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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73 )545final
Brussels ,11April 1973
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
providing forspecial measures inrespect ofcolza andrape
seed forsowing andadapting inrespect ofthese products
thenomenclature given inRegulations No136/66/EEC ,
(EEC)No2358/71and (EEC)No950/68
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(73 )545final

EXPLANATORY MEJ'lORAiIDUIi
Since Council Regulation (ESC)NO2353/71of26October 197 "!onthe
common organization ofthemarket inseeds covers colza andrape seed
forsowing ,those seeds nolonger come within thescope ofCouncil
Regulation No136/66/£EContheestablishment ofacommon organization
ofthe market inoils and fats . The customs nomenclature should
therefore beamended inrespect ofthese products sothat itcorresponds -
totii?present situation .
Furthermore ,until 1July1972 (date oftheentry into force of
Regulation (EEC)NO2358/71)colza andrape seed were eligibie forthe
export refunds provided forinRegulation No13^/6o/EEC;this isno
longer theease since ,under Regulation (EEC)No2353/71,aseed
production aid isgranted per100 "kg cultivated .However until now
noaid hasbeen fixed forthe seeds inquestion .Since
Community producers have haddifficulty inchanging over from one
system totheother ,measures should beadopted whereby export refunds
canbegranted upto31January 1973 inrespect ofcolza andrape seed
forsowing .This istheobject ofthepresent draft proposal fora
regulat ion .
Financial incidence
Theproposed measure only affects avery small quantity ofexports .
Theresulting expenditures are ,therefore ,negligible and h?*ve practically
noeffect ontheoverall expenditure occasioned bytheexpert refunds for
oilseeds .(Article 632cftheEuropean Community budget ).

Proposal fora .
FEME )OFTTIDCOUNCIL ,
providing forspecial measures inrespect ofcolza and rape seed for
sowing andadapting inrespect ofthese products thenomenclature
given inRegulations Ho136/66/EEC ,(EEC)NO2358/71and (EEC)No950/68.
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 43thereof :
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard' totheOpinion of 'theEuropean "Parliament ;
.Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No2358/71^^of26October |1971onthe
common organization ofthemarket .inseeds ,covers .theoil -seeds -and
oleaginous fruit forsowing which fall within tariff heading No'ex12.01 ;
whereas ,therefore ,those seeds no'longer come within the scope of
Council Regulation No136/66/EEC of22September 1966 .onthe
establishment ofacommon organization ofthemarket inoils and fats ,
aslastamended bytheAct^"^annexed totheTreaty concerning the
accession ofhew'Member States totheEuropean Economic Community and
totheEuropean Atomic Energy Community ,signed atBrussels on
22January 1972 ;whereas itistherefore necessary torectify the
nomenclature relating totheproducts listed inArticle l(2)(a )of
Regulation NoI36/60/EECandinArticle 1ofRegulation (EEC)No2358/71;
whereas Regulation (EEC)No950/68^-^onthecommon customs tariff ,aslast
amended byRegulation (EEC)No /73(6)should bealtered accordingly ;
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^'OJNo172,30September 196ó tp.3025/66.^OJNoL73,27March 1972 ,p.14.^OJNoL73,27March 1972.p.5.
(5)w;0JNoL172 ,27March 1972 ,p.5.
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UhereasRegulation (EEC)No2358/71,whichhasappliedsince1July1972,
makesnoprovisionforexport'refundsontheproductsthatitcovers;
whereas,inordertofacilitatetransitionfromthesystemprovidedfor
inArticle28ofRegulationNo136/66/EECtothenewsystem,provision
shouldbemadeformeasureswherebyexportrefundscouldbegranted
duringalimitedperiodoncolzaandrapeseedforsowingwhichare
exportedorforwhichadvancefixingisrequestedduringthatperiod;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheRegulation(EEC)No.950/68isrunondedtoreadasfollows:
|HeadingfDescriptionofgoods |RateofDuty !
numberautonomous
%
orlevyconventional
$
L~j i l~Z_4jn
12.01 Oilseedsandoleaginous
fruit,wholeorbroken:
A.Forsowing(a) Free 00
B.Other Free
(o00
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedetermined
bythecompetentauthorities .
(b)SeeAnnex.
(c)Incertainconditions,thecollectionofacompensatory amountis
providedforin.additiontothecustomsduty.
Article2
1.ThetextofArticlel(2)(a)ofRegulation136/66/EECisamendedto
readasfollows:
(a)12.01Oilseedsand-oleaginousfruit,wholeorbroken:
BOther.

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2.ThetextofArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)ITo2358/71isamended,to
readasfollows:
12.01Oilseedsandoleaginousfru5.t,wholeorbroken:
AForsowing.
Article3
TherefundprovidedforinArticle28ofRegulation136/66/EECshallbe
grantedforexportsofcolzaandrapeseedforsowingwhichwere
exportedorforwhichtherefundwasfixedinadvanceduringtheperiod
from1July1972to31January1973.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1stJuly1973•;
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
LoneatBrussels. ».19». FortheCouncil
ThePresident