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27. 11 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 326/ 13

REGULATION (EEC) No 3198/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 26 November 1973 altering the refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the COMMUNITIES, arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ relation to the Community currencies referred to pean Economic Community ; in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to Council Regulation No Whereas it follows from applying the rules, criteria 120/67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common or­ and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) ganization of the market in cereals, as last amended No 3163/73 to the information at present available by Regulation (EEC) No 1346/73 (2 ), and in par­ to the Commission that the export refunds at pre­ ticular the second sentence of the fourth subpara­ sent in force should be altered as shown in the graph of Article 16 ( 2) thereof ; Annex to this Regulation ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal were fixed by Regula­ Article 1 tion ( EEC ) No 3163 /73 ( 3 ) ; The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), Whereas the refund must be fixed once a week ; (b ) and ( c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, exported whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3163 /73 , are hereby altered as Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, shown in the Annex to this Regulation . refunds should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 2 relation to each other , at any given moment, within a band of 2.25 °/o, a rate of exchange based This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 Novem­ on their effective parity ; ber 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 26 November 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(*) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67. (•) OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p . 8 . (•) OJ No L 322, 23 . 11 . 1973 , p . 13 .

No L 326/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 11 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 26 November 1973 altering the refunds applicable to cereals and certain categories of wheat or rye flour, groats and meal (u.a. /t) CCT heading No Description of products Refund

10.01 A Common wheat (*), and meslin

10.01 B Durum wheat

10.02 0 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 : Q — of an ash content of 0 to 700 0 — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150 0 — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600 0 — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000

11.02 A l£ 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 Alt 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 .