NoL38/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.2.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No306/76
of12February1976
redefiningthedestinationzonesforexportrefundsorleviesoncerealsandrice
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No941/72of
5May1972redefiningthedestinationzonesfor
exportrefundsoncerealsandrice(u),grouped
importingcountriesintoanumberofzoneswithparti­
cularregardtotheirgeographicalpositionandthe
characteristics ofthemarketforthevariousproducts;
whereassubsequentexperiencehasshownthatthe
geographicalgroupingsshouldagainberevisedto
incorporatenewcountries;whereas,moreover,arevi­
sionwasnecessarybecauseofchangesinthenamesof
certaincountries;whereasthedestinationzones
shouldthereforebecompletelyredefinedandbrought
uptodate;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(J),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3058/75(2)andinparticularArticles
16(6)and19(3)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/67/EEC
of25July1967onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinrice(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No668/75(4)andinparticularArticles17(6)
and21(3)thereof,
Whereas,underArticle16(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
2727/75,Article7ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2746/75of29October1975layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(5),and
Article3(3)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2747/75
of29October1975layingdowngeneralrulestobe
appliedintheeventofthecerealsmarketbeing
disturbed(6),theexportrefundorlevyoncerealsand
onwheatorryeflour,groatsandmealmaybe.varied
accordingtodestination ;
WhereasunderArticle17(2)ofRegulationNo359/
67/EEC,Article5ofCouncilRegulationNo366/
67/EECof25July1967layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteriaforfixing
theamountofsuchrefunds(7),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No478/75(8),andinArticle3(3)of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No2737/73of8October
1973layingdowngeneralrulestobeappliedinthe
eventofthericemarketbeingdisturbed(9),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No477/75(10),the
exportrefundorlevyonricemaybevariedaccording
todestination :HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thedestinationzonestobeusedforthedifferentia­
tionofexportrefundsorleviesshallbeassetoutin
theAnnexinrespectofproductslistedinArticle1(a),
(b)and(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75andin
Article1(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20February
1976.
Regulation (EEC)No941/72isherebyrepealed.,
However,itshallcontinuetoapplytoexportscarried
outusingacertificatewithadvancefixingofthe
refundorlevyandissuedasaresultof:
—tenderslodgedbefore20February1976underinvi­
tationstotenderfortheexportlevyand/orrefund,
—applicationslodgedbefore20February1976in
othercases.0)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.
(3)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(4)OJNoL72,20.3.1975,p.18.
(5)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.78.
(6)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.82.
(7)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.34.
(8)OJNoL52,28.2.1975,p.34.
HOJNoL282,%,10.1973,p.13.
(,0)OJNoL52,28.2.1975,p.33. (»)OJNoL107,6.5.1972,p.10.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12February1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
ZONEI
(a)Libya
Egypt
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Cyprus
Turkey
(b)Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
(c)Jordan
(d)Malta
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
ZONEII
(a)Poland
SovietUnion(Balticports)
(b)Norway
Sweden
Finland
FaroeIslands
Iceland
ZONEIII
(a)Czechoslovakia
Hungary
(b)Romania
Bulgaria
SovietUnion(BlackSeaports)
ZONEIV
(a)Mexico,countriesandterritoriesofCentralAmerica
(b)GreaterandLesserAntilles,BahamasandBermuda
(c)CountriesandterritoriesofSouthAmerica(Atlanticcoast)
(d)CountriesandterritoriesofSouthAmerica(Pacificcoast)
ZONEVGhana
Nigeria
Namibia(SouthWestAfrica)
Azores
Madeira
CanaryIslands
SpanishSahara
CapeVerdeIslands
GuineaBissau
IslandsoftheGulfofGuinea
Angola
St.Helenaanddependencies
Liberia \
EquatorialGuinea
(b)RepublicofSouthAfrica
Botswana
Lesotho
Swaziland
Zambia
Rhodesia
Malawi
Mozambique
Tanzania
Kenya
Rwanda
Burundi
Uganda
Somalia
Madagascar
Comoros
Mauritius
ZONEVI
Sudan
Ethiopia
FrenchTerritoryoftheAfarsandIssas
CountriesandterritoriesoftheArabianPeninsula
Iraq
Iran
ZONEVII
(a)Afghanistan
Pakistan
India(includingSikkim)
Nepal
SriLanka
Bangladesh
Burma
IslandsoftheIndianOcean(otherthanMadagascar ,the
ComorosandMauritius)
Bhutan
(b)Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Japan
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
(c)OthercountriesandterritoriesofAsiaandAustralasia
Australia
NewZealand(a)Mauritania
Senegal
Guinea
IvoryCoast
Benin
Togo
Mali
UpperVolta
Niger
CentralAfricanRepublic
Congo
Chad
Gabon
Cameroon
Zaïre
Gambia
SierraLeone