132 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
2596/67 OFFICIALJOURNALOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES 28.6.67
REGULATION No170/67/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of27June1967
onthecommonsystemoftradeforovalbuminandlactalbuminandrepealing
RegulationNo48/67/EEC
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
14(7)andArticles28,92to94,111andfollowing,
and235thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
Whereasovalbumin,whichisnotincludedinAnnex
IItotheTreaty,isnotsubjecttoapplicationofthe
agriculturalprovisionsoftheTreatywhileeggyolk
is;
Whereasasituationarisestherefromwhichmayad­
verselyaffecttheefficiencyofthecommonagricul­
turalpolicyintheeggsector;
Whereas,inordertoreachabalancedsolution,
CouncilRegulationNo48/67/EEC1of7March1967
ontheintroductionofacommontradesystemfor
ovalbuminandlactalbuminestablishedasystemof
tradeforovalbumincorresponding tothatestab­
lishedforeggs;whereastheapplicationofthissystem
hasbeenextendedtolactalbumininviewofthefact
thatthelattercantoalargeextentbesubstitutedfor
ovalbumin;
Whereas,inpursuanceofCouncilRegulationNo
122/67/EEC2of13June1967onthecommonorgan­
isationofthemarketineggs,asinglemarketsystem
foreggshasbeenintroducedintheCommunityfrom
1July1967comprising,inparticular,singlelevies
andsinglerefundsinrespectofthirdcountrieson
eggsandeggyolkintheunalteredstateorintheformofcertainprocessedgoodscontainingegg
white;
Whereasthesystemoftradeapplicabletoalbumins
shouldfollowthesysteminforceforeggsinviewof
thedependenceoftheformerproductsonthelatter;
Whereasovalbuminpricesnormallyfollowegg
prices,whicharedifferentintheCommunityandon
theworldmarket;whereasinordertopreventdistor­
tionsofcompetitionresultingfromthisdifferenceit
isnecessarytolevyanimportdutysufficienttooffset
thisdifference;whereasitseemsthatthemostappro­
priatemethodfordeterminingtheamountofthis
dutywouldbetoderiveitfromthelevyoneggsin
shell;
Whereasitisnecessarytoprovidefordifferentcoef­
ficientswhichtakeaccountofthepresentationofthe
processedproduct;
Whereasthepriceofeggsisnottheonlyfactorother
thanprocessingcostsaffectingthepriceofalbumin
ontheworldmarket;whereasinordertoensurethe
effectivenessofthesystemofimportdutiesitis
necessarytoprovideforanadditionalamount,tobe
addedtothedutywhenoffersontheworldmarket
aremadeatabnormallylowprices;
Whereastotheextentnecessaryfortheproperwork­
ingofthemechanismofexportrefundsforeggspro­
videdforinRegulationNo122/67/EEC,andofthe
systemlaiddowninthisRegulation,provisionshould
bemadeforregulatingor,whenthesituationonthe
marketsorequires,prohibitingtheuseof'inward
processingarrangements';
Whereasthesystemofimportdutiesmakesitposs­
ibletodispensewithallotherprotectivemeasuresat
theexternalfrontiersoftheCommunity ;whereasthe
establishmentofasinglemarketinvolvestheremoval
attheinternalfrontiersoftheCommunityofallob­
staclestothefreemovementofthegoodsinquestion;1OJNo44,10.3.1967,p.646/67.
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2.Theamountsofthedutiesshallbefixedin
advanceforaperiodofthreemonthsinaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle17ofRegu­
lationNo122/67/EEC.
