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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 254/91 of 31 January 1991 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 destina­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion ; Economic Community, Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, No 3577/90 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph refunds should be calculated on the following basis : of Article 16 (2), — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, 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 Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ provides that the difference between quotations or prices tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0 ; on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products in the — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an Community may be covered by an export refund ; average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No cient referred to in the preceding indent ; 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 Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set refunds are being fixed, account must be taken of the out above to the present situation on the market in existing situation and the future trend with regard to cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community products within the Community and on the world market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal market, that the refunds should be as set out in the products on the world market on the other ; whereas the Annex hereto ; same Article provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are trade on cereal markets and, furthermore, to take into in accordance with the opinion of the Management account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and Committee for Cereals, 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 Article 4 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore, (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in when the refund on these products is being calculated, the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. account must be taken of the quantities of cereals required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities were fixed in Commission Regulation No 162/67/EEC (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1607/71 (*) ; Article 2

(') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1991 . (2) OJ No L 353, 17 . 12. 1990, p. 23. (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67. (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 168, 27. 7. 1971 , p. 16. 0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p: 9.

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

Done at Brussels, 3,1 January 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1991 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 — — 1001 10 90 000 04 140,00 06 50,00 02 0 1001 90 91 000 — — 1001 90 99 000 04 100,00 05 100,00 02 20,00 1002 00 00 000 03 100,00 05 100,00 02 20,00 1003 00 10 000 07 87,00 02 0 1003 00 90 000 04 87,00 i 02 20,00

1004 00 10 000 — 1004 00 90 000 — — 1005 10 90 000 — — 1005 90 00 000 03 65,00 02 0 l

1007 00 90 000 — — 1008 20 00 000 — — 1101 00 00 100 01 160,00 1101 00 00 130 01 141,00 1101 00 00 150 01 130,00 1101 00 00 170 01 121,00 1101 00 00 180 01 108,00 1101 00 00 190 — — 1101 00 00 900 — — 1102 10 00 600 01 160,00 1102 10 00 900 — — 1103 11 10 100 01 242,00 1103 11 10 200 01 229,00 1103 11 10 500 01 204,00 1103 11 10 900 01 193,00 1103 11 90 100 01 160,00 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 Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Ceuta and Melilla, 05 Zone II (b), 06 The Soviet Union, 07 Poland.

NB : The zones are those defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77 (OJ No L 134, 28.5. 1977, p. 53), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/89 (OJ No L 292, 11 . 10 . 1989, p. 10).