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NoL79/84 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.4.72
REGULATION (EEC)No676/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of29March1972
layingdownaspecialconditionforpaymentoftherefundonbutterexportedto
destinationsotherthanzoneE
exportedtozoneEarefixedataratelowerthan
thoselaiddownforexportstootherdestinations ;
whereas,consequently ,whentherefundonbutterfor
exporttodestinationsotherthanzoneEisfixed,itis
specifiedthatthatrefundappliesonlytoproducts
whichareforconsumption attheseother
destinations ;whereastherulesforpaymentofthe
refundshouldthereforestipulate,inthecasereferred
toabove,thatpaymentisconditionaluponthe
productionofproofthattheproductinquestionhas
beenunloadedandputintofreecirculation;
Whereas,ifthesemeasuresaretobeapplied,
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1368/697of17
July1969onspecialprovisionsrelatingtothelowest
rateoftherefundonbutterexportedtothird
countriesshouldberepealed,sincethatRegulation
providesthattherefundfixedforbutterexportedto
zoneEwouldnotbetakenintoconsideration in
determiningthelowestrateoftherefundwithinthe
meaningofArticle8(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1041/67/EEC;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1005/71®
of14May1971layingdownaspecialconditionof
paymentoftherefundonbutterexportedtozoneE
nolongerservesanyusefulpurposeinthepresent
marketsituationandmayconsequentlyberepealed;
WhereastheManagement CommitteeforMilkand
MilkProductshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithin
thetimelimitsetbyitsChairman;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/681of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1410/71,2andin
particularArticle17(4)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
S76/683of28June1968layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonmilkandmilk
productsandcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2732/71,4andinparticularArticle6(3)thereof;
WhereasArticle4(1)ofCommissionRegulationNo
1041/67/EEC5of21December1967ondetailedrules
fortheapplicationofexportrefundsonproducts
subjecttoasinglepricesystem,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No325/71,6makesprovision
wherebyincertaincases,byreasonofdifferences
betweentherateoftherefundandthatofthelevy,
orbyreasonofthenatureoftheexportedproducts
orofexportmarkets,proofmayberequired,asan
additionalconditionforpaymentoftherefund,that
theproductinquestionhasbeenimportedintoa
thirdcountry;
WhereaspricesareatahigherlevelontheBritish
buttermarketthanonthemarketinthatproductin
otherthirdcountries;whereas,inordertotake
accountofthatfact,refundsonCommunitybutterHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Ifarefundonbutterforexporttoadestination
otherthanzoneEisfixedatahigherratethanthat1OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
2OJNoL148,3.7.1971,p.3.
3OJNoL155,3.7.1968,p.1.
4OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.21.
5OJNo314,23.12.1967,p.9. 7OJNoL177,18.7.1969,p.4.
8OJNoL109,15.5.1971,p.20. 6OJNoL38,16.2.1971,p.16.

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if,however,incasesofexporttoState-trading
countries,suchadocumentoracopythereof
cannotbeproduced,thecompetentnational
servicesmayacceptanyotherappropriate
documentasproof.laiddownforbutterexportedtozoneE,therefund
applicabletothatotherdestinationshallbepaid,
withoutprejudicetotheapplicationofArticle8(2)
ofRegulationNo1041/67/EEC,onlyonproduction
ofproofthatthebutterhasbeendischargedandput
onthemarketatadestinationotherthanzoneE.
2.Proofshallbeprovided:Article2
Regulations (EEC)Nos1368/69and1005/71are
herebyrepealed.(a)asregardsunloading,byproductionofa
documentissuedinthe.countryofdestinationby
theauthoritiesorbodiesreferredtoinArticle8
(1)ofRegulationNo1041/67/EEC;
(b)asregardsputtinginto.freecirculation,by
productionof*thecustomsdocumentissuedin
thecountryofdestinationorofacopythereof;Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1972.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29March1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT