31979R0175

No L 26/24 1 . 2 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 175/79 of 31 January 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN compound feedingstuffs for which a refund may be COMMUNITIES, fixed should be taken into account ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1913/69 Economic Community, of 29 September 1969 on the granting and the advance fixing of the export refund on cereal-based Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No compound feedingstuffs (6), as amended by Regulation 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ (EEC) No 311 6/75 (7), provides that calculation of the tion of the market in cereals ^), as last amended by export refund must be based on the levy applicable to Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular the maize ; whereas this calculation must also take fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof, account of the cereal products content ; whereas, there­ fore, in the interest of simplification, compound feedingstuffs should be placed in categories and the Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, refund for each category should be fixed on the basis of a quantity of maize which is representative of the usual cereal products content for the category Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 concerned ; whereas, futhermore, the amount of the provides that the difference between quotations or refund must also take into account the possibilities prices on the world market for the products listed in and conditions for the sale of those products on the Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the products within the Community may be covered by Community market and the economic aspect of the an export refund ; export ;

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general Whereas the world market situation or the specific rules for granting export refunds on cereals and requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), sary to vary the refund for compound feedingstuffs provides that when refunds are being fixed account according to destination ; must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the one hand and Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, prices for cereals and cereal products on the other ; refunds should be calculated on the following basis : whereas the same Article provides that it is also impor­ tant to ensure equilibrium and the natural develop­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in ment of prices and trade on the cereal markets ; relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Whereas it follows from applying rules and criteria to their effective parity ; the present situation on the market in cereal-based — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the compound feedingstuffs that the export refund should be fixed at an amount which will cover the difference arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in between Community prices and world market prices ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on the system to be applied to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs (4), as Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (5), whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; provides that, when export refunds on cerealrbased compound feedingstuffs are being fixed, only the products normally used in the manufacture of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . ment Committee for Cereals, (A OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978, p. 1 . (}) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . (") OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60 . (<>) OJ No L 246, 30 . 9 . 1969, p. 11 . h) OJ No L 303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 . 7 OJ No L 309, 29 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation . Article 1 Article 2 The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1979 . covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and subject

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereal­ based compound feedingstuffs

(u.a./tonne)

CCT Special Nomenclature in simplified wording Refund heading specification No for refund

23.07 B I Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheadings . 17.02 B and 21.07 F II or milk products (falling within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 and 04.04 and subheadings 17.02 A and 21.07 F I): of a milk powder content of less than 50 % by weight and of cereal products (') content by weight : 3010 813 — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 1 5 % 4010 —• Exceeding. 1 5 % but not exceeding 30 % 20.33 5010 — Exceeding 30 % but not exceeding 50 % 36-59 6010 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 % 48-78 7010 — Exceeding 65 % 60.98

( l ) 'Cereal products means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading 11.02 G) of the Common Customs Tariff.