THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ARE SUBJECT TO THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETS SET UP BY REGULATION NO 120/67 OF THE COUNCIL , REPLACED SINCE 1 NOVEMBER 1975 BY REGULATION NO 2727/75 OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1975 , L 281 , P . 1 ).
3AS REGARDS TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES , ARTICLE 12 OF THE LATTER REGULATION PROVIDES THAT EXPORTS FROM THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SUBMISSION OF AN EXPORT LICENCE WHICH , AS REGARDS MALT , IS VALID FOR A PERIOD OF 11 MONTHS FROM THE MONTH FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH IT IS ISSUED .
4IN ADDITION , ARTICLE 16 ( 1 ) OF THE REGULATION PROVIDES THAT IN ORDER TO ENABLE THOSE PRODUCTS TO BE EXPORTED OUT OF THE COMMUNITY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRICES ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET AND THE QUOTATIONS OR PRICES ON THE WORLD MARKET MAY BE COVERED BY A REFUND .
5PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE SAME ARTICLE PROVIDES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FIXING THE REFUND IN ADVANCE BY STIPULATING THAT THE REFUND APPLICABLE ON THE DAY ON WHICH APPLICATION FOR THE LICENCE IS LODGED MAY BE APPLIED TO AN EXPORT TO BE EFFECTED DURING THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE LICENCE .
6THE COMMUNITY RULES ALSO PROVIDE THAT FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS , INCLUDING MALT AND BARLEY , THE REFUND THUS FIXED IN ADVANCE MAY BE PAID TO COMMUNITY EXPORTERS BEFORE THE PRODUCT ACTUALLY LEAVES THE GEOGRAPHICAL TERRITORY OF THE COMMUNITY OR , IN THE CASE OF PROCESSED PRODUCTS , EVEN BEFORE THEY ARE PROCESSED .
7TO THAT END REGULATION NO 441/69 OF THE COUNCIL PROVIDED FOR THE EXPORTER TO PLACE THE PRODUCT UNDER CUSTOMS CONTROL BEFORE THE VALIDITY OF THE EXPORT LICENCE EXPIRED .
8IT THEREFORE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLES 2 AND 3 TWO PROCEDURES FOR BRINGING THE PRODUCT UNDER CUSTOMS CONTROL , FIRST , THE PROCEDURE FOR PROCESSING THE GOODS UNDER CUSTOMS CONTROL , WHICH APPLIES TO BASIC PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR EXPORT AFTER PROCESSING , AND , SECONDLY , THE BONDED WAREHOUSE OR FREE ZONE PROCEDURE FOR PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR EXPORT UNPROCESSED .
9REGULATION NO 1957/69 OF THE COMMISSION , WHICH LAYS DOWN THE DETAILED RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED REGULATION NO 441/69 , FIXED AT SIX MONTHS THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE PRODUCTS OR GOODS COULD REMAIN UNDER THE BONDED WAREHOUSE OR FREE ZONE PROCEDURE .
10AS REGARDS THE PROCEDURE FOR PROCESSING THE GOODS UNDER CUSTOMS CONTROL , THAT REGULATION LIMITED THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE GOODS MIGHT REMAIN IN THE WAREHOUSE , AS REGARDS PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO AN EXPORT LICENCE , TO THE ' REMAINDER ' OF THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THAT LICENCE ' AT THE DATE ON WHICH THE BASIC PRODUCTS CAME UNDER CUSTOMS CONTROL ' OR , IF THAT PERIOD IS LESS THAN THREE MONTHS , TO THREE MONTHS .
11AS REGARDS THE BONDED WAREHOUSE PROCEDURE FOR BOTH UNPROCESSED GOODS AND FOR PROCESSING UNDER CUSTOMS CONTROL , REGULATION NO 413/76 OF