23.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL166/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1370/78
of22June1978
fixinginrespectofthe1975cropexportrefundsforrawtobacco
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
727/70of21April1970onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinrawtobacco(J),aslastamendedby
theActofAccession(2),andinparticularthefirst
sentenceofthethirdsubparagraph ofArticle9(2)
thereof,
WhereasbyvirtueofArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)
No727/70thedifferencebetweentheworldmarket
pricesoftheproductsreferredtpinArticle1ofthat
RegulationandtheirpriceswithintheCommunity
maybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
Whereas,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
326/71of15February1971layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonrawtobaccoand
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),the
grantingofexportrefundsistobelimitedtobaled
tobaccoproducedfromleaftobaccoharvestedinthe
Community ;whereastherefundsmustbefixedfor
eachvarietyproducedintheCommunityinthelight
ofthefactorsindicatedinArticle2(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No326/71;
Whereastherehasbeenasubstantialdropinthe
pricesontheworldmarketoftobaccooforientalvarie­
ties;whereastherepercussionofsuchadropinprices
onthecompetitivepositionofCommunitytobaccoof
theXanti-Yaka ,PerustitzaandErzegovinavarieties
constitutes,withinthemeaningofArticle4ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No326/71,oneoftheexceptionalcases
referredtointhesecondsubparagraph ofArticle9(1)
ofRegulation (EEC)No727/70andaccordinglyenablestherefundtobefixedbeyondthelimitslaid
downinthatArticle;
Whereas,inviewofcurrentexportpossibilitiesandof
marketconditionsintheCommunity ,itisappropriate
thatarefundbegrantedforcertainvarietiesofthe
1975cropinrespectofthecountrieslistedinthe
Annexhereto;
Whereas,applyingtheabovementioned rulesand
criteriatoexistingconditionsinthetobaccomarket,
andinparticulartopricesintheCommunityandon
theworldmarket,itfollowsthattheamountofthe
refundandtheproductsandcountriesinrespectof
whichitshouldapplyshouldbeasspecifiedinthe
Annexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforRawTobacco,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thelistofvarietiesofbaledtobaccofromthe1975
cropinrespectofwhichtheexportrefundprovided
forinArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No727/70shall
begranted,andtheamountofsuchrefundandthe
thirdcountriesofdestinationforwhichitshallapply,
shallbeasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyuntil31December1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22June1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(')OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
OOJNoL39,17.2.1971,p.1.

NoL166/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.6.78
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof22June1978fixinginrespectofthe1975cropexport
refundsforrawtobacco
Serial
NoVarietiesAmount
ofrefund
(u.a./kg)Countriesofdestination
15Xanti-Yakà 0.22
/toallthirdcountrieswiththeexcep­
>tionofGreece,TurkeyandYugos­
lavia16Perustitza 0.22
17Erzegovina 0.22