31985R1154

No L 119/36 3 . 5 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1154/85 of 2 May 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/ COMMUNITIES, 67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 0 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the world market situation or the specific Economic Community, requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destination ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2), 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 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Committee, 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 Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) provides that the difference between quotations or No 974/71 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) prices on the world market for the products listed in No 855/84 0, Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the products in the Community may be covered by an arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of export refund ; these currencies recorded over a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­ 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules cient ; for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), provides that Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken out above to the present situation on the market in of the existing situation and the future trend with cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in Community market on the one hand, and prices for the Annex hereto ; cereals and cereal products on the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by development of prices and trade on cereal markets its chairman, and, furthermore, to take into account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 Article 1 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 Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as Annex hereto . wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas Article 2 furthermore, when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 May 1985. ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas (<) OJ No 128 , 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67. (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16. (2) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1 . I6) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . 0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 2 May 1985.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 2 May 1985 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

(ECU/ tonne) CCT heading Description Refund No

10.01 B I Common wheat and meslin for exports to : l — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 22,50 — other third countries 10,00

10.01 B II Durum wheat for exports to : I — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 10,00 — other third countries 20,00

10.02 Rye \

for exports to : — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 10,00 — other third countries 20,00

10.03 Barley I

for exports to : I — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 45,00 52,00 I — Zone II b) — — Japan — other third countries 10,00

10.04 Oats I

for exports to : l

— — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein — — other third countries

— 10.05 B Maize, other than hybrid maize for sowing

— 10.07 B Millet

10.07 C Grain sorghum I

for exports to : 30,00 — Sudan (3) — — other third countries

ex 1 1.01 A Wheat flour : — of an ash content of 0 to 520 30,00 — of an ash content of 521 to 600 30,00 — of an ash content of 601 to 900 26,50 — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100 24,50 — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650 22,75 — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900 , 20,50

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(ECU/ tonne) CCT heading Description Refund No

ex 11.01 B Rye flour : — of an ash content of 0 to 700 30,00 — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150 30,00 — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600 30,00 — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000 30,00

- 1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal : — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (') 170,00 — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2) 160,00 — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 144,00 — of an ash content of more than 1 300 136,00 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal : — of an ash content of 0 to 520 30,00

—i (') Meal of which less than 1 0 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,250 mm mesh. (2) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,160 mm mesh. (3) For exports to be made on the basis of a contract awarded following an invitation to tender for the supply of cereals in the context of an emergency aid operation under the Lomé Convention. N.B. The zones are those defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 501 / 85 (OJ No L 60, 28 . 2. 1985).