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REGULATION (EEC)No2823/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of17October1973
layingdowndetailedriflesfortheapplicationofexportleviesintheeventofthe
ricemarketbeingdisturbedandamendingRegulation (EEC)No2637/70
Whereastherulesapplicabletotheissueofexport
licencesforproductssubjecttoanexportlevyfixed
eitherinadvanceorbyatenderingprocedureshould
beanalogoustothosenowapplyingtocereals;
whereasArticle19aofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No2637/70(6)of23December1970onspecial
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemof
importandexportlicencesandadvancefixingcertifi­
catesforagriculturalproducts,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2500/73(7),shouldbeamended
accordingly ;
Whereas,asregardstheotherdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofexportlevies,recourseshouldbehadto
theprovisionsofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
1279/71(8)of17June1971ontheuseofCommunity
transitdocumentsforthepurposeofapplyingcertain
measuresontheexportationofcertaingoods,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2766/71(9);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/
67/EEC('),of25July1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedbytheAct
ofAccession(2),andinparticularArticle10(2),
Article13(5)andArticle17(6)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2737/73(3)of8October1973,layingdowngeneral
rulestobeappliedintheeventofthericemarket
beingdisturbed,andinparticularArticle4(1)
thereof;
WhereasthefirstindentofArticle2(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2737/73providesforthepossibilityofintro­
ducinganexportlevy;whereasfurthermore ,under
subparagraph (2)ofArticle3(4)ofthatRegulation ,
interestedpartiesmayapplytohavethelevyfixedin
advance;whereasdetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
theseprovisionsmustbelaiddown;
Whereasitwouldbeequitabletoexemptfromthe
exportlevyproductsinrespectofwhichanexport
licenceinvolvingadvancefixingoftherefundhas
beenissued;
Whereasexportlicencesmayhavebeenissuedor
appliedforasthecasemaybepriortothedateon
whichtheexportlevybecameapplicable;whereasit
wouldbeequitabletoallowtheseapplicationsfor
licencestobecancelledattherequestofinterested
parties,therelevantdepositbeingreleased;
Whereasthedayofexportationwithinthemeaningof
Article3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2737/73mustbe
defined;whereasitwouldbeappropriatetoselectthe
dayonwhichthecustomsformalitiesreferredto
under(b)ofthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle8(2)
ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1373/70(4)of
10July1970oncommondetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesforagricultural
productssubjecttoasinglepricesystem,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1796/73(5),are
completed ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationlaysdowndetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationoftheexportlevyreferredtointhefirstindent
ofArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2737/73.
Article2
1.Theexportlevyshallbechargedonallexports
outsidetheCommunityofproductscorresponding to
oneorotherofthedescriptionscontainedinArticle9
(2)oftheTreaty.
2.Theexportlevyshallalsobechargedon
productswhich,byreasonofthecustomsstatusof
theirpackagingorbyreasonofthefactthattheyhave
beenincorporated inoraddedtooneormore
productsnotinfreecirculation,donotcorrespondto
oneorotherofthedescriptionscontainedinArticle9
(2)oftheTreaty.
(')OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(-)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.59. (b)OJNoL283,29.12.1970,p.15.
(7)OJNoL258,14.9.1973,p.1. (3)OJNoL282,9.10.1973,p.13.
0»)OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1.
(5)OJNoL183,5.7.1973,p.1.(8)OlNoL133,19.6.1971,p.32.
OOJNoL283,24.12.1971,p.33.

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graphofArticle3(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1968/73andthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle3
(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No2737/73theexport
licenceshallbecompletedasfollows:
—section12shallcontainoneofthefollowing
endorsements :3.Noexportlevyshallbechargedonexports
coveredbyexportlicencesinvolvingadvancefixingof
therefund.
4.Whereanexportlevyisfixed,interestedparties
mayapplytohave:
—applicationsforexportlicenceslodgedbeforethe
exportlevybecameapplicablebutforwhichno
licencehasyetbeenissued,
—exportlicencesissuedbeforetheexportlevy
becameapplicablecancelled.
InsuchcasesthedepositreferredtoinArticle10(1)
ofRegulationNo359/67/EECshallbereleasedimme­
diately.advancefixingoflevyappliedfor
anmodetomforudfastsættelse afafgift
Vorausfestsetzung derAbschöpfungbeantragt
préfixationprélèvementdemandée
fissazioneinanticipodelprelievorichiesta
voorafvaststellenvanheffingaangevraagd ;
Article3—insection17thewords"refundvalidon...
fixedinadvance"shallbedeletedandreplaced
bytheendorsements providedforinsection
17oftheimportlicence;
—section18shallcontain,infiguresandwords,
thetotalrateinnationalcurrencyofthelevy
fixedinadvance.TheprovisionsofArticle12a
ofRegulation(EEC)No1373/70shallapplyto
specialcases,theentriestobemadeinsection
19and20oftheimportlicenceunderthat
Articlebeingmadeinsection18oftheexport
licence.
2.ForthepurposeofapplyingArticle4(3)of
Regulation (EEC)No1604/71,Article3(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No1968/73andArticle3(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No2737/73,section18ofthe
exportlicenceshallcontainoneofthefollowing
endorsements :1.Exceptincaseswheretheexportlevyisdeter­
minedbymeansofatenderingprocedureorfixedin
advance,therateofthelevyapplicableonexportation
shallbethatvalidonthedayonwhichthecustoms
formalitiesreferredtounderArticle8(2)(b)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1373/70arecompleted .
2.TheexportlevyshallbechargedbytheMember
Stateonwhoseterritorytheformalitiesreferredtoin
paragraph 1arecompleted .Itshallbeduenotlater
thanthedayonwhichtheseformalitiesare
completed .
3.Wheretheexportlevyisvariedbydestination ,a
securityoraguaranteeregardedasequivalentshallbe
givenrepresentingthedifferencebetweenthehighest
rateoflevyapplicabletotheproductinquestionand
theappropriateratefortheproposeddestination .
Thesecurityorguaranteeshallbereleasedinpropor­
tiontothequantityinrespectofwhichproofis
producedthatithasreacheditsdestination .This
proofshallbefurnishedinthemannerdescribedin
Article8(1)ofCommissionRegulationNo1041/
67/EEC(')of21December1967ondetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofexportrefundsonproductssubject
toasinglepricesystem,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No131/73(2).
Thesecurityshallbeforfeitedinwholeorinpartby
wayoflevy,whereproductsarriveatadestinationfor
whichalevyhigherthanthatactuallychargedisappli­
cable.exportlevynotapplicable
eksportafgiftikkeanvendelig
Ausfuhrabschöpfung nichtanwendbar
prélèvementàl'exportationnonapplicable
prelievoall'esportazione nonapplicabile
uitvoerheffingnietvantoepassing.'
Article5
Whereanexportlevyisapplicablemovementofthe
productsaffectedwithintheCommunityshallbe
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbyRegulation
(EEC)No1279/71.
Article4
Article19aofRegulation (EEC)No2637/70is
replacedbythefollowing :Article6
'Article19a
1.ForthepurposesofapplyingArticle4(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No1604/71,thesecondsubpara1.Whereitisclearfromtheinformationappearing
onthedocumentthataproductmovingbetweentwo
pointssituatedwithintheCommunitywillleavethe
territoryoftheCommunityotherwisethanbyairin
thecourseoftransportation ,thedispatchershall
provideasecurityequaltothehighestlevychargeable
intheeventofexportationoutsidetheCommunity .(')OJNo314,23.12.1967,p.9.
(2)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.19.

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requiredformalitiesarecompletedconcerningthe
dispatchoftheproductsisconsideredthesameasthe
dayonwhichthecustomsformalitiesreferredtoin
Article3(1)ofthisRegulationarecompleted .2.Thisguaranteeshallbereleasedinproportionto
thequantityinrespectofwhichproofisproduced
thatithasreacheditsdestination .Thisproofshallbe
furnishedbythereturntotheofficeofdepartureof
oneofthedocumentsreferredtoinArticles2and3
ofRegulation(EEC)No1279/71orofanationaldocu­
ment.
3.InthecasesreferredtoinArticle5bofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1279/71,thedayduringwhichtheArticle7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17October1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI