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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)377final
Brussels,7March1973
Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingCouncilRegulations(EEC)Nos766/68and1052/68
relatingtosugar,cerealsandrice,withreferencetothe
advancefixingofrefunds
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)

VI–3–4 VI/863/73-E
Orig .îF
EXPLANATORY MBMORAEDUM
Council Regulation (3EC)No2429/72concerning thesuspension ofthe
application oftheprovisions fortheadvance fixing oflevies and export
refunds indifferent sectors ofthecommon organization ofthemarket ,lays
dovrn certain measures which specify anhour oftheday "bywhich applications
forlicences accompanied byarequest foradvance fixing must helodged .
Given that Council Regulations (SEC)No776/63of18June 1968 laying
down thegeneral rules forthepayment ofexport refunds forsugar ,and
NoIO52/68of23July 1968 ontheimport andexport system forproducts
processed from cereals andfrom rice ,donotlaydown preoisely "bywhat hour
applications forlicences must "belodged itisdesirable that they be
rectified inthis respect .Thepresent proposal makes thenecessary amendments
tothose Regulations .

rroyumii Lvra
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingCouncilRegulations (ESC)Nos1&S/63and1052/68
relatingtosugarycerealsandnoe,withreferencetothe
advancefixingofrefunds
THECOmiCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOOIUNITISS : –^
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity ?
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNoI20/67/EEC(l),of13Jutoe1967on
thecommonorganization ofthemarketincereals,aslastamended "bythe
Act(2)annexedtotheTreatyconcerningtheaccessionofnewMemberStates
totheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity
(3)»signedatBrusselscn22January1972,hereinaftercalledthe*ActM,andin
particularArticle6(5).thereof?
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation .No359/67/E2C(4)of25July1967on
thecommonorganizationofthemarketinrioeaslastamendedbytheAct^
andinparticularArticle17(5)thereof?
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation IToIOO9/67/EEC(5)of18December1967
onthecommonorganization ofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)Bo174/73(6),andinparticularArticle17(2)thereof,
Havingregard'totheproposalfromtheCommission!
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2429/72(7)of21November1972concerning
thesuspensionoftheapplicationoftheprovisionsfortheadvancefixing-
ofleviesandexportrefundsindifferentseotorsofthecommonorganization
ofthemarket,providesforcertainmeasureswhichspecifybywhathourof
thedayapplicationsforlicencesmustbelodged?
VJhereasCounoilRegulations No766/68(8)of18June1968layingdowngeneral
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar,aslastamendedbyRegulations
(EEC)No43/72(9)andNo1052/63-(10)of23July1968concerningtheimport
andexportsystemforproductsprocessedfromcerealsandfromrice,alslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2723/71(ll),arenotsufficientlypreciseas
regards-hehourofthedaybywhichapplicationsforlioeneesmustbelodged?
whereasitisdesirablethattheybesupplemented accordingly !
f?A3ADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :(6)OJNoL35r7February1973.
(7)OJNo264,23November1972.
(8)OJNo143,25June1968.
(9)OJNoL53»2March1972.
(10)CJNoL179,25July1968.
(11)OJNoL282,23December1971.trrojNo117,19June1967.
(2)OJNoL73,27March1972.
(3)OJNoL73,27March1972.
(4)OJNo174;31July1967*
(5)OJNo308,18December1967.4)
5)

VI/863/73-S
iàrtirle 1
Thetext ofArticle 11(2)ofRegulation (ESC)Fo766/68isreplaced by
thefollowing :
"2,However ,theamount oftherefund orthebasio amount oftherefund
inforoe onthedayonwhich theapplication islodged ,Bhould he
applied totoanexport transaction to "boeffected during thevalidity
ofthelicence ,attherequest oftheapplioant ,such request tohe
lodged atthesame time ontheapplication foralicence ,andinany
event "before 13.00 hours ."
Article 2
J
Thetext ofArticle 7ifirst paragraph ,andfirst sentence ofthesecond
paragraph ,ofRegulation (EEC)Ho1052/68isreplaced bythefollowing :
"Therefund inforce onthedayonwhich theapplication foralicenoe
islodged shall beapplied toatransaction tobecarried outduring the
validity .ofthelioenoe ,attherequest oftheapplicant ,such request to
belodged atthesame time astheapplication foralicence andinanyevent
before 13.00 hours ."
Inthecase referred tointheforegoing paragraph therefund shall be
adjusted byreference tothethreshold price inforoe during themonth of
exportation forthebasio product orproducts .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into foroe onthedayfollowing itspublication
inthe Official Journal oftheEuropean Coimunities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddireotly applicable
inall Member States .-
Done atBrussels , ..FortheCouncil
The President