31979R0769

No L 98 /26 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 4 . 79

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 769/ 79 of 19 April 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas the world market situation or the specific COMMUNITIES, requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ sary to vary the refund for certain products according Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European to destination ; Economic Community, Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­ ization of the market in cereals ( ! ), as last amended by Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Regulation (EEC) No 1254/78 (2), and in particular the refunds should be calculated on the following basis : first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary relation to each other at any given moment within Committee, a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas Article 16 nf Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 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 indent ;

Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No ( EEC) Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general March 1 979 (6) laid down the coefficient for rules for granting export refunds on cereals and expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), ECU ; provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals set out above to the present situation on the market in on the Community market on the one hand and cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for prices for cereals and cereal products on the world these products within the Community and on the market on the other ; whereas the same article world market, that the refunds should be as set out in provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ the Annex hereto ; brium and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation account the economic aspect of the proposed exports are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ ment Committee for Cereals, nity market ;

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2746/75 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : when the refund on cereals is being calculated ;

Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as Article 1 wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas, furthermore, when the refund on these products is The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­ (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/ 67/ EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (5); Article 2

(>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 April (2) OJ No L 156, 14. 6. 1978 , p. 1 . 1979 . (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 78 . (4) OJ No 128 , 27 . 6. 1967, p . 2574/67 . (5 ) OJ No L 168 , 27 . 7 . 1971 , p. 16 . (b) OJ No L 84, 4 . 4. 1979 , p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 April 1979 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

No L 98 / 28 20 . 4 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 19 April 1979 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal ( ICC tonne ) CCT heading Description Rotund No

10.01 A Common wheat and meslin : — for exports to : — the People's Republic of China 91 00 — Zones I, II , III , IV, V, VI and VII a) and b) 0 — other third countries 75-00 10.01 B Durum wheat 0 10.02 Rye : — for exports to : — Switzerland , Austria and Liechtenstein 8500 — other third countries 9700 10.03 Barley : — for exports to : — Switzerland , Austria and Liechtenstein 8 1 00 — other third countries 0 10.04 Oats 77-00 10.05 B — Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing 10.07 C — Grain sorghum ex 11.01 A Wheat flour : — of an ash content of 0 to 520 12600 — of an ash content of 521 to 600 126-00 — of an ash content of 601 to 900 114-00 — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100 114-00 — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650 102-00 — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900 102-00 ex 11.01 B Rye flour : — of an ash content of 0 to 700 121-00 — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150 121-00 — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600 121-00 — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000 121-00 1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal : — of an ash content of 0 to 950 200-00 — of an ash content of 951 to 1 300 200-00 — of an ash content of 1 301 to 1 500 200-00 1 1 .02 A I b) Common wheat groats and meal : — of an ash content of 0 to 520 126-00

N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5 . 1977).