No L 272/62 Official Journal of the European Communities , 28. 9. 91 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2849/91 of 27 September 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 162/67 on the method of fixing the export refund on flour, groats and meal of wheat and of rye THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (%), and in particular Article 16 (6) thereof, Whereas Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 162/67 on the method of fixing the export refund on flour, groats and meal of wheat and of rye (}) defines the quantity of cereals necessary for the manufacture of one tonne of common wheat or rye flour and of one tonne of common wheat and durum wheat groats and meal with a view to the fixing of the export refund on such products ; whereas those quantities must be reduced in line with the - technical progress achieved in the meanwhile ; whereas, moreover, practice has shown that certain variations in those quantities according to the ash content of the products may be done away with; Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 162/67 is hereby replaced by the following: Article 1 1.  When the refund on common wheat or spelt flour and meslin flour is being fixed, the quantities of wheat necessary for the manufacture of 1000 kilo- grams of those products shall, according to their ash content referred to dry matter, be as follows : () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. () OJ No 128, 27. 6. 1967, p. 2574/67. Ash content Number of kg per 100 g of flour of common. wheat (expressed in mg) per 1000 kg of flour 0 to 600 1370 600 to 900 1280 901 to 1100 1180 1101 to 1650 1090 1651 to 1900 1020 2. When the refund on rye flour is being fixed, the quantities of rye necessary for the manufacture of 1 000 kilograms of this product shall, according to its ash content referred to dry matter, be as follows: Ash content per 100 g of flour (expressed in mg) Number of kg of rye per 1000 kg of flour 0 to 1400 1370 1401 to 2000 1080 3.  When the refund on common wheat groats and meal with an ash content of from 0 to 600 mg referred to dry matter per 100 g of groats and meal is being fixed, the quantity of common wheat necessary for the manufacture of 1000 kg of those products shall be 1370 kg. 4. When the refund on durum wheat groats and meal is being fixed, the quantities of durum wheat necessary for the manufacture of 1000 kg of this product shall, according to its ash content referred to dry matter, be as follows : Number of kg of durum wheat per 1000 kg of groats and meal Ash content per 100 g of groats and meal (expressed in mg) 0to 1300 1 500 (serve with 0,160 mm mesh) 0 to 1300 1340 Qver 1300 1260 5. The ash content of the flour referred to in para- graphs 1 and 2 shall be determined in accordance with the method of analysis specified in the Annex hereto.