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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2434/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 September 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 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (5); 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 Regu­ Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; lation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2), and in particular the first whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Committee ; 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 it follows from applying these rules and 67/ EEC (3) of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules criteria to the present situation on the market in for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for cereals and in particular to quotations or prices for fixing the amount of such refunds provides that when these products within the Community and on the refunds are being fixed account must be taken ofthe world market that the refund should be fixed at the existing situation and the future trend with regard to amounts shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals and Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation cereal products on the world market on the other ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ whereas the same article provides that it is also impor­ ment Committee for Cereals ; 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 of the proposed exports and the need to avoid distur­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : bances on the Community market ;

Article 1 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 ; The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c ) of Regulation No 120 /67/ EEC, exported in the natural state , are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex Whereas these specific criteria are defined , as far as to this Regulation . wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4 of Regulation No 139 / 67/ EEC ; whereas , Article 2 furthermore , when the refund on these products is being calculated , account must be taken of the quanti­ ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 September 1 973 . (') O ) No I 1 7 , 19 . 6 . 196 7 , p . 2269 / 67 . (-) O") No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 . H O I No 1 28 , 27 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2574/ 67 . (') O'l No 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2453 / 67 . H O'l 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, 6 September 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 6 September 1973 fixing the refunds applicable to cereals and certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal (u.c.ltj CCT heading No Description of products Refund

10.01 A Common wheat (*), 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 —

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 A I 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 ? ' 3 ? and (5) of Regulation No 120'67/ EEC . (') The refund is granted solely in respect of common wheat tlour . groats and meal mamif.uiureJ limn loiiimou wheat uhiJ » has not been denatured pursuant to Article 7 and ' 5 ; of Regulation No 1 20 67 FA C.

The amount by which the refund may be increased pursuant to Article I <>t Regulation No ^8 67 / EEC is 2 u.a. / ton .