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REGULATION (EEC)No1600/68OFTHECOUNCIL
of15October1968
onthefinancingbytheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundoftheexpendi­
turearisingfromthespecialmeasurestakenbytheItalianRepublicontheimportationof
feedgrain
235/67/EEC7of30June1967onthedenaturingof
sugarforanimalfeed,andCouncilRegulationNo172/
67/EEC8of27June1967ongeneralrulesgoverning
thedenaturingofwheatandryeofbread-makingquality,
provideforthegrantingofsimilarsubsidies;whereas
thosefiveRegulationsalsolaydownthemethodofde­
terminingsuchsubsidies;
Whereasthosemeasurestakenasawholeallowtheob­
jectivesofthecommonorganizationofmarketstobe
achieved;whereastheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidance
andGuaranteeFundwassetupforthispurposebyRe­
gulationNq259onthefinancingofthecommonagricul­
turalpolicy;whereasexpenditurearisingfromthose
measuresshouldthereforebemadeeligibleforaidfrom
theGuaranteeSectionoftheFund,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 1;
WhereasArticle23(1)and(2)ofCouncilRegulation
No120/67/EEC2of13June1967onthecommonor­
ganizationofthemarketincereals,asamendedbyRe­
gulation(EEC)No643/68\providesthattheItalian
Republicmayreducetheimportleviesonfeedgrain,on
conditionthatdeliveriesofthesamecerealsfromMem­
berStatesaregrantedandequalsubsidy; HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereastheapplicationofsuchaprovisionaffectspro­
cessedproductsandcertaindenaturedproductswhich
canbesubstitutedforthem;whereas,inaccordancewith
Article23(4)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,the
Councilisresponsiblefortakingthenecessarymeasures
toavoiddistortionsofcompetitionwithregardtotrade
inthoseproducts;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle18ofCouncilRe­
gulationNo191/67/EEC4of27June1967ontheim­
portandexportsystemforproductsprocessedfrom
cereals,whentheItalianRepublichasrecoursetoArticle
23(2)ofRegulationNo120/67/EEC,asubsidymust
begrantedforsuppliesofcertainofthoseprocessed
productscomingfromotherMemberStates;whereas
CouncilRegulationsNo194/67/EEC5of27June
1967onthesystemapplicabletocereal-basedcompound
feedingstuffsandNo360/67/EEC6of25July1967on
theimportandexportsystemforproductsprocessed
fromcerealsandfromrice,CommissionRegulationNo1.BywayofderogationfromtheprovisionsofArticles
5to8ofCouncilRegulationNo17/64/EEC10of5
February1964onconditionsforgrantingaidfromthe
EuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund,
theGuaranteeSectionoftheFundshallbefinancially
responsiblefortheexpenditureentailedbysubsidies
grantedinpursuanceofArticle23(1),(2),(4)and(4a)of
RegulationNo120/67/EEC.andinpursuanceofthe
Communityprovisionsadoptedinthemarketinsugarin
ordertotakeaccountofthefactthatItalyhasrecourse
totheoptionprovidedforintheaforementioned Article
23.
2.TheFundshallreimbursetheactualexpenditurein­
curredbyMemberStatesintheformofthesubsidiesre­
ferredtoinArticle23(1)and(2)ofRegulationNo120/
67/EEC,inArticles18ofRegulationsNos191/67/
EEC,194/67/EECand360/67/EEC,inArticle2of
RegulationNo235/67/EECandinArticle6aofRegu­
1OJNoC55,5.6.1968,p.19.
2OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
3OJNoL122,30.5.1968,p.l . 7OJNo130,28.6.1967,p.2602/67.
8OJNo137,30.6.1967,p.2940/67.
9OJNo30,20.4.1962 ,p.991/62.
,0OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.586/64.-,4OJNo133,29.6.1967,p.2797/67.
5OJNo133,29.6.1967,p.2813/67.
6OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.13.

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Article2 lationNo172/67/EEC,asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No644/681.
3.TheCouncil,actingonaproposalfromtheCommis­
sioninaccordancewiththevotingprocedurelaiddown
inArticle43(2)oftheTreaty,shalladoptasnecessary
detailedrulesfortakingovertheexpenditureresulting
fromthegrantingofsubsidiesawardedinpursuanceof
theprovisionsreferredtoinparagraph1ofthisArticle.TheexpenditurereferredtoinArticle1shallbethesub­
jectofapplicationsforreimbursement submittedinac­
cordancewithArticle9ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC,
asamendedbyRegulationNo741/67/EEC2,andalso
ofdecisionsonaidfromtheFundtakenbytheCommis­
sionpursuanttoArticle10oftheaforementioned Regu­
lation,asamendedalsobyRegulationNo741/67/
EEC.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg,15October1968.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SEDATI
1OJNoL122,30.5.1968,p;3. 2OJNo258,25.10.1967,p .2.