31973R1576

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REGULATION (EEC) No 1576/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 14 June 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 67/EEC (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES , 1607/71 (6);

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ Economic Community ; sary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ 67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by the whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Community and the European Atomic Energy refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, 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 on their effective parity ; Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC provides that the difference between quotations or — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the prices on the world market for the products listed in arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those of these currencies recorded for a given period, in products in the Community may be covered by an relation to the Community currencies referred to export refund ; 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 world market that the refund should be fixed at the market on the one hand and prices for cereals and 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 ment Committee for Cereals ; furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect 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 Article 1 when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;

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 these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/ This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 June 1973 . (') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269 /67 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3) 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, 14 June 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 14 June 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal (u .dJton} CCT heading No Description of products Refund

10.01 A Common wheat ( 1 ), 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

c * 11.01 A Wheat flour (*) :

— 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 A I h Common wheat groats and meal (*) :

— 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 if 2 u.a. /ton .