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NoL43/1 20.2.69 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No302/69OFTHECOUNCIL
of18February1969
amendingandsupplementing certainprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)No1052/68onthe
importandexportsystemforproductsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice
productsprocessedfromcerealsbetweenItalyand
otherMemberStates,inordertotakeaccountofthe
measuresappliedbyItalyforreducingthelevyin
accordancewithArticle23(2)ofRegulationNo
120/67/EEC;whereasitshouldbeprovided,asfor
feedgrain,thattheexportingMemberStatemaypay
totheconsignorwhorequestsitthesubsidywhich
Italyhastopayfordeliveryofproductsprocessed
fromcereals,itbeingfortheexportingMemberState
toinformtheItalianRepublicofsuchpayment;
Whereastheproductsprocessedfromcerealslistedin
theAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1052/68fall
withintariffheadingsNos11.01and11.02onlyif
theysatisfytheconditionslaiddowninthatAnnex;
whereasexperiencehasshownthatcertaintechnical
requirements shouldberevisedandthattheir
purposeshouldbemoreclearlydefined;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No289/69,2andinparticular
Article14(3)andArticle23(4)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC3of25July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1603/68,4andinparticular
Article12(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasthesecondsubparagraphofArticle2(1)of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1052/685of23July
1968ontheimportandexportsystemforproducts
processedfromcerealsandfromricelaysdownthe
procedureforadjustingtothethresholdpricevalid
duringthemonthofimportation,theaverageofthe
leviesonbasicproductsusedforcalculatingthelevies
onproductsprocessedfromcereals;whereasfor
certainbasicproductstherelevantaveragelevymay
bezero;whereasitshouldbestatedthatthereisno
reasonforadjustingthelevyonthebasisofthe
thresholdpricevalidforthemonthofimportation
sincethefactthattheworldmarketpriceishigher
thanthethresholdpriceadequatelyprotectsthe
Communitymarketandmakesiteconomically
unnecessarytochargealevy;
WhereasArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No1052/68
setupasystemofchargesandsubsidiesfortradeinHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingshallbeaddedtothesecond
subparagraph ofArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1052/68:
'However,thatadjustmentshallnotbemadeif
theaveragelevyapplicableduringthefirst
twenty-fivedaysofthemonthprecedingthatof
importationofthebasicproductiszero.'
Article2
OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
OJNoL41,18.2.1969,p.1.
OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.ThesecondindentofArticle10(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1052/68shallbesupplemented bythe
following:
\..unlessthatsubsidyhas,attherequestofthe
consignor,beenpaidtohimbytheexporting
MemberStatewhichshallforthwithinformthe
ItalianRepublicthereof.'OJNoL253,16.10.1968,p.5.
OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.8.

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Article3 —anashcontentbyweightreferredtodry
matternotexceeding1%forrice,2-5%for
wheatandrye,3%forbarley,4%for
buckwheat,5%foroatsand2%forother
cereals.
Cerealgerm,whethermilledornot,shallinall
casesfallwithintariffheadingNo11.02.'Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforfootnote1to
theAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1052/68:
'Forpurposesofdistinguishing betweenproducts
fallingwithintariffheadingsNos11.01or11.02
ontheonehandandNo23.02ontheother,
productsfallingwithintariffheadingsNos11.01
and11.02shallbethosewhichhaveboth:
—astarchcontentexceeding45%byweight
referredtodrymatter,Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1969.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18February1969.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.BUCHLER