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REGULATION No176/67/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of27June1967
layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonpoultryraeatandcriteriafor
fixingtheamountofsuchrefunds
Whereasprovisionmustbemadeforvaryingthe
amountoftherefundaccordingtothedestinationof
theproducts,sincemarketsinthecountriesofdesti­
nationareatvaryingdistancesfromCommunity
marketsandspecialconditionsapplytoimportsin
certaincountriesofdestination ;
"WhereastoensureCommunityexporterssomestab­
ilityintheamountoftherefundandcertaintywithre­
gardtothelistofproductseligibleforarefund,it
shouldbepossibleforthelistandtheamountstore­
mainvalidforarelativelylongperiod;
"Whereastoavoiddistortionsofcompetitionbetween
individualCommunitytraders,theadministrative
conditionsunderwhichtheyoperatemustbeidentical
throughouttheCommunity ;whereastheredoes
notappeartobeanyjustificationforgrantingare­
fundwheretheproductsinquestionareimported
fromthirdcountriesandre-exportedtothird
countries;whereasthereimbursement ,undercertain
conditions,ofthelevycollectedonimportationissuf­
ficienttoallowtheseproductstobeplacedonthe
worldmarketagain;THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo123/67/
EEC1of13June1967onthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinpoultrymeat,andinparticularthe
fourthsubparagraph ofArticle9(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
"Whereasexportrefundsonproductssubjecttothe
commonorganisationofthemarketinpoultrymeat
mustbefixedinaccordancewithcertaincriteria
whichwouldmakeitpossibletocoverthedifference
betweenpricesforthoseproductswithintheCom­
munityandontheworldmarket;whereastothisend
thesupplysituationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunityandthepricesituationonthe
worldmarketmustbetakenintoaccount;
"Whereas .thedifferencebetweenpriceswithinthe
Communityandpricesontheworldmarketforthe
quantityoffeedgrainrequiredfortheproductionof
onekilogrammeofslaughteredpoultryandforthe
productionofonechickmustalsobetakenintoac­
count;whereasfortheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo123/67/EECthecoef­
ficientsreferredtoinArticle5(3)ofthatRegulation
shouldbetakenintoaccount;
Whereasifpricetrendsaretobenotedpricesmust
bedeterminedinaccordancewithgeneralprinciples;
whereastothisendpricesonthirdcountrymarkets
andincountriesofdestination,producerpricesre­
cordedinthirdcountriesandfree-at-Community­
frontierpricesshouldbetakenintoaccountwhen
pricesontheworldmarketarebeingdetermined;
whereas,intheabsenceofrepresentativemarketsfor
poultrymeatproducts,pricesrulingatthevarious
marketingstagesandonexportationshouldbeused
asabasisindeterminingCommunityprices;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationlaysdownrulesforfixingandgrant­
ingexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)ofRegulationNo123/67/EEC.
Article2
Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhenre­
fundsarebeingfixed:
(a)theexistingsituationandthefuturetrendwith
regardto:
—pricesandavailabilitiesofpoultrymeatprod­
uctsontheCommunitymarket;
—pricesforpoultrymeatproductsontheworld
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Article6 (b)theneedtoavoiddisturbanceswhichmightlead
toaprolongedimbalancebetweensupplyand
demandontheCommunitymarket;and
(c)theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports.
WhentherefundontheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)ofRegulationNo123/67/EECisbeingcalcu­
lated,accountshallalsobetakenofthedifferencebe­
tweenpriceswithintheCommunityandpricesonthe
worldmarketforthequantityoffeedgraindeter­
minedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
4(1)ofthatRegulation,thecoefficientsreferredto
inArticle5(3)ofthatRegulationalsobeingtaken
intoaccountinthecaseofderivedproducts.1.Therefundshallbepaiduponproof:
—thattheproductshavebeenexportedfromthe
Community ,and
—thattheproductsareofCommunityorigin,ex­
ceptwhereArticle7applies.
2.WhereArticle4applies,therefundshallbepaid
undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,pro­
videditisprovedthattheproducthasreachedthe
destinationforwhichtherefundwasfixed.
Exceptionsmaybemadetothisruleinaccordance
withtheprocedurereferredtoinparagraph3,pro­
videdconditionsarelaiddownwhichofferequival­
entguarantees .
3.Additionalprovisionsmaybeadoptedinac­
cordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle17
ofRegulationNo123/67/EEC.Article3
Article71.Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhen
thepriceontheCommunitymarketisbeingdeter­
mined:
(a)pricesrulingatthevariousmarketingstagesin
theCommunity ;
(b)pricesrulingonexportation .
2.Thefollowingshallbetakenintoaccountwhen
thepriceontheworldmarketisbeingdetermined :
(a)pricesrulingonthirdcountrymarkets;
(b)themostfavourableimportpricesinthird
countriesofdestinationforthirdcountryimports;
(c)producerpricesrecordedinexportingthird
countries,accountbeingtaken,whereappropriate,
ofsubsidiesgrantedbythosecountries;and
(d)free-at-Community-frontier offerprices.Noexportrefundshallbegrantedonproductslisted
inArticle1(1)ofRegulationNo123/67/EECwhich
areimportedfromthirdcountriesandre-exportedto
thirdcountries,unlesstheexporterproves:
—thattheproducttobeexportedandtheproduct
previouslyimportedareoneandthesame,and
—thatthelevywascollectedonimportation .
Insuchcasestherefundoneachproductshallbe
equaltothelevycollectedonimportationwherethis
levyislowerthantherefundapplicableonthedayof
exportation;therefundshallbeequaltotherefund
applicableonthedayofexportationwherethelevy
collectedonimportationishigherthanthisrefund.Article4
Wheretheworldmarketsituationorthespecificre­
quirementsofcertainmarketsmakethisnecessary,
therefundfortheCommunitymaybevariedaccord­
ingtothedestinationoftheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)ofRegulationNo123/67/EEC.Article8
Article5ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfol­
lowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities . Thelistofproductsonwhichanexportrefundis
grantedandtheamountofsuchrefundshallbefixed
atleastonceeverythreemonths. Itshallapplyfrom1July1967.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27June1967.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.HEGER