31981R0131

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 131 / 81 of 8 January 1981 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas COMMUNITIES , these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/ 67/ EEC (4), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1607/71 (5 ); Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No sary to vary the refund for certain products according 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­ to destination ; ization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2 ), and in particular Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; the first sentence of the fourth subparagraph of Article whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; 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 Committee, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within Whereas Article 16 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2727/75 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based 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 indent ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation No (EEC) No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules rules for granting export refunds on cereals and set out above to the present situation on the market in criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for provides that when refunds are being fixed account these products within the Community and on the must be taken of the existing situation and the future world market , that the refunds should be as set out in trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals the Annex hereto ; on the Community market on the one hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on the world Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation market on the other ; whereas the same article are in, accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ ment Committee for Cereals , brium and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal markets and , furthermore , to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ nity market ; Article 1 Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 when the refund on cereals is being calculated ; (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in the natural state , shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 2 Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/ 75 ; whereas, furthermore, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 January 1981 . (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17. (4) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67. (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 1 1 . 1975, p. 78 . (5 ) OJ 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, 8 January 1981 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 8 January 1981 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU / tonne)

CCT heading Description Refund No

10.01 A Common wheat and mesiin : — for exports to : — Switzerland , Austria and Liechtenstein 3400 — the Iberian peninsula 4400 — Zone V 5000 — USSR — — other third countries 0 10.01 B Durum wheat — 10.02 Rye — for exports to : — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 2000 — Zone II b) 2500 — USSR — — other third countries 0 10.03 * Barley : — for exports to : — Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and the Iberian peninsula 2000 — — USSR and Japan — other third countries 0 10.04 Oats : — for exports to : — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 0 — other third countries — 10.05 B 1 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 : — — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries i1 ) 72-00 , — of an ash content of 521 to 600 : — for exports to the USSR — — for exports to other third countries (') 68-25 // — of an ash content of 601 to 900 : — for exports to the USSR — — for exports to other third countries ( x) 63-45 — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100 : — - — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries ( ! ) 58-65 — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650 : — — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries ( J ) 54-35 — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900 : — — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries (') 48-65 ex 1 1 .0 1 B Rye flour : — of an ash content of 0 to 700 : — — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries (') 35-00 — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150 : — — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries 35-00 — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600 : — for exports to the USSR — — for exports to other third countries (') 35-00 — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000 : — — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries (') 35-00 1 1.02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal : — of an ash content of 0 to 1 500 — — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries (') 55-00 1 1.02 A 1 b) Common wheat groats and meal : — of an ash content of 0 to 520 : — — for exports to the USSR — for exports to other third countries (') 72-00

(') And destinations mentioned in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2730/79 (OJ No L 317, 12. 12. 1979, p. 1 ).

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