Article3
ThecoefficientsfortheproductslistedinArticle1
shallbefixedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle17ofRegulationNo122/67/EEC,by
establishingthevaluecomplementary tothecoef­
ficientsfixedforeggyolkinaccordancewiththeratio
laiddowninthesecondindentofArticle5(1)of
RegulationNo122/67/EEC.Whereasthetransitionfromthesystemprovidedin
RegulationNo48/67/EECtothatestablishedbythis
Regulationshouldbeeffectedassmoothlyasposs­
ible;whereasproductsmarketedduringthefirst
weeksfollowingthedateonwhichthisRegulation
beginstoapplywillhavebeenmanufactured from
eggsobtainedfromcerealspurchasedatthenational
pricesrulingintheproducingcountrybeforethat
dateanddifferingfromthecommonprices;
whereas,therefore,theproductioncostsofalbumin
canstillbeinfluencedbydifferencesbetweenthe
nationalpricesforcerealsrulingbeforethatdateand
betweenthesepricesandthecommonprices;whereas
differencesinproductioncostsmayleadtocertain
disturbances intradebetweenMemberStatesand
withthirdcountries;whereas,therefore,provision
shouldbemadeforlevyingintra-Community import
dutiesandsupplementary importdutiesinrespectof
thirdcountriesonimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionforacertaintransitionalperiod;whereas,more­
over,othertransitionalmeasuresmayprovenecess­
arytofacilitatethetransitionfromthesystem
providedinRegulationNo48/67/EECtothesystem
establishedbythisRegulation ;Article4
WhenasubstantialpriceriseisrecordedontheCom­
munitymarketandthissituationislikelytocontinue,
therebydisturbingorthreateningtodisturbthemar­
ketthenecessarymeasuresmaybetaken.
TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththevoting
procedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreaty
onaproposalfromtheCommission ,shalladoptgen­
eralrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article5
Article1
IntradebetweentheCommunityandthirdcountries
importdutiesshallbeappliedtothefollowingprod­
ucts:
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
Albumins : ex35.02
exAIIOthers(notunfitorrenderedunfitfor
humanconsumption )
(a)Ovalbuminandlactalbumin :
1.Dried(forexample,sheets,scales,
flakes,powder)1.Onesluice-gatepriceshallbefixedfortheliquid
orfrozenproductslistedinArticle1andanother
forthedriedproductslistedtherein.Thefixingshall
beonthebasisofthesluice-gatepricefixedforeggs
inshellaccordingtotheprovisionsofArticle7(2)of
RegulationNo122/67/EEC,takingintoaccountthe
lowervalueofthebasicmaterial,thecoefficients
mentionedinArticle3andtheprocessingcosts.
2.Sluice-gatepricesshallbefixedinadvancefora
periodofthreemonths.
3.Wherethefree-at-frontier offerpriceforaprod­
uctfallsbelowthesluice-gatepricetheimportduty
onthatproductshallbeincreasedbyanadditional
amountequaltothedifferencebetweenthesluice­
gatepriceandthefree-at-frontier offerprice.
However,thedutyshallnotbeincreasedbythisad­
ditionalamountasregardsthirdcountrieswhichare
preparedandinapositiontoguaranteethattheprice
forimportsofproductsoriginatinginandcoming
fromtheirterritorywillnotbelowerthanthesluice­
gatepricefortheproductinquestionandthatany
deflectionoftradewillbeavoided.
4.Thefree-at-frontier offerpriceshallbedeter­
minedforallimportsfromallthirdcountries.How­
ever,ifexportsfromoneormorethirdcountriesare2.Other
Article2
1.Theamountofthedutyonimportsintothe
CommunityofeachoftheproductslistedinArticle1
shallbeequaltotheamountofthelevyoneggsin
shellfixedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
4(1)ofRegulationNo122/67/EEC,thisamount
beingadjustedbythecoefficientmentionedinArticle
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effectedatabnormallylowprices,lowerthanthe
pricesrulinginotherthirdcountries,asecond
free-at-frontier offerpriceshallbedeterminedforex­
portsfromtheseothercountries.
5.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewith'theprocedure
laiddowninRegulationNo122/67/EEC.
Thefollowingshallbefixedinaccordancewiththe
sameprocedure :
—sluice-gateprices;
—wherenecessary,theadditionalamounts.lationshallbeincorporatedintheCommonCustoms
Tarifffromthedateonwhichthelatterisfullyap­
plied.
2.SaveasotherwiseprovidedinthisRegulation
orwherederogationtherefromisdecidedbythe
Council,actinginaccordancewiththevoting
procedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreaty
onaproposalfromtheCommission ,thefollowing
shallbeprohibitedintradewiththirdcountries:
—thelevyingofanycustomsdutyorchargehaving
equivalenteffect;
—theapplicationofanyquantitativerestrictionor
measurehavingequivalenteffect.
