138 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
NoL55/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.3.70
REGULATION (EEC)No437/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of6March1970
supplementing RegulationNo175/67/EECasregardsgeneralrulesfortheadvance
fixingofexportrefundsoneggs
depositwhichwouldbeforfeitedifthegoodsarenot
exportedwithintheperiodofvalidityofthe
certificate;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle5of
RegulationNo175/67/EEC:
'Article5THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
122/67/EEC1-of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketineggs,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No436/70,2andinparticular
thefourthsubparagraphofArticle9(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No436/70of6.
March1970madeitpossibletofixexportrefundsin
advance;
Whereasitisthereforenecessarytosupplement
CouncilRegulationNo175/67/EEC3of27June1967.
layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexportrefunds
andcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefundsby
generalrulesfortheadvancefixingofexport
refunds;
Whereasitisonlynecessarytofixrefundsinadvance
incertaincases;whereasanydecisiontodososhould
betakeninaccordancewithArticle17ofRegulation
No122/67/EEC;
Whereasthepossibilityoffixingrefundsinadvance
makesitnecessarytotakestepsineachcasewhich
willensurethatexportscorrespondtotheapplication
lodged;whereas,tothatend,eachapplicantshould
receiveacertificaterequiringthegoodsinquestionto
beexportedwithinagivenperiod;
Whereas,inordertoavoidabuses,theissueofsuch
certificatesshouldbeconditionalonthelodgingofa1.Thelistofproductsonwhichanexport
refundisgrantedandtheamountofsuchrefund
shallbefixedatleastonceeverythreemonths.
2.Therefundshallbethatapplicableonthe
dayofexportation .
3.However,fortheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)(b)ofRegulationNo122/67/EEC,as
amendedinthatrespectbyRegulation (EEC)No
803/68,4itmaybedecidedthattherefundcanbe
fixedinadvanceonrequest.Inthatcase,the
refundapplicableonthedayonwhichan
applicationforthecertificatereferredtoinArticle
5aislodgedshallbeappliedtoexportseffected
duringtheperiodofvalidityofthatcertificate.'
Article2
ThefollowingArticle5ashallbeinsertedin
RegulationNo175/67EEC:
'Article5a
1.Thegrantoftherefundundertheconditions
providedforinArticle5(3)shallbesubjectto
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2293/67.
2OJNoL55,10.3.1970,p.1.
3OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2610/67. 4OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.23.

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2.Theissueoftheadvancefixingcertificate
shallbeconditionalonthelodgingofadeposit
guaranteeingthatexportationiseffectedduring
theperiodofvalidityofthecertificate;the
depositshallbeforfeitedinwholeorinpartif
exportationisnoteffected,orisonlypartially
effected,withinthatperiod.'submissionofanadvancefixingcertificateissued
byMemberStatestoanyapplicantirrespectiveof
theplaceofhisestablishment intheCommunity .
FromadatetobefixedbytheCouncil,actingon
aproposalfromtheCommissioninaccordance
withthevotingprocedurelaiddowninArticle
43(2)oftheTreaty,andfrom1July1970atthe
latest,theadvancefixingcertificateshallbevalid
inrespectofexportsfromtheCommunity .Until
thatdate,suchcertificatesshallbevalidonlyin
respectofexportsfromtheMemberStatewhich
issuedthem.Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6March1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.HARMEL