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3.12.70 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL262/3
REGULATION (EEC)No2435/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of30November1970
amendingRegulationsNos140/67/EECand365/67/EEConrulesfortheadvancefixing
ofleviesoncereals,riceandbrokenrice
entailsfurtherconsequencesfortheapplicationof
Article8ofRegulationsNo140/67/EECandNo
365/67/EEC;
Whereas,asaresultof'theamendmentstoArticle15
ofRegulation (EEC)No120/67/EECandtoArticle
13ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC.byRegulation
(EEC)No2434/70,astatementoftheexpected
monthofimportationisnolongerrequiredfromthe
importer;whereas,therefore,thepresentprovisions
ofArticle9ofRegulationNo140/67/EECandof
Article9ofRegulationNo365/67/EECnolonger
serveausefulpurpose;whereas,however,the
possibilityofadoptingdetailedrulesonthepremium
tobeappliedinexceptionalcasesshouldbe
envisaged;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketincereals,'aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2434/70,2andinparticular
Article15(4)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC3of25July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2434/70,andinparticular
Article13(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,inpursuanceofArticle7(1)ofCouncil
RegulationNo140/67/EEC4of21June1967on
rulesfortheadvancefixingofleviesoncereals,and
ofArticle7(1)ofCouncilRegulationNo
365/67/EEC5of25July1967onrulesforthe
advancefixingofleviesonriceandbrokenrice,as
amendedbyRegulationNo1018/67/EEC,6thescale
ofpremiumsmaybefixedatahigherlevelifin
exceptionalcircumstancesextraneousfactorsprovoke
majorpricevariationsonthemarketincerealsand
ricewhichcouldnotbeforeseen;whereasthe
expression'extraneousfactors'cannotalwaysbe
preciselydefinedandwhereasthereisthusariskof
havingtoexcludecertainfactorswhichoughtalsoto
entailtheapplicationoftheprovisionsofthese
Articles;whereasinordertoeliminatethisriskthe
expression'extraneousfactors'shouldbereplaced
byabroaderconcept;whereasthisamendmentHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle7of
RegulationNo140/67/EEC:
'Inexceptionalcaseswherespecialcircumstances
causeconsiderablepricefluctuationsonthe
cerealsmarket,whichcouldnotbeforeseeninthe
lightofsupplyanddemandontheworldmarket,
thepremiummaybefixedatalevelhigherthan
thatresultingfromtheprovisionsofthepreceding
Articles.
Thepremiumshallnotbeincreasedbymorethan
thedifferencebetweenthec.i.f.pricefixedfor
eachproductandthelastc.i.f.pricefixedforeach
productbeforepricesbegantobeaffectedbythe
specialcircumstances^mentioned inparagraph1.'
Article2
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.1.
3OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
4OJNo.125,26.7.1967,p.2456/67.
5OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.32.
6OJNo311,21.12.1967,p.12.The-followingshallbesubstitutedforArticle7of.
Regulation (EEC)No365/67:
'Inexceptionalcaseswherespecialcircumstances
causeconsiderablepricefluctuationsontherice

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market,whichcouldnotbeforeseeninthelight
ofsupplyanddemandontheworldmarket,the
premiummaybefixedatalevelhigherthanthat
resultingfromtheprovisionsofthepreceding
Articles.
Thepremiumshallnotbeincreasedbymorethan
thedifferenceforeachproductbetweenthec.i.f.
priceandthelastc.i.f.pricebeforetheprices
begantobeaffectedbythespecialcircumstances
mentionedinparagraph1becameapparent.'adoptedasnecessary,inaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle26ofRegulation
No120/67/EEC.'
2.ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle9
ofRegulation (EEC)No365/67/EEC:
'Rulesregardingthepremiumfromthescalelaid
downtobeappliedinexceptionalcasesshallbe
adoptedasnecessary,inaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle26ofRegulation
No120/67/EEC.'
Article3
Article41.ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle9
ofRegulationNo140/67/EEC:
'Rulesregardingthepremiumfromthescalelaid
downtobeappliedinexceptionalcasesshallbeThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1-January
1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
.States.
DoneatBrussels,30November1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.D.GRIESAU