OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 405
1.7.70 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL143/1
REGULATION (EEC)No1253/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of29June1970
amendingseveralagriculturalRegulationsasregardslicencesandlevies
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreaty
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;establishingthe
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
136/66/EEC1of22September1966onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinoilsandfats,as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2146/68,2aridin
particularArticle17(1)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
162/66/EEC3of27October1966ontradeinoilsand
fatsbetweentheCommunityandGreece,andin
particularArticle8thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC4of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2463/69,5andinparticular
Article16(5)thereof;
HavingregardtocouncilRegulationNo
122/67/EEC0of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketineggs,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No436/70,7andinparticular
thefourthsubparagraph ofArticle9(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC8of25.July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,aslastamended
by.Regulation (EEC)No2463/69,andinparticular
Article17(5)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/679of
18December1967onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No853/70,10andinparticularthefifth
subparagraph ofArticle17(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/6811of27June1968onthecommon
organisation ofthemarketinmilkandmilk
products,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2622/69,12andinparticularArticle17(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ^3;
WhereasRegulationsNos136/66/EEC,120/67/EEC,
359/67/EEC,1009/67/EECand(EEC)No804/68
providethatallimportsorexportsoftheproducts
concernedintooroutoftheCommunityshallbe
conditionalonthesubmissionofimportorexport
licences;whereasthoseRegulationsintroducedrules
fortheadvancefixingofleviesorrefunds;whereas,
takingparticularaccountofthewideningfieldof
applicationofimportandexportlicencesthroughout
theCommunity ,itshouldbespecifiedthat,where
leviesorrefundsarefixedinadvance,thoselicences
shouldbeusedassupportingdocumentsforsuch
advancefixinginaccordancewithpresentpractice;
WhereascertainRegulationsonthecommon
organisation ofthemarketindifferentsectors
providethattherulesfortheadvancefixingoflevies
areadoptedbytheCommissioninaccordance 'with
theManagement Committeeprocedure;whereas
otherRegulationsremainsilentonthispoint;
whereasinconsequence ,uniformityintherulesis
lackingincertaininstancesinthedifferentsectors;
whereasintheinterestsofgoodmanagement ,itis
advisablethatcommonrulesforthedifferentsectors
shouldbeadoptedinaccordancewiththesame
procedure;1OJNo172,30.9.1966,p.3025/66.
2OJNoL314,31.12.1968,p.1.
3OJNo197,29.10.1966,p.3393/66.
4OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
5OJNo312,12.12.1969,p.3.
6OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2293/67.
7OJNoL55,10.3.1969,p.1.
8OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
9OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.10OJNoL103,13.5.1970,p.2.
11OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.2.
12OJNoL328,30.12.1969p.8.
13OJNoC80,1.7.1970,p.17.

406 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ofArticle13of 120/67/EECandparagraph5
RegulationNo359/67/EEC;
'5.Detailedrulesforadvancefixingshallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle26.
6.Premiumscalesshallbeadoptedbythe
Commission .'WhereasRegulationsNos120/67/EEC,121/67/
EEC,1168/67/EEC,2175/67/EEC,3359/67/EEC,
1009/67/EEC,(EEC)No804/68,(EEC)805/68,4
(EEC)No865/68,5(EEC)No204/69,"and(EEC)
No816/707concerningdifferentsectorsof
agriculturalproductionprovidethatfrom1July1970
importandexportlicencesandadvancefixing
certificates,asthecasemaybe,shallbevalidfor
transactionsthroughouttheCommunity ;whereasthe
periodlaiddownforimplementing thisprinciplehas
beenshowntobeinadequate ;whereasitistherefore
necessarytoextendthisperiod;Article3
Thedate'1January1971'shallbesubstitutedfor'1
January1970'in:
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1—thethirdsubparagraph ofArticle12(1)of
RegulationNo120/67/EEC;
—thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle14(1)of
RegulationNo121/67/EEC;
—Article2ofRegulationNo168/67/EEC;
—thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle5a(1)of
RegulationNo175/67/EEC;
—thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle10(1)of
RegulationNo359/67/EEC;
—thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle11(1)of
RegulationNo1009/67/EEC;
—thefirstandsecondindentsinthesecond
subparagraph ofArticle13(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68;
—thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle15(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68;
—thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle6(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No865/68;
—thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle6(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No204/69;
—thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle8(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No816/70.1.Thefollowingsentenceshallbeaddedtothe
firstsubparagraphofArticle17(1)ofRegulationNo
.136/66/EEC,thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle12(1)
ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,thefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle10(1)ofRegulationNo359/67/EECand
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle11(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EEC:
'Wherethelevyorrefundisfixedinadvance,the
advancefixingshallbenotedonthelicencewhich
servesasasupportingdocumentforsuchadvance
fixing.'
2.ThefollowingsentenceshallbeaddedtoArticle
13(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68:
'Wheretherefundisfixedinadvance,the
advancefixingshallbenotedonthelicencewhich
servesasasupportingdocumentforsuchadvance
fixing.'
Article2
Article4
1.Thefollowingparagraphsshallbesubstituted
forparagraph5ofArticle15ofRegulationNoThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1970.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29June1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.HEGER
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2283/67.
8OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2593/67.
3OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2610/67.
4OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
5OJNoL153,1.7.1968,p.8.
8OJNoL29,5.2.1969,p.1.
7OJNoL99,5.5.1970,p.1.