NoL173/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.7.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1557/77
of12July1977
ontheadjustmentoftheexportrefundsonmaltunderArticle16(4)ofRegula­
..tion(EEC)No2727/75
(a)thatthebarleycomesfromstocksdeclaredto
thecompetentauthorityoftheMemberState
inwhoseterritorytheyweresituatedbyregis­
teredletter,telexortelegramsentnotlater
than7August1977indicatingthequantities
ofbarleyinstockon31July1977andthe
placewheresuchstocksmaybechecked;
(b)thatthemaltwasexportedafter31Julyand
before1October1977.
Thecertificaterequiredunder(a)shallbeendorsed
bythecompetentauthoritytowhichthestocks
•aredeclared;
—ifthemaltwasinstockattheendofthe1976/77
marketingyear,supplythecompetentauthorityof
theMemberStatewhichissuedtheexportlicence
withdocumentscertifying :
(a)thatthemaltcomesfromstocksdeclaredto
thecompetentauthorityoftheMemberState
inwhoseterritorythestocksweresituatedby
registeredletter,telexortelegramsentnotlater
than7August1977indicatingthequantities
ofmaltinstockon31July1977andtheplace
wheresuchstocksmaybechecked;
(b)thatthemaltwasexportedafter31Julyand
before1October1977.
Thecertificaterequiredunder(a)shallbeendorsed
bythecompetentauthoritytowhichthestocks
aredeclared.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1151/77(2),andinparticular
Article16(6)thereof,
Whereas,inthecaseofbarleymaltexportedduring
thefirsttwomonthsofthemarketingyearinrespect
ofwhichtherefundwasfixedinadvancebefore1
August,Article16(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No2727/75
laysdowntheconditionsforadjustingtherefund
fixedinadvance;
Whereasitmustbeensuredinconnectionwiththe
adjustmentoftheexportrefundfixedinadvancethat
thebarleymaltexportedduringthefirsttwomonths
ofthemarketingyearwasinstockattheendofthe
precedingmarketingyearorwasmadefrombarleyin
stockatthattime;whereasthequantitiesofbarley
andmaltinstockattheendofthe1976/77
marketingyearmustthereforebeascertained ;
whereasthecompetentauthoritiesofeachMember
Stateshouldberesponsibleforascertainingsuchquan­
titiesandfortakingallnecessarystepstoensurethe
observanceoftheCommunityprovisionsconcerning
theadjustmentofexportrefundsonmaltexported
duringtheperiodunderconsideration ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
Article2
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article11.ThecompetentauthorityofeachMemberState:
(a)shallcarryoutthenecessarychecksofstocksand
oftheirmovementswithinitsterritory;
(b)shalladoptallnecessaryadditionalmeasuresto
takeaccountofthespecialconditionswithinits
territoryandinparticularoftheperiodsduring
whichstocksandtheirmovements aretobethe
subjectofacheck.
2.MemberStatesshallsendtotheCommission not
laterthan31December1977awrittenreportonthe
applicationofthisRegulation,indicatingthequanti­
tiesofbarleyandmaltinstockattheendoftheToqualifyfortheadjustmentoftheexportrefundon
barleymaltunderArticle16(4)ofRegulation (EEC)
No2727/75theexportermust:
—ifthemaltwasmadefrombarleyinstockatthe
endofthemarketingyear,supplythecompetent
authorityoftheMemberStatewhichdeliveredthe
exportlicencewithdocumentscertifying :
()OJNoL281,1.li.1975,p.1.
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Article3 marketingyearandthequantitiesofmaltexportedto
whichthisRegulationapplies.
3.IneachMemberStatethecompetentauthority
shallbetheinterventionagencyorsuchotherbodyas
theMemberStateshalldesignate.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12July1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President