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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3252/91 of 7 November 1991 fixing the export refunds on cereals and on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, vary the refund for certain products according to destina­ tion ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the refund must be fixed once a month ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) refunds should be calculated on the following basis : No 3577/90 (2), and in particular the fourth subparagraph — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ of Article 16 (2) thereof, tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % a rate of exchange based on their central Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, 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 (6), .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 refunds Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules set are being fixed, account must be taken of the existing out above to the present situation on the market in situation and the future trend with regard to prices and cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the products within the Community and on the world one hand, and prices for cereals and cereal products on market, that the refunds should be as set out in the the world market on the other ; whereas the same Article Annex hereto ; provides that it is also important to ensure equilibrium and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not markets and, furthermore, to take into account the delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to chairman, avoid disturbances on the Community market ;

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 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas these specific criteria are defined, as far as wheat and rye flour, groats and meal are concerned, in Article 4 Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 ; whereas furthermore, when the refund on these products is being calculated, The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a), account must be taken of the quantities of cereals (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, exported in required for their manufacture ; whereas these quantities the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. were fixed in Commission Regulation No 162/67/EEC (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2849/91 (*) ;

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Article 2 requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 November (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 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 272, 28 . 9. 1991 , p. 62. Q 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 November 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 7 November 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 04 120,00 05 40,00 06 35,00 02 0 1001 90 91 000 — — 1001 90 99 000 04 77,00 05 32,00 02 20,00 1002 00 00 000 03 31,00 07 85,00 02 30,00 1003 00 10 000 08 80,00 02 0 I 1003 00 90 000 04 31,00 I 05 32,00 02 30,00 1004 00 10 000 — — 1004 00 90 000 — — 1005 10 90 000 — — 1005 90 00 000 04 60,00 02 0 1007 00 90 000 — — 1008 20 00 000 — — 1101 00 00 100 01 123,00 1101 00 00 130 01 115,00 1101 00 00 150 01 106,00 1101 00 00 170 01 98,00 1101 00 00 180 01 92,00 1101 00 00 190 — — 1101 00 00 900 — — 1102 10 00 600 01 123,00 1102 10 00 900 — — 1103 11 10 100 01 200,00 1103 11 10 200 01 200,00 1103 11 10 500 01 0 1103 11 10 900 01 0 1103 11 90 100 01 123,00 1103 11 90 900 — —

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(') The destinations are identified as follows : 01 Ail third countries, 02 Other third countries, 03 Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein, 04 Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Ceuta and Meiiila, 05 The Soviet Union, 06 Algeria, 07 Zone II b), 08 Turkey.

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).