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NoL107/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.5.72
REGULATION (EEC)No941/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of5May1972
redefiningthedestinationzonesforexportrefundsoncerealsandrice
WhereasCommissionRegulationNo694/67/EEC8of
10October1967redefiningthedestinationzonesfor
exportrefundsoncerealsgroupedimporting
countriesintoanumberofzoneswithparticular
regardtotheirgeographical positionandthe
characteristicsofthemarketforthevariousproducts;
whereasCommissionRegulationNo669/67/EEC9of
28September1967layingdowncertaindetailedrules
fortheapplicationofexportrefundsonrice,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1057/6810,the
zonesapplicabletocerealsareapplicabletoricealso;
Whereasexperiencegainedinassessingtheworld
marketshowsthatitisnolongernecessarytousea
differentsystemofzonesfordifferentproducts;
whereas,therefore,asinglelistofdestinationzones
shouldbeusedforalltheproductsinquestion;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2727/71,2andinparticular
Article16(6)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC3of25July1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinrice,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2726/71,4andinparticular
Article17(6)thereof;
Whereas,underArticle16(2)ofRegulationNo
120/67/EECandArticle6ofCouncilRegulationNo
139/67/EEC5of21June1967layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncerealsand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefundsthe
exportrefundonproductssuchaswheatorrye
flour,groatsandmealmaybevariedaccordingto
destination;
WhereasunderArticle17(2)ofRegulationNo
359/67/EECandArticle5ofCouncilRegulationNo
366/67/EEC6of25July1967layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonriceandcriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds,aslast
amendedbyRegulationNo1019/67/EEC,7the
refundonricemaybevariedaccordingto
destination ;WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thedestination zonestobeusedforthe
differentiation ofexportrefundsshallbeassetoutin
theAnnexinrespectofproductslistedinArticle
1(a),(b)and(c)pfRegulationNo120/67/EECand
inArticle1(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo
359/67/EEC.
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.8.
3OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
4OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.6.
5OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2453/67.
6OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.34.
7OJNo311,21.12.1967,p.13.8OJNo245,11.10.1967,p.6.
9OJNo241,5.10.1967,p.6.
10OJNoL179,25.7.1968,p.31.

398 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Article2 RegulationNo669/67/EECareherebyrepealed
witheffectfrom31May1972.However,refunds
fixedinadvancefollowingapplicationsmadebefore
thedatereferredtointheprecedingsubparagraph
shallremainsubjecttotheprovisionsofthose
Regulations .ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June
1972.
RegulationNo694/67/EECandArticle3of
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5May1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT

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ANNEX
ZONEI Madeira
Canaries
(a)Libya WesternSahara
CapeVerdeIslands
PortugueseGuinea
IslandsoftheGulfofGuinea
Angola
SaintHelena
LiberiaArabRepublicofEgypt
Israel
Lebanon .
Syria
Cyprus
Turkey
(b)Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
(c)JordanEquatorialGuinea
(b)SouthAfrica
Botswana
Lesotho
Ngwane
Zambia
Rhodesia
Malawi
Mozambique
Tanzania
Kenya
Rwanda
Burundi
UgandaZONEII
Poland
USSR(Balticports)
ZONEIII
(a)Czechoslovakia
Hungary
(b)Romania
Bulgaria
USSR(BlackSeaports)
ZONEIVSomalia 1
Madagascar
ComoroArchipelago
Mauritius .
ZONEVI
Sudan
Ethiopia(a)Mexico,countriesandterritoriesofCentralAmerica
(b)GreaterandLesserAntilles,BahamasandBermuda
(c)CountriesandterritoriesofSouthAmerica(Atlantic
coast)
(d)CountriesandterritoriesofSouthAmerica(Pacific
coast)FrenchTerritoryoftheAfarsandtheIssas
CountriesandterritoriesoftheArabianPeninsula
Iraq
Iran
ZONEV ZONEVII
(a)Afghanistan
Pakistan
India(includingBhutanandSikkim)(a)Mauritania
Senegal
Guinea
IvoryCoast
Dahomey
Togo
MaliNepal
Ceylon
Bangladesh
Burma
UpperVolta
Niger
CentralAfricanRepublic
Congo(Brazzaville)
Chad
Gabon
CameroonIslandsoftheIndianOcean(otherthanMadagascar,
theComoroArchipelagoandMauritius)
(b)Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Japan
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
(c)OthercountriesandterritoriesofAsiaandAustralasia
AustraliaZaire
Gambia
SierraLeone
Ghana
Nigeria
SouthWestAfrica
Azores NewZealand