31973R1428

31 . 5 . 73 No L 144/7 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1428 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 May 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN furthermore, when the refund on these products is COMMUNITIES, being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­ ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/ Economic Community ; 67/EEC (5),. as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 1607/71 (6) ; 67/EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Whereas the world market situation or the specific tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of sary to vary the refund for certain products according new Member States to the European Economic to destination ; Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­ whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; paragraph of Article 1 6 (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 basis of an Committee ; exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies which are floating or whose central rate differs from Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC the official parity, on the effective rate or the central provides that the difference between quotations or rate of these currencies and , in the case of the US prices on the world market for the products listed in dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those February 1973 ; products in the Community may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria to the present situation on the market in Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/ cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for 67/ EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules these products within the Community and on the for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for world market that the refund should be fixed at the fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe existing situation and the future trend with regard to Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ market on the one hand and prices for cereals and ment Committee for Cereals ; cereal products on the world market on the other ; whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 Article 1 of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­ The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) bances on the Community market ; and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported in the Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/ EEC natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex defines the specific criteria to be taken into account to this Regulation . when the refund on cereals is being calculated ; Article 2 Whereas these specific criteria are defined , as far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 May Article 4 of Regulation No 139/ 67/ EEC ; whereas, 1 973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 1 973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 / 67 . (^) OJ No L 7 .?, 27 . 1972, p. 14 . (3 ) OJ No L 7 .\ 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (s ) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p. 2574/ 67 . (■») OJ No 125, 26. 6 . 1967, p. 2453 /67 . (o) OJ No L 168 ,- 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16.

No L 144/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 5 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal (u .a Jton) CCT heading Description of products Refund No

10.01 A Common wheat (*), and meslin :

10.01 B Durum wheat

10.02 Rye (*)

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 (2) : — of an ash content of 0 to 520 — of an ash content of 521 to 600 — of an ash content of 601 to 900 — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100 — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650 — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900

ex 11.01 B Rye flour :

— of an ash content of 0 to 700 —• of an ash content of 701 to 1 150 — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600 — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000

11.02 Ala 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 Alb Common wheat groats and meal (2) :

— of an ash content of 0 to 520

(l) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat and rye which has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (5) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC . P) The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat flour, groats and meal manufactured from common wheat which has 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 it 2 u.a./ton .