31987R3971

30 . 12 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 371 / 65

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3971/87 of 29 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs are being fixed, only certain products used in the manu­ facture of compound feedingstuffs for which a refund may Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European be fixed should be taken into account : Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1913/69 of 29 September 1969 on the granting and the advance Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No -2727/75 fixing of the export refund on cereal-based compound of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the feedingstuffs (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 1349/87 0, provides that calculation of the export refund No 3808/87 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph must be based on the averages of the refunds granted and of Article 16 (2) thereof, the levies calculated on the most commonly used basic cereals, adjusted on the basis of the threshold price in force during the current month ; whereas that calculation Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, must also take account of the cereal products content ; whereas, therefore, in the interest of simplification, compound feedingstuffs should be placed in categories Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and the refund for each category should be fixed on the provides that the difference between quotations or prices basis of the quantity of cereal products content for the on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of category concerned ; whereas, furthermore, the amount of that Regulation and prices for those products within the the refund must also take into account the possibilities Community may be covered by an export refund ; and conditions for the sale of those products on the world market, the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ nity market and the economic aspect of the export ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules 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 exis­ Whereas, however, in fixing the rate of refund it would ting situation and the future trend with regard to prices seem advisable to base it at this time on the difference in and availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the cost of raw inputs widely used in compound feeding­ the one hand and prices for cereals and cereal products stuffs as between the Community and world markets, allo­ on the other ; whereas the same Article provides that it is wing more accurate account to be taken of the commer­ also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural cial conditions under which such products are exported ; development of prices and trade on the cereal markets ;

Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to the present situation on the market in cereal-based Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­ compound feedingstuffs that the export refund should be rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary fixed at an amount which will cover the difference the refund for compound feedingstuffs according to between Community prices and world market prices ; composition and destination ; whereas, for purposes of varying the refund, the destination zones laid down in Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 2743/75 of 29 October 1975 on the system to be applied of 27 May 1977 redefining the destination zones for to cereal-based compound feedingstuffs (4), as amended by export refunds or levies and for certain export licences for Regulation (EEC) No 944/87 0, provides that, when cereals and rice (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1548/87 (9), should be used ; (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 357, 19. 12. 1987, p. 12. (6) OJ No L 246, 30. 9 . 1969, p. 11 . (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . 0 OJ No L 127, 16. 5. 1987, p. 14. (4) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 60 . (8) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 53. 0 OJ No L 90, 2. 4. 1987, p. 2. 0 OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987, p. 14.

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Whereas, following the introduction of the combined of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ nomenclature by Council Regulation (EEC) No tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in 2658/87 (') the nomenclature applicable from 1 January the case of exports to Portugal ; 1988 to export refunds on agricultural products was esta­ blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (2) ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Committee for Cereals, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion 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 corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ Article 1 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 (4), The export refunds on the compound feedingstuffs — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and subject to arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75 are hereby fixed as shown these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ in the Annex to this Regulation. tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed. Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Article 2 Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . b) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 December 1987 fixing the export refunds on cereal-based compound feedingstuffs (')

(ECU / tonne) Destination Product code Amount of refund of refund (2)

2309 90 31 050 2309 90 31 110 01 6,82 (3) 02 — 2309 90 31 190 01 6,80 02 — I 2309 90 31 210 01 13,65 (3) 02 — I 2309 90 31 290 01 13,61 02 — 2309 90 31 310 01 27,30 (3) 02 — I 2309 90 31 390 01 27,22 02 — 2309 90 31 900 — — 2309 90 33 050 — — 2309 10 33 110 01 6,82 (3) 02 — 2309 90 33 190 01 6,80 02 — 2309 90 33 210 01 1 3,65 (3) 02 — l 2309 90 33 290 01 13,61 02 — 2309 90 33 310 01 27,30 (3) 02 — 2309 90 33 390 01 27,22 02 — 2309 90 33 900 — — 2309 90 41 050 — — 2309 90 41 110 01 6,82 (3) 02 — 2309 90 41 190 01 6,80 02 — l 2309 90 41 210 01 1 3,65 (3) 02 ■ — I 2309 90 41 290 01 13,61 02 — l 2309 90 41 310 01 27,30 (3) 02 — 2309 90 41 390 01 27,22 02 — I 2309 90 41 410 01 40,95 (3) 02 — 2309 90 41 490 01 40,82 02 — 2309 90 41 510 01 54,60 (3) 02 — 2309 90 41 590 01 54,43 02 — I

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(ECU/ tonne)

Destination Product code Amount of refund of refund (2)

2309 90 41 610 01 68,25 (3) 02 — 2309 90 41 690 01 68,04 02 — 2309 90 41 900 — — — — 2309 90 43 050 2309 90 43 110 01 6,82 (3) 02 — 2309 90 43 190 01 6,80 02 — 2309 90 43 210 01 13,65 (3) 02 — 2309 90 43 290 01 13,61 — 02 2309 90 43 310 01 27,30 (3) 02 — 2309 90 43 390 01 27,22 02 — 2309 90 43 410 01 40,95 (3) 02 — 2309 90 43 490 01 40,82 02 — 2309 90 43 510 01 54,60 (3) 02 — 2309 90 43 590 01 54,43 02 — 2309 90 43 610 01 68,25 (3) 02 — 2309 90 43 690 01 68,04 02 — — — 2309 90 43 900 — ■ — 2309 90 51 050 2309 90 51 110 01 6,82 0 02 — 2309 90 51 190 01 6,80 x 02 — 2309 90 51 210 01 13,65 (3) 02 — 2309 90 51 290 01 13,61 02 — 2309 90 51 310 01 27,30 (3) — 02 2309 90 51 390 01 27,22 02 — 2309 90 51 410 01 40,95 (3) 02 — 2309 90 51 490 01 40,82 02 — 2309 90 51 510 01 54,60 (3) 02 — 2309 90 51 590 01 54,43 02 — 2309 90 51 610 01 68,25 (3) 02 — 2309 90 51 690 01 68,04 02 —

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(ECU/ tonne) Destination Product code Amount of refund of refund (2)

2309 90 51 710 01 81,90 (3) 02 — 2309 90 51 790 01 81,65 02 — 2309 90 51 810 01 89,34 (3) 02 — l 2309 90 51 890 01 89,07 02 — 2309 90 51 900 — — 2309 90 53 050 — — 2309 90 53 110 01 6,82 0 02 — I 2309 90 53 190 01 6,80 02 — 2309 90 53 210 01 13,65 (3) 02 — 2309 90 53 290 01 13,61 02 — 2309 90 53 310 01 27,30 (3) 02 — I 2309 90 53 390 01 27,22 02 — 2309 90 53 410 01 40,95 0 02 — I 2309 90 53 490 01 40,82 02 — 2309 90 53 510 01 54,60 0 02 — I 2309 90 53 590 01 54,43 02 — l 2309 90 53 610 01 68,25 (3) 02 — 2309 90 53 690 01 68,04 02 — 2309 90 53 710 01 81,90 (3) 02 — 2309 90 53 790 01 81,65 02 — 2309 90 53 810 01 89,34 (3) 02 — 2309 90 53 890 01 89,07 02 — 2309 90 53 900 — —

(') Covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2743/75. (*) The destinations are as follows : 01 Zones Zones A, B, C, D and E — specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77, 02 Other destinations. 0 In so far as this minimum content of maize and/for sorghum 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.