31976R1862

31 . 7 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 206/3

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1862/76 of 27 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 on production refunds in the cereals and rice sectors

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN (b) in Article 1 (2) the amount ' 16-30 units of account COMMUNITIES, shall be replaced by '20 units of account' ;

(c) in Article 1 (3) the amount ' 12-30 units of account' Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European shall be replaced by ' 17-20 units of account'; Economic Community, (d) in Article 3 the amount ' 162 units of account' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No shall be replaced by ' 172 units of account'. 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 11 43/76 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof, Article 2 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in rice (3), and in particular Article The following Article 5a shall be added to Regulation 9 (2) thereof, (EEC) No 2742/75 :

'Article 5a Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 of 29 October 1975 on production refunds in the cereals 1 . By way of derogation from Articles 1 , 2 and and rice sectors (4) fixes the amount of the production 4, the production refund for products intended for refunds ; whereas in view of the situation which will the manufacture of glucose having a high fructose content : exist as from the beginning of the 1976/77 marketing year, particularly as a result of the application for that marketing year of common prices for cereals and rice, (a) shall be as follows for the 1976/77 marketing it is necessary to increase the production refunds ; year : whereas however, given the objectives of the produc­ tion refund system, such an increase should not be — 10 units of account per metric ton of retained in the case of products used in the manufac­ maize, less any accession compensatory ture of glucose having a high fructose content ; amount applicable for maize, whereas the best method of implementing a measure of this type is to provide for recovery from the manu­ — 16-30 units of account per metric ton of facturers concerned of the amount of the increase in common wheat, less any accession compen­ production refunds according to the product used, satory amount applicable for common wheat,

— 12-30 units of account per metric ton of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : broken rice, less any accession compensa­ tory amount applicable for broken rice,

— 10 units of account per metric ton of pota­ Article 1 toes, less any accession compensatory amount applicable for maize multiplied by Regulation (EEC) No 2742/75 shall be amended as the coefficient 1-61 , follows : — 10 units of account per metric ton of maize (a) in Articles 1 ( 1 ), 2 and 4 the amount ' 10 units of groats and meal less any accession compen­ account' shall be replaced by ' 14 units of account' ; satory amount applicable for maize and multiplied by the coefficient 1-23 ; (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 130, 19 . 5. 1976, p. 1 . (>) OJ No L 166, 25 . 6. 1976, p. 1 . (b) shall no longer be granted as from the 1977/78 (4) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 57. marketing year.

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2. Glucose having a high fructose content having a high fructose content the amounts means glucose having a fructose content of not referred to in Articles 1 and 2 or the amount less than 20 % , by dry matter. obtained in implementing Article 4, depending on the product used in its manufacture.' 3. In implementation of paragraph 1 (a), the Member States shall recover from manufacturers of glucose having a high fructose content the differ­ Article 3 ence between the amounts referred to in Articles 1 and 2 and the amount obtained in implementing This Regulation shall enter into force : Article 4, and the amounts referred to in para­ graph 1 , depending on the product used' in its — 1 August 1976 for products coverd by Regulation manufacture . (EEC) No 2727/75, In implementation of paragraph 1 (b), the Member — on 1 September 1976 for products covered by States shall recover from manufacturers of glucose Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 July 1976.

For the Council

The President

M. van der STOEL