OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 581
NoL300/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.12.68
REGULATION (EEC)No2034/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of13December1968
supplementing RegulationNo633/67/EEContheadvancefixingoftheexportrefund
oncereals
:om­ THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
MUNITIES ,WhereastheonlycerealsreferredtoinArticle2of
thatRegulationarecommonwheatandbarley;
whereasthatprovisionhasbeenextendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1974/68toincludemaizeand
whereasRegulationNo633/67/EECshouldtherefore
beamendedtotakeaccountofthisadditional
provision;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/67
EEC1of13June1967onthecommonorganis­
ationofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1601/682of
15October1968,andinparticularArticle12(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle3ofCommissionRegulationNo
473/67/EEC3of21August1967onimportand
exportlicencesforcereals,processedcerealproducts,
rice,brokenriceandprocessedriceproducts,aslast
amendedbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1974/68,4providesforaperiodofvalidityequalto
thecurrentmonthplusfivemonthsforexport
licencesforcertaincerealstoState-tradingcountries
andtocountriesinwhichimportsofcerealproducts
aresubjecttospecialgovernmentalmeasures;
WhereasArticle2ofCommissionRegulationNo
633/67/EEC5of27September1967ontheadvance
fixingoftheexportrefundoncereals,aslast
amendedbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1180/
68,°laysdownthatwheretheexportlicenceisvalid
untiltheendofthefifthmonthfollowingthatin
whichitwasissued,theamountoftherefundfixedin
advanceinrespectofanexporteffectedduringthe
lasttwomonthsofvalidityoftheexportlicence
shouldbeequalforeachproducttothatapplying
toanexporteffectedduringthethirdmonthfollow­
ingthatinwhichthelicencewasissued;Thefourth'Whereas'inthepreambletoRegulation
No633/67/EECshallbeamendedasfollows:
'WhereasArticle2ofCommissionRegulationNo
473/67/EEConimportandexportlicencesfor
cereals,processedcerealproducts,rice,broken
riceandprocessedriceproductsprovidesthat
theexportlicencefortheproductslistedinAr­
ticle1(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC
isnormallyvalidfromthedateofissueuntil
theendofthethirdmonthfollowingthatin
whichitwasissued;whereas,however,Article3
providesthat,incertaincases,theexportlicence
forcertaincerealsisvalidfromthedateofissue
untiltheendofthefifthmonthfollowingthat
inwhichitwasissued;whereasinsuchcases,
wheninformationislackingonthefuturesmarket
beyondthreemonths,theamountoftherefund
fixedinadvanceforanyexporttobeeffected
duringthelasttwomonthsofvalidityofthe
licenceshouldbedeterminedbyreferencetothe
amountvalidforthethirdmonth.'
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2OJNoL253,16.10.1968,p.2.Article23OJNo204,24.8.1967,p.16.
4OJNoL294,6.12.1968,p.23.
6OJNo233,28.9.1967,p.9.
6OJNoL195,7.8.1968,p.1.Article2ofRegulationNo633/67/EECshallbe
amendedasfollows:

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effectedduringthethirdmonthfollowingthat
inwhichthelicencewasissued.'
Article3'Wheretheexportlicenceisvalidfromthedate
ofissueuntiltheendofthefifthmonth
followingthatinwhichitwasissued,theamount
oftherefundfixedinadvanceinrespectofan
exporteffectedduringthelasttwomonthsof
validityoftheexportlicenceshall,without
prejudicetotheadjustmentprovidedinArticle
16(4)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,beequal
foreachproducttothatapplyingtoanexportThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
European.Communities .Theseprovisionsshallapply
from9December1968.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1968. .
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY