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REGULATION No177/67/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of27June1967
layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonpigmeatandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds
theproducts,sincemarketsinthecountriesofdesti­
nationareatvaryingdistancesfromCommunity
marketsandspecialconditionsapplytoimportsin
certaincountriesofdestination ;
WhereastoensureCommunityexporterssomestab­
ilityintheamountoftherefundandcertaintywith
regardtothelistofproductseligibleforarefund,it
shouldbepossibleforthelistandtheamountstore­
mainvalidforarelativelylongperiod;
Whereastoavoiddistortionsofcompetitionbetween
individualCommunitytraders,theadministrative
conditionsunderwhichtheyoperatemustbeidentical
throughouttheCommunity ;whereastheredoes
notappeartobeanyjustificationforgrantingare­
fundwheretheproductsinquestionareimported
fromthirdcountriesandre-exportedtothird
countries;whereasthereimbursement ,undercertain
conditions,ofthelevycollectedonimportationissuf­
ficienttoallowtheseproductstobeplacedonthe
worldmarketagain;THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo121/67/
EEC1of13June1967onthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinpigmeat,andinparticularArticle
15(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasexportrefundsonproductssubjecttothe
commonorganisationofthemarketinpigmeatmust
befixedinaccordancewithcertaincriteriawhich
wouldmakeitpossibletocoverthedifferencebe­
tweenpricesforthoseproductswithintheCom­
munityandontheworldmarket;whereastothisend
thesupplysituationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunityandthepricesituationonthe
worldmarketmustbetakenintoaccount;
Whereasthedifferencebetweenpriceswithinthe
Communityandpricesontheworldmarketforthe
quantityoffeedgrainrequiredfortheproductionof
onekilogrammeofpigmeatmustalsobetakeninto
account;whereasforproductsotherthanpigcar­
casesthecoefficientsreferredtoinArticle10(4)of
RegulationNo121/67/EECshouldbetakenintoac­
count;
Whereas,ifpricetrendsaretobenotedpricesmust
bedeterminedinaccordancewithgeneralprinciples;
whereastothisendpricesonthirdcountrymarkets
andincountriesofdestination,producerpricesre­
cordedinthirdcountriesandfree-at-Community ­
frontierpricesshouldbetakenintoaccountwhen
pricesontheworldmarketarebeingdetermined ;
whereas,intheabsenceofrepresentativemarketsfor
pigmeatproducts,pricesrulingatthevariousmarket­
ingstagesandonexportationshouldbeusedasa
basisindeterminingCommunityprices;
Whereasprovisionmustbemadeforvaryingthe
amountoftherefundaccordingtothedestinationofHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationlaysdownrulesforfixingandgrant­
ingexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)ofRegulationNo121/67/EEC.
Article2
Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhenre­
fundsarebeingfixed:
(a)theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardto:
—pricesandavailabilitiesofpigmeatproducts
ontheCommunitymarket;
—pricesforpigmeatproductsontheworld
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Article6 (b)theneedtoavoiddisturbanceswhichmightlead
toaprolongedimbalancebetweensupplyand
demandontheCommunitymarket;and
(c)theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports.
WhentherefundontheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)ofRegulationNo121/67/EECisbeingcalcu­
lated,accountshallalsobetakenofthedifferencebe­
tweenpriceswithintheCommunityandpricesonthe
worldmarketforthequantityoffeedgraindeter­
minedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
9(1)(a)ofthatRegulation,thecoefficientsrefferedto
inArticle10(4)ofthatRegulationalsobeingtaken
intoaccountinthecaseofproductsotherthanpig
carcases .1.Therefundshallbepaiduponproof:
—thattheproductshavebeenexportedfromthe
Community ,and
—thattheproductsareofCommunity ,origin,ex­
ceptwhereArticle7applies.
2.WhereArticle4applies,therefundshallbepaid
undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,pro­
videditisprovedthattheproducthasreachedthe
destinationforwhichtherefundwasfixed.
Exceptionsmaybemadetothisruleinaccordance
withtheprocedurerefferedtoinparagraph3,pro­
videdconditionsarelaiddownwhichofferequival­
entguarantees .
3.Additionalprovisionsmaybeadoptedinaccord­
ancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle24of
RegulationNo121/67/EEC.Article3
Article71.Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhen
thepriceontheCommunitymarketisbeingdeter­
mined:
(a)pricesrulingatthevariousmarketingstagesin
theCommunity ;
(b)pricesrulingonexportation .
2.Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhen
thepriceontheworldmarketisbeingdetermined :
(a)pricesrulingonthirdcountrymarkets;
(b)themostfavourableimportpricesinthird
countriesofdestinationforthirdcountryimports;
(c)producerpricesrecordedinexportingthird
countries,accountbeingtaken,whereappropriate,
ofsubsidiesgrantedbythosecountries;and
(d)free-at-Community-frontier offerprices.Noexportrefundshallbegrantedonproductslisted
inArticle1(1)ofRegulationNo121/67/EECwhich
areimportedfromthirdcountriesandre-exportedto
thirdcountries,unlesstheexporterproves:
—thattheproducttobeexportedandtheproduct
previouslyimportedareoneandthesame,and
—thatthelevywascollectedonimportation .
Insuchcasestherefundoneachproductshallbe
equaltothelevycollectedonimportationwherethis
levyislowerthantherefundapplicableonthedayof
exportation ;therefundshallbeequaltotherefund
applicableonthedayofexportationwherethelevy
collectedonimportationishigherthanthisrefund.Article4
Wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificre­
quirementsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary,
therefundfortheCommunitymaybevariedaccord­
ingtothedestinationoftheproductslistedinArticleArticle81(1)ofRegulationNo121/67/EEC.
Article5 ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfol­
lowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities . Thelistofproductsonwhichanexportrefundis
grantedandtheamountofsuchrefundshallbefixed
atleastonceeverythreemonths. Itshallapplyfrom1July1967.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27June1967.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.HEGER