31988R0245

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 245/88 of 28 January 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES' required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities were fixed in Commission Regulation No 1 62/67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (*) ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the world market situation pr the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destina­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and tion ; Portugal,

Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3989/87 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, of Article 16 (2), 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 rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in provides that the difference between quotations or prices the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ that Regulation and prices for those products in the tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0 ; Community may be covered by an export refund ; — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for tion to the Community currencies referred to in the granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the Whereas, following the introduction of the "combined existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community nomenclature" by Council Regulation (EEC) No market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal 2658/87 (8), the nomenclature applicable from 1 January products on the world market on the other ; whereas the 1988 to export refunds on agricultural products was esta­ same Article provides that it is also important to ensure blished by Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (9) ; equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and out above to the present situation on the market in the need to avoid disturbances on the Community market ; cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the world market, that the refunds should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund on cereals is being calculated ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4 tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore, the case of exports to Portugal ; when the refund on these products is being calculated, account must be taken of the quantities of cereals (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67. 0 OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16. Ó OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78. 0 OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .

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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed. in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 Article 1 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 January 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 January 1988 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

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

0709 90 60 000 0712 90 19 000 — 1001 10 10 000 01 80,00 1001 10 90 000 04 30,00 (4) 05 25,00 (4) 02 20,00 (4) 1001 90 91 000 01 80,00 1001 90 99 000 03 95,00 02 25,00 07 116,00 08 110,00 09 110,00 10 116,00 1002 00 00 000 03 10,00 06 20,00 07 15,00 02 25,00 09 110,00 1003 00 10 000 01 80,00 1003 00 90 000 03 95,00 02 25,00 09 114,00 1004 00 10 000 01 50,00 1004 00 90 000 — _ 1005 10 90 000 — _ 1005 90 00 000 03 105,00 02 0 1007 00 90 000 — _ 1008 20 00 000 — 1101 00 00 110 02 165,00 11 181,50 1101 00 00 120 02 165,00 11 I 181,50 1101 00 00 130 01 146,00 1101 00 00 150 01 137,00 1101 00 00 170 01 128,00 - 1101 00 00 180 01 117,00 1101 00 00 190 — 1101 00 00 900 — _ 1102 10 00 100 01 165,00 1102 10 00 200 01 165,00 1102 10 00 300 01 165,00 1102 10 00 500 01 165,00 1102 10 00 900 — 1103 11 10 100 01 290,00 (2) ■ 1103 11 10 200 01 274,00 (3) 1103 11 10 500 01 245,00 1103 11 10 900 01 231,00 1103 11 90 100 01 165,00 1103 11 90 900 — —

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(') The destinations are identified as follows : 01 All third countries, 02 Other third countries. 03 Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein, 04 Zones II and III, 05 Algeria, 06 Japan, 07 South Korea, 08 Ceuta and Melilla, 09 Zone II b, 10 Cuba, 1 1 North Yemen . (2) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,250 mm mesh. (5) Meal of which less than 10 % by weight is capable of passing through a sieve of 0,160 mm mesh. (4) The refund cannot be granted if the quality of durum wheat exported corresponds to less than the quality defined in paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 569177 with the exception of impurities constituted by grain (other than mottled grains and grains affected with fusariosis) ; 7 % maximum of which 5 % of soft wheat or other cereals. 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 1548/87 (OJ No L 144, 4. 6. 1987).