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REGULATION (EEC) No 1510 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 June 1973 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 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (6); Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the world market situation or the specific Economic Community ; requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ sary to vary the refund for certain products according Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ to destination ; 67/EEC (!) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Community, signed at Brussels on 22 Januaryl972, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : and in particular the first sentence of the fourth sub­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in paragraph of Article 1 6 (2) thereof ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC on their effective parity ; provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each products in the Community may be covered by an of these currencies recorded for a given period, in export refund ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No 139/ Whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was 67/EEC (4) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules requested ; for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when Whereas it follows from applying these rules and refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe criteria to the present situation on the market in existing situation and the future trend with regard to cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community these products within the Community and on the market on the one hand and prices for cereals and world market that the refund should be fixed at the cereal products on the world market on the other ; amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­ tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ment of prices and trade on cereal markets and, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect ment Committee for Cereals ; of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­ bances on the Community market ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 3 of Regulation No 139/67/EEC defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund on cereals is being calculated ; Article 1

The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as and (c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported in the wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in natural state, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex Article 4 of Regulation No 139/ 67/ EEC ; whereas, to this Regulation . furthermore, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­ Article 2 ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 June 1973. (•) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67. (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. P OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (5 ) OJ No 128 , 27. 6 . 1967, p . 2574/67 . (4) OJ No 125, 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2453/67 . (6) 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, 7 June 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 7 June 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal (u.a.fton}

CCT heading Refund No Description of products

10.01 A -— Common wheat (l ), and mesiin :

10.01 B Durum wheat —

10.02 — Rye H •

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

•.x 11 . 0 1 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 A 1 a 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 A I b Common wheat groats and meal (2) :

— of an ash content of 0 to 520 —

(') 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 . (') 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 is 2 u.a ./ton .