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27.3.69 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL74/3
REGULATION (EEC)No551/69OFTHECOUNCIL
of25March1969
amendingRegulation (EEC)No204/69layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcovered
byAnnexIItotheTreaty,andthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No289/69,2andinparticular
Articles16(5)and17(3)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
122/67/EEC3of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketineggs,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No830/68,4andinparticularthe
fourthsubparagraph ofArticle9(2)andArticle10
(3)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC5of25July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1603/68,6andinparticular
Articles17(5)and18(3)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC7of18December1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2100/68,8andinparticularthe
fifthsubparagraph ofArticle17(2)andArticle19(3)
thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/689of27June1968onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,andin
particularArticles17(3)and18(3)thereof:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission :
Whereasthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle5(2)of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No204/6910of28January
1969layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexportedin
theformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treaty,andthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds,makesprovisionforfixingtherateofthe
refundinadvanceattherequestoftheparty
concerned;whereas,inaccordancewiththesecond
subparagraph ofArticle5(2),therateoftherefund
thusfixedmustbeadjustedinaccordancewiththe
samerulesasthoseapplicableinthecaseofthe
advancefixingoftherefundontherelevantbasic
productsexportedunprocessed ;whereastheserules
shouldbesupplemented totakeaccountofthe
provisionstobeadoptedduringtheperiodofvalidity
oftheadvancefixingcertificate,underspecial
measuresforthemarketingofcertainbasicproducts;
Whereas,inviewofthespecialconditionsonthe
beermarket,thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle5(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No204/69shouldalsobe
amendedtoenablethecorrectiveamountreferredto
inArticle16(4)ofRegulationNo120/67/EECtobe
appliedtobarleyexportedintheformofbeer;
WhereasCouncilRegulationNo189/66/EEC11of24
November1966onglucoseandlactoseprovidedthat
therulesrelatingtoglucoseandglucosesyrupand
lactoseandlactosesyrupcomingunderAnnexIIto
theTreatyshouldbeextendedtogoodsfalling
withinsub-headingsNos17.02BIand17.02AIof
theCommonCustomsTariffrespectively ;whereas
thesegoodsareshowninAnnexBtoRegulationNo
120/67/EECorintheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2OJNoL41,18.2.1969,p.1.
3OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2293/67.
4OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.23.
5OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
6OJNoL253,16.10.1968,p.5.
7OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
sOJNoL309,24.12.1968,p.4.
9OJNoL148,26.6.1968,p.13.10OJNoL29,5.2.1969,p.1.
11OJNo218,28.11.1966,p.3713/66.

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takenwithavieweithertomakingabasic
productlistedinAnnexAavailableatareduced
pricetomanufacturers ofcertaingoods,orto
alteringorabolishingexistingprovisions,therate
oftherefundfixedinadvanceshallbeadjusted
onthebasisofthelowestpricefortherelevant
basicproductbetweenthedayonwhichthe
applicationforthecertificateislodgedandthe
dayofexportation .However,wheretheapplicant
suppliesproofthathepurchasedthisbasic
productatapricecallingforahigherrefund,the
rateoftherefundfixedinadvanceshallbe
adjustedonthebasisofthelatterprice,unless
thatpricecorrespondstothepriceonthebasisof
whichtherateoftherefundfixedinadvancewas
calculated,inwhichcasethelatterrateshallbe
applicable.'804/68;whereas,fortheimplementation ofthe
refundprovisionsoftheseRegulations,Regulation
No189/66/EECshouldcontinuetoapply;whereas
thosegoodsshowninAnnexCtoRegulation (EEC)
No204/69shouldthereforebedeleted;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle3(3)of
Regulation (EEC)No204/69,thequantityofbasic
productstobeusedincalculatingtheamountofthe
refundinrespectofthegoodsshowninAnnexCto
thatRegulationisthatshowninthatAnnexagainst
eachofthosegoods;
Whereas,astheresultofaclericalerror,thequantity
ofsugarshowninAnnexCinrespectofsorbitol,
otherthaninaquecussolution,fallingwithinheading
No29.04CIII(b)2oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
is1106kginsteadof106kg;whereasthiserror
shouldbecorrected;whereas,moreover,thequality
ofthesugar(sucrose)onthebasisofwhichthe
quantitiesshownir.AnnexCwherefixed,shouldbe
specified;Article3
Goodsfallingwithinsub-headingsNos17.02AIand
17.02BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffarehereby
deletedfromAnnexCtoRegulation (EEC)No
204/69. HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Article4
AnnexCtoRegulation (EEC)No204/69shallbe
amendedasfollows:Thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle5(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No204/69shallbesupplemented
bythefollowing:
'However,therulesconcerningthecorrective
amountreferredtoinArticle16(4)ofRegulation
No120/67/EECshallbeapplicableinrespectof
exportsofbarleyintheformofbeer.'(a)Theheading'Whitesugar'shallbesubstitutedfor
theheadingofthecolumn'Sugar(sucrose)';
(b)Inthecolumnamendedaslaiddownunder(a)in
respectofsub-headingNo29.04CIII(b)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffthefigure106shallbe
substitutedforthefigure1106.
Article2
Article5 Article5(2)o±Regulation (EEC)No204/69shallbe
supplemented bythefollowingsubparagraph :
'Where,duringtheperiodofvalidityofa
certificateasreferredtoinArticle6,measuresareThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1969.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25March1969.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.BUCHLER