1.4.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL88/23
REGULATION (EEC)No717/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of29March1974
derogatingfromRegulation (EEC)No2500/73asregardstheexportationof
skimmed-milk powdertoMexico
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
BywayofderogationfromRegulation (EEC)No
2500/73,exportlicencesissuedwithinthemeaningof
Article8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1373/70before8
March1974inrespectofproductsfallingwithin
subheadingNo04.02AIIb)1oftheCommon
CustomsTariffmaybeusedfortheexportation .of
suchproductstoMexico.
Article2
1.IfanexportlicenceisusedasprovidedinArticle
1,paymentoftherefundshallbesubjecttoproduc­THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No.662/74(2),andin
particularArticles13(3)and17(4)thereof;
WhereasunderCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2500/73(})of13September1973ontheadvance
fixingofrefundsandtheperiodofvalidityofexport
licencesformilkandmilkproducts,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No3547/73(4),theadvance
fixingofrefundsisexcludedinrespectofskimmed­
milkpowderfallingwithinsubheadingNo04.02AII
b)1oftheCommonCustomsTariffexportedtoZone
E,Canada,MexicoandPuertoRico;whereasaperson
whoobtainsanexportlicencefortheproductinques­
tionmustthereforeexporttoadestinationotherthan
thoseasaforesaid ;
Whereasthatprovisionwasmadeonaccountofthe
situationontheUnitedStates'marketandtoavoid
deflectionoftradeviaadjacentcountries;whereasifit
ispossibletoensurethatskimmed-milk powder
exportedtoanadjacentcountryisactuallyusedfor
humanconsumption inthatcountryandwillnotbe
re-exported ,itisintheCommunityinteresttoenable
exportstobemadetosuchdestinationsonnormal
terms;whereasinthecaseofimportsintoMexicofor
whichacertificateisissuedbytheMexicangovern­
mentagency,'CompaniaNacionaldeSubsistencias
Populares'(CONASUPO ),thatconditionis,satisfied;
Whereasatpresent,however,norefundisfixedfor
theskimmed-milk powderinquestion;whereas,to
avoidalteringthissituation,provisionshouldbemade
forexportlicenceswhichhavealreadybeenissuedfor
theproductinquestioninconnectionwiththe
advancefixingofrefundstobeused,inderogation
fromRegulation (EEC)No2500/73,forexportationto
Mexico;whereaspaymentoftherefundmustinsuch
casesbesubjecttospecialconditions ;tionof:
(a)Proofthattheproductsinquestionhavebeen
unloadedandputintofreecirculationinMexico;
(b)acertificateissuedbythe'CompaniaNacionalde
Subsistencias Populares'(CONASUPO )stating
thattheproductsareintendedforhuman
consumption inMexicoandthattheywillnotbe
re-exported .
2.Theproofrequiredunderparagraph 1(a)shall
befurnished :
(a)asregardsunloading,byproductionofadocument
issuedinMexicobytheauthoritiesorservicesas
referredtoinArticle8(1)ofRegulationNo1041/
67/EEC;
(b)asregardstheputtingintofreecirculation ,by
productionoftherelevantcustomsdocument
madeoutinMexico,orofacopyorphotocopyof
suchdocumentcertifiedbythecompetentauthori­
ties.
Artiile3
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2jOJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.51.
P)OJNoL258,14.9.1973,p.1.
(*)OJNoL361,29.12.1973,p.32.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonIApril
1974.

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NoL88/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.4.74
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29March1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI