31991R0562

8 . 3 . 91 No L 62/29 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 562/91 of 7 March 1991 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas export possibilities exist for a quantity of 400 000 tonnes of barley to certain destinations ; whereas Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European . the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of Regulation Economic Community, (EEC) No 891 /89 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3633/90 Q, should be used ; whereas account should be taken of this when the refunds are fixed ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; of Article 16 (2) thereof, Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, 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 Whereas Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 tion to each other at any given moment within a band provides that the difference between quotations or prices of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 of rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in that Regulation and prices for those products in the the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ Community may be covered by an export refund ; tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0 ; Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing average of the ecu rates published in the Official the amount of such refunds (3) provides that when refunds Journal of the European Communities, C series, over are being fixed, account must be taken of the existing a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ situation and the future trend with regard to prices and cient referred to in the preceding indent ; availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal products on Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article out above to the present situation on the market in provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal products within the Community and on the world markets and, furthermore, to take into account the market, that the refunds should be as set out in the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to Annex hereto ; avoid disturbances on the Community market ; Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its defines the specific criteria to be taken into account when chairman, the refund on cereals is being calculated ;

Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore, when the refund on these products is being calculated, Article 1 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), The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 607/71 (^ ; (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to Article 2 vary the refund for certain products according to destina­ tion ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 March 1991 . (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. (6) OJ No L 94, 7. 4. 1989, p. 13 . 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . 0 OJ No L 355, 18 . 12. 1990, p. 10. (4) OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p . 2574/67. («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . Is) 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, 7 March 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 7 March 1991 fixing the export refunds on cereals fixing 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 04 120,00 | 06 50,00 02 0 1001 90 91 000 — — 1001 90 99 000 04 90,00 05 90,00 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 06 99,50 0 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 0 1101 00 00 130 01 0 1101 00 00 150 01 0 1101 00 00 170 01 0 1101 00 00 180 01 0 1101 00 00 190 — — 1101 00 00 900 — — 1102 10 00 600 01 0 1102 10 00 900 — — 1103 11 10 100 01 0 1103 11 10 200 01 0 1103 11 10 500 01 0 1103 11 10 900 01 0 1103 11 90 100 01 0 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 and Hungary. (2) Refund fixed under the procedure laid down in Article 9 (4) of amended Regulation (EEC) No 891 /89 in respect of a quantity of 400 000 tonnes of barley.

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).