31985R2709

No L 256/34 27 . 9 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2709/85 of 26 September 1985 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 necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 organi­ zation of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Regulation (EEC) No 1018/84 (2), and in particular the refunds should be calculated on the following basis : fourth subparagraph of Article 16 (2), — 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 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 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No relation to the Community currencies referred to 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­ 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 Community market on the one hand, and prices for world market, that the refunds should be as set out in cereals and cereal products on the world market on the Annex hereto ; the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has development of prices and trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into account the economic not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market ;

Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund on cereals is being calculated ; Article 1 Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, furthermore, when the refund on these products is exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the being calculated, account must be taken of the quanti­ Annex hereto . ties of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities were fixed in Regulation No 162/ 67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Article 2 1607/71 0 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . September 1985. (2) OJ No L 107, 19 . 4. 1984, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . n OT No 128 . 27 . 6 . 1967. d . 2574/ 67 . (*) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . O OJ No L 168 , 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16 . P) 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, 26 September 1985 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 26 September 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 : — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 58,00 — zone II b) 65,00 — Algeria 78,00 — other third countries —

10.01 B II Durum wheat for exports to : — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 50,00 — other third countries 60,00

10.02 Rye for exports to : — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 65,00 — other third countries 75,00

10.03 Barley for exports to : — Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein 65,00 — — Japan — — other third countries

10.04 Oats for exports to : — — 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

ex 11.01 A Wheat flour : — of an ash content of 0 to 520 66,00 — of an ash content of 521 to 600 66,00 — of an ash content of 601 to 900 58,00 — of an ash content of 901 to 1 100 54,00 — of an ash content of 1 101 to 1 650 50,00 — of an ash content of 1 651 to 1 900 . 45,00

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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 66,00 — of an ash content of 701 to 1 150 66,00 — of an ash content of 1 151 to 1 600 66,00 I — of an ash content of 1 601 to 2 000 66,00 l

1 1 .02 A I a) Durum wheat groats and meal : ♦ — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (') 220,00 — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 (2) 208,00 \ — of an ash content of 0 to 1 300 186,00 — of an ash content of more than 1 300 175,00 11.02 A lb) Common wheat groats and meal : — of an ash content of 0 to 520 66,00

(') Meal of which less than 10 /o 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. 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).