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3.12.70 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL262/1
REGULATION (EEC)No2434/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of30November1970
amendingRegulationsNo120/67/EECandNo359/67/EEConthecommon
organisationofthemarketsincerealsandricerespectively
inaccordancewithCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No1373/704of10July1970oncommonprocedures
forapplyingthesystemofimportandexportlicences
andadvancefixingcertificatesinrespectof
agriculturalproductssubjecttoacommonprice
system,shouldnotcontainunnecessaryanduseless
information ,mentionoftheexpectedmonthof
importationshouldbedispensedwith;whereasan
amendmentinthissensetoparagraph2ofArticles
15and13ofthetwobasicRegulationsentailsan
amendmenttoparagraph4ofthoseArticles;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
Whereastheterm'sorghum'includesnotonly
sorghumitselfbutalsoIndianmillet,whichismerely
avarietyofthiscereal;whereas,therefore,Council
RegulationNo120/67/EEC1of13June1967onthe
commonorganisationofthemarketincereals,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1253/70,2should
beamended;
WhereasinaccordancewithArticle15(2)of
RegulationNo120/67/EECandwithArticle13(2)
ofCouncilRegulationNo359/67/EEC3of25July
1967onthecommonorganisationofthemarketin
rice,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1253/70,thelevyfixedinadvanceisadjustedonthe
basisofthethresholdpriceinforceduringthe'month
inwhichimportationisexpectedtotakeplace;
Whereasthisprovisionobligestheimportertoinform
thebodyresponsibleforissuingthelicence,ofthe
monthenvisagedforimportation ;whereas,however,
experiencehasshownthat,ingeneral,themonth
shownontheimportlicencedoesnotcorrespondto
themonthinwhichimportationtakesplace;
Whereas,inorderthattheCommunityformsfor
licences,whicharetobeusedfrom1January1971,IntheFrench,ItalianandDutchtextsofArticle1(a)
ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,thedescriptionof
goodsfallingwithinheadingNo10.07shallbe
amendedtoreadasfollows:
(a)Frenchtext:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
10.07Sarrasin,millet,alpisteetsorgho;
autrescereales
(b)Italiantext:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
10.07Granosaraceno,miglio,scagliola,
sorgho;altricereali
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.
4OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1. 3OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.

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(c)Dutchtext: adjustedforthethresholdpricewhichwillbein
forceduringthemonthofimportation,shallbe
appliedtoanimporttobeeffectedduringthe
periodofvalidityofthelicence,iftheapplicant
sorequestswhenapplyingforthelicence.Inthis
caseapremium,fixedatthesametimeasthe
levy,shallbeaddedtothelevy.'
(b)Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthetextof
paragraph4:
'TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththe
votingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission ,
shalllaydownrulesforfixingthescaleof
premiumsandadoptmeasurestobetakenin
exceptionalcircumstances.'
Article4CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
«
10.07Boekweit,kanariezaadengierst
(pluimgierst,trosgierst,sorgho,
enz.);anderegranen
Article2
1.InAnnexAtoRegulationNo120/67/EECthe
descriptionofgoodsfallingwithinsub-headingNo
ex11.01Kshallbeamendedtoreadasfollows:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex11.01Kgrainsorghumflour
2.IntheGermantextofAnnexAtoRegulation
No120/67/EECthedescriptionofgoodsfalling
withinsubheadingNoex11.01Hshallbeamended
toreadasfollows:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex11.01HvonHirseaußerSorghumArticle13ofRegulationNo359/67/EECshallbe
amendedasfollows:
(a)Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthetextof
paragraph2:
'However,asregardsimportsofriceandbroken
rice,thelevyapplicableonthedayonwhich
applicationforalicenceismade,adjustedforthe
thresholdpricewhichwillbeinforceduringthe
monthofimportation,shallbeappliedtoan
importtobeeffectedduringtheperiodof
validityofthelicence,iftheapplicantsorequests
whenapplyingforthelicence.Apremium,fixed
atthesametimeasthelevy,shallbeaddedtothe
levy,whereappropriate .
(b)Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthetextof
paragraph4:
'TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththe
votingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission ,
shalllaydownrulesfortheapplicationof
paragraph2,inparticularrulesforfixing
premiums,andadoptmeasurestobetakenin
exceptionalcircumstances .'Article3
Article15ofRegulationNo120/67/EECshallbe
amendedasfollows:
(a)Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthetextof
paragraph2:
'However,asregardsimportsofproductslisted
inArticle1(a)and(b),thelevyapplicableonthe
dayonwhichapplicationforalicenceismade,Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30November1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.D:GRIESAU