provides that and in particular the first sentence of the fourth calculation of the export refund must be based on the subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof ; levy applicable to maize ; whereas this calculation must also take account of the cereal products con­ tent ; whereas, therefore, in the interest of simplifica­ Having regard to the Opinion . of the Monetary tion, compound feedingstuffs should be placed in Committee ; categories and the refund for each category should be fixed on the basis of a quantity of maize which is Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC representative of the usual cereal products content provides that the difference between quotations or for the category concerned ; whereas, furthermore, prices on the world market for the products listed in the amount of the refund may also take into ac­ Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those pro­ count the situation on the market in cereal products ducts within the Community may be covered by an other than maize ; export refund ;

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/67/ requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules sary to vary the refund for compound feedingstuffs for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria according to destination ; for fixing- the amount of such refunds provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the refunds should be calculated on the basis of an Community market on the one hand and prices for exchange rate which is based, in the oase of currencies cereals and cereal products on the other ; whereas which are floating or whose central rate differs from the same Article provides that it is also important to the ' official parity, on the effective rate or the ensure equilibrium and the natural development of central rate of these currencies and, in the case of prices and trade on the cereal markets ; the US dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 February 1973 ; Whereas it follows from applying rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in cereal­ Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; based compound feedingstuffs that the export re­ whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; fund should be fixed at an amount which will cover the difference between Community prices and world market prices ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals : (*) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p . 2269/67. (8) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (») OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (*) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p . 2453/67. («) OJ No L 279, 6. 11 . 1969, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 166, 17. 7. 1968 , p. 2 . (7) OJ No L 246, 30. 9. 1969, p. 11 .

No L 85/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 3 . 73

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : to Regulation ( EEC) No 968/68 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article1¶

The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April covered by Regulation No 120/67/EEC and subject 1973 .

' This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Special Refund in CCT heading No specification Nomenclature in simplified wording u. a./100 kç for refund (third countries)

23.07 B I Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation (EEC) No 968/68 , containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheadings Nos 17.02 B and 17.05 B or milk products (falling within headings Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04 and subheadings 17.02 A and 17.05 A): of a milk powder (*) content of less than 50°/o by weight and of cereal products (2) content by weight : 3010 — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 15 °/o 0-399 4010 — Exceeding 15 °/o but not exceeding 30 % 0-997 5010 — Exceeding 30% but not exceeding 50 % , 1-794 6010 - — Exceeding 50 °/o but not exceeding 65 °/o 2-392 7010 — Exceeding 65 % 2-990

(') If the preparation of a kind used in animal feeding contains skimmed- milk powder falling within subheading No 04.02 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff, the amounts fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC ) No 757/71 in its version now in force are charged at the importation . (*) ' Cereal products' means the products falling within Chapter 10 and headings Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading No 11.02 G) of the Common Customs Tariff.