31988R3014

1 . 10 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 271 /41

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3014/88

of 30 September 1988

fixing the export refunds on malt

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN from cereals and rice that the export refund should be COMMUNITIES, fixed at an amount which will cover the difference between Community prices and world market prices ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for certain products according to destin­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and ation ; Portugal, Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 refunds should be calculated on the following basis : of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) tion to each other at any given moment within a band No 2221 /88 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central of Article 16 (2) thereof, rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) o.f Council Regula­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0, Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of these currencies recorded for a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the those Regulations and prices for those products within previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; the Community may be covered by an export refund ;

Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession the amount of such refunds (3), provides that when of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case refunds are being fixed account must be taken of the of exports to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ existing situation and the future trend with regard to tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community the case of exports to Portugal ; market on the one hand and prices for cereals and cereal products on the world market on the other ; whereas the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are same Article provides that it is also important to ensure in accordance with the opinion of the Management equilibrium and the natural development of prices and Committee for Cereals, trade on cereal markets 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2744/75 of 29 Article 1 October 1975 on the import and export system for products processed from cereals and from rice (4), as last The export refunds on malt listed in Article 1 (d) of Regu­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1906/87 Q, defines the lation (EEC) No 2727/75 subject to Regulation (EEC) No specific criteria to be taken into account when the refund 2744/75 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. on these products is being calculated ; The refund on export to Portugal has not been fixed. Whereas it follows from applying these detailed rules to the present situation on the market in products processed Article 2

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1988 . (2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16. (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . (4) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 65. (*) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 49. 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 September 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1988 fixing the export refunds on malt

(ECU/ tonne) Product code Refund

1107 10 19 000 62,00 1107 10 99 000 77,00 1107 20 00 000 89,00

NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.