Article6
Article8
1.Thefollowingshallbeprohibitedintheinternal
tradeoftheCommunity :
—thelevyingofanycustomsdutyorchargehaving
equivalenteffect;
—theapplicationofanymeasurehavingeffect
equivalenttoaquantitativerestriction.
2.GoodslistedinArticle1whicharemanufac­
turedorobtainedfromproductstowhichArticle
9(2)andArticle10(1)oftheTreatydonotapply
shallnotbeadmittedtofreecirculationwithinthe
Community .1.Totheextentnecessaryfortheproperworking
ofthecommonorganisationofthemarketineggs
andofthisRegulation,theCouncil,actinginaccord­
ancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddowninArticle
43(2)oftheTreatyonaproposalfromtheCom­
mission,mayprohibit,inwholeorinpart,theuseof
inwardprocessingarrangementsinrespectofproducts
listedinArticle1whichareintendedforthemanu­
factureofproductslistedinthatArticle.
2.Communityprovisionstoregulatetheinward
processingtradeintheproductslistedinArticle1
shallbeadoptednotlaterthan1July1968.
3.Rulestobeapplieduntiltheprovisionsmen­
tionedinparagraph2enterintoforceshallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurereferredto
inparagraph1;theyshallapplyinrespectof:
(a)therateofyieldtobetakenwhendetermining
thequantityofArticle1productsusedinthe
manufactureofprocessedgoodsforexport;
(b)thedetermination ,forthepurposeofapplying
theimportduty,1ofthequantityofproducts
usedinthemanufactureofprocessedgoodsput
intofreecirculation .
4.ForthepurposesofthisArticle'inwardprocess­
ingarrangements'meansallthoseprovisionsdeter­
miningtheconditionsunderwhichproductsfrom
thirdcountriesareusedwithintheCommunityinthe
manufactureofgoodsforexportandenjoyexemp­
tionfromtheimportdutiesapplicabletothem.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcommuni­
catetoeachothertheinformationnecessaryforim­
plementingthisRegulation .Rulesforthecommuni­
cationanddistributionofsuchinformationshallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle17ofRegulationNo122/67/EEC.
Article10
Article71.Inordertooffsetthedifferencesinfeedingcosts
betweenMemberStatesresultingfromdifferencesbe­
tweenfeed-grainpricesexistingbefore1July1967,
provisionmaybemadeforchargingadutyonim­
portsintooneMemberStatefromanotherMember
Stateduringtheperiodending30July1967inre­
spectoftheproductslistedinArticle1.
2.Inordertooffsetthedifferencesinfeedingcosts
betweenthirdcountriesandMemberStateswhose
feed-grainpricesarehigherthanthecommonprices,
suchdifferencesresultingfromdifferencesinsuch
pricesexistingbefore1July1967,provisionmaybe
madeforchargingadditionalduty,inadditiontothe1.Thegeneralrulesfortheinterpretation ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandthespecialrulesforits
applicationshallapplytothetariffclassificationof
productscoveredbythisRegulation ;thetariff
nomenclatureresultingfromapplicationofthisRegu­

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theprocedurelaiddowninArticle17ofRegulation
No122/67/EEC.Theyshallbeapplicableuntil31
December1967atthelatest.importdutiessetoutinArticle2increasedwhereap­
propriateinpursuanceofArticle5,duringtheperiod
ending30July1967onimportsfromthirdcountries
oftheproductslistedinArticle1.
3.TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththe
votingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)ofthe
TreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission ,shall
wherenecessaryfixtheamountsoftheimportduties
andadditionalimportdutiesprovidedforinpara­
graphs1and2.Article12
RegulationNo48/67/EECisherebyrepealedwithef­
fectfrom1July1967.
Article13
Article11 ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfol­
lowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThesystemprovidedforinthisRegulationshallbe
applicablefrom1July1967.Shouldtransitionalmeasuresbenecessarytofacilitate
thetransitionfromthesystemprovidedinRegulation
No48/67/EECtothatestablishedbythisRegulation,
suchmeasuresshallbeadoptedinaccordancewith
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27June1967.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.HEGER