31984R3697

29 . 12. 84 No L 341 /27 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3697/84 of 27 December 1984 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1913/69 Economic Community, of 29 September 1 969 on the granting and the advance fixing of the export refund on cereal-based compound Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No feedingstuffs (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­ No 537/83 0, provides that calculation of the export ation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by refund must be based on the average of the refunds Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular the granted on the most commonly used basic cereals, fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2) thereof, adjusted on the basis of the threshold price in force during the month of exportation and on the levy Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary applicable to maize ; whereas this calculation must also Committee, take account of the cereal products content ; whereas, therefore, in the interest of simplification, compound Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 feedingstuffs should be placed in categories and the refund for each category should be fixed on the basis provides that the difference between quotations or of a quantity of maize which is representative of the prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those usual cereal products content for the category concerned ; whereas, furthermore, the amount of the products within the Community may be covered by an refund must also take into account the possibilities export refund ; and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Community market and the economic aspect of the 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules export ; for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the Commun­ ity market on the one hand and prices for cereals and Whereas, however, in fixing the rate of refund it would cereal products on the other ; whereas the same Article seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium in the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound and the natural development of prices and trade on feedingstuffs as between the Community and world the cereal markets ; markets, allowing more accurate account to be taken of the commercial conditions under which such Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules products are exported ; to the present situation on the market in cereal-based compound feedingstuffs that the export refund should be fixed at an amount which will cover the difference Whereas the world market situation or the specific between Community prices and world market prices ; requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for compound feedingstuffs accord­ ing to composition and destination ; whereas, for Whereas Article 7 (1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No purposes of varying the refund, the destination zones 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on the system to be laid down in Annex II to Commission Regulation applied to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs (4), as (EEC) No 1124/77 of 27 May 1977 redefining the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 provides destination zones for export refunds or levies and for that, when export refunds on cereal-based compound certain export licences for cereals and rice (8), as feedingstuffs are being fixed, only the products amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3634/83 f), should normally used in the manufacture of compound be used ;

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . O OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 . (s) OJ No L 246, 30. 9. 1969, p. 11 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . 0 OJ No L 63, 9 . 3. 1983, p. 10. («) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60. («) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53. M OJ No L 303, 28. 11 . 1977, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 360, 23 . 12. 1983, p. 21

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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has refunds should be calculated on the following basis : not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 855/84 (2), — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and subject these currencies recorded for a given period in to Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 are hereby fixed as relation to the Community currencies referred to shown in the Annex to this Regulation. in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­ cient ; Article 2

Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1985. whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 1984.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . 4 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1984 fixing the export refunds on cereal­ based compound feedingstuffs

(ECU / tonne) CCT Special heading specification Nomenclature in simplified wording Refund \ 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 foiling within subheadings 17.02 B and 21.07 F II or milk products (falling within heading Nos 04.01 , 04.Q2, 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 a cereal products (') content by weight : 0510 — Exceeding 5 % but not exceeding 10 % 1,45 (2) 3,51 (2) (3) -0 1010 — Exceeding 10 % but not exceeding 20 % 2,91 (2) 7,02 00 -0 2010 — Exceeding 20 % but not exceeding 30 % 5,81 (2) 14,04 00 -0 3010 — Exceeding 30 % but not exceeding 40 % 8,72 (2) 21,06 00 — (4) 4010 — Exceeding 40 % but not exceeding 50 % 11,62 (2) 28,08 (2)O — C) 5010 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 60 % 14,53 0 35,11 (2) (3) -0 6010 — Exceeding 60 % but not exceeding 70 % 17,44 (2) 42,13 (2)0 — 0 7010 — Exceeding 70 % 19,02 0 45,96 (2)0 — 0

(') '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. 0 For exports to Zones A, B, C, D and E specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3634/83. (3) Minimum content of maize and/or sorghum exceeding : 0510 : 5 % ; 1010 : 10 % ; 2010 : 20 % ; 3010 : 30 % ; 4010 : 40 % ; 5010 : 50 % ; 6010 : 60 % ; 7010 : 60 % . In so far as this minimum is observed, these refunds shall, at the request of the party concerned, also apply where the cereal products' content exceeds the maximum specified on the same line. (*) For export to other third countries.