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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposaifora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
addingtoRegulation(EEC)N°885/68asregardsthe
generalrulesforadvancefixingofexportrefundsfor
"beefandveal.
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(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
TheCouncil ,byRegulation (ERG)No568/76of15March 1976 ,initiated
thepossibility ofprefixing refunds inthebeef andveal sector .
Council Regulation (EEC)No885/68should therefore becompleted to
enable theapplication ofCouncil Regulation of15March 1976 .

COUNCTL REGULATION (EEC )
adding toRegulation (EEC)NO885/68asregards thegeneral rules
foradvance fixing ofexport refunds for "beef andveal
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Retaliation (EEC)NO805/68of27June 1968 on
thecommon organization ofthemarket in "beef andveal (l),aslast amended
byRegulation (EEC)No568/76(2),andinparticular Article 18(4)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
VJhereas Council Regulation (EEC)No568/76of15March 1976 amending
Regulation (EEC)No805/68onthecommon organization ofthemarket in
beef andveal (2)provided that refunds could befixed inadvance inthis sector ;
Whereas ,therefore ,anaddition should bemade toCouncil Regulation (EEC)
No885/68of28June 1968 laying down general rules forgranting export
refunds onbeef andveal andcriteria forfixing theamount ofsuch refunds
(3)tlaying down rules inrespect oftheadvance fixing ofexport refunds ;
Whereas advance fixing ofrefunds isonly necessary incertain cases ;
whereas ,therefore ,thedecision tousethis facility should bemade inaccordance
with theprocedure laid down inArticle 27ofRegulation (EEC)No8O5/68;
Whereas theadvance fixing ofrefunds requires measures toensure that ineach
case the export iscarried outinaccordance with theapplication submitted ;
whereas ,therefore ,each applicant should receive acertificate providing that
"theexport shall becarried outwithin aspecific period ;
(1)OJNoL148 ,28.6.1968 ,p.24.
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976 ,p.28.
(3)OJNoL156 ,4.7.1968 ,p.2.

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Whereas ,toavoid abuses ,theissue ofthesaid certificate should bemade subject
tothelodging ofasecurity which will "beforfeit iftheexport isnotcarried
outduring theperiod ofvalidity ofthecertificate !;
Whereas experience inother sectors which aresubject toacommon market organization
andwhich have advance fixing ofrefunds hasshown that incertain circumstances ,
and"particularly ^inbases where those concerned make excessive useofthesystem ,
there isreason tofear "that difficulties may~arise~on the "market _in~question :)
Whereas measures shouTd beavailable tocorrect such asituation
rapidly ;whereas ,therefore ,theCommission should beempowered ,
totake such measures after theManagement Committee hasgiven anOpinion or,
inanemergency ,toactbefore theCommittee meets ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Article 5 Regulation (EEC)No885/68ishereby amended toread asfollows ;- ;
"1.Forproducts other than those falling within subheadings 15*02 BIand
■16.02 BIIl(b )1oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,thelist ofproducts on
which anexport refund isgranted andthe amount ofthat refund shall be
fixed atleast once amonth .Forproducts falling within subheadings
15*02 BIarid16.02 B111(b )1,thelist andtheamount shall befixed
atleast once every three months .
2.Theamount oftherefund shall bethat applicable onthedayofexportation .
3.However ,itmaybedecided that therefund shall ,upon request ,befixed
inadvance .Inthat case ,attherequest oftheapplicant made when submitting
theapplication for -Qieadvance fixing certificate referred toinArticle
5aandbefore 13.00 hours ,theexport refund applicable onthedaywhen such
application islodged /shall apply toanexport operation Tobecarried out
during theperiod ofvalidity ofthe said certificate .
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4.Where examination ofthemarket situation shows that Adifficulties have occured
duetotheapplication oftheprovisions concerning theadvance fixing of
therefund ,orthat such difficulties mayoccur ,adecision may "betaken
inaccordance with theprocedure laid down inArticle 27ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68tosuspend ,fornolonger than isstrictly necessary ,the
application ofthose provisions .
Incases ofextreme urgency ,theCommission may ,after examination of
thesituation ,decide ^onthebasis ofalltheinformation available toit,
tosuspend advance fixing foramaximum ofthree working days .
Applications forlicences together with advance fixing certificates
submitted during theperiod ofsuspension shall berejected ."
Article 2
Thefollowing Article 5&ishereby added toRegulation (EEC;No885/68:–
M1.Thegranting oftherefund under theconditions laid down inArticle 5(3)
shall beconditional onthepresentation ofanadvance fixing certificate
which shall beissued byMember States toanyapplicant ,irrespective of
hisplace ofestablishment intheCommunity .
Such certificates shall bevalid throughout theCommunity .
2.Theissue ofanadvance fixing certificate shall beconditional onthe
provision ofsecurity guaranteeing that exportation will becarried out
within theperiod ofvalidity ofthecertificate .Iftheoperation is
notcarried out ,oronly partially carried out ,within that period ,the
security shall beforfeit wholly orinpart ." :
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable to
allMember States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council