CELEX: 31968R2034
Language: en
Date: 1968-12-13
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2034/68 of the Commission of 13 December 1968 supplementing Regulation No 633/67/EEC on the advance fixing of the export refund on cereals

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    581
No L 300/16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               14.12.68
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2034/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                  of 13 December 1968
              supplementing Regulation No 633/67/EEC on the advance fixing of the export refund
                                                        on cereals
THE COMMISSION            OF   THE    EUROPEAN       : om­       Whereas the only cereals referred to in Article 2 of
MUNITIES ,                                                       that Regulation are common wheat and barley ;
                                                                 whereas that provision has been extended by Regu­
                                                                 lation (EEC) No 1974/68 to include maize and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     whereas Regulation No 633 /67/EEC should therefore
European Economic Community ;                                    be amended to take account of this additional
                                                                 provision ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organis­                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
ation of the market in cereals, as last amended by               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601 /682 of                         ment Committee for Cereals ;
15 October 1968 , and in particular Article 12 (2)
thereof;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation No
473/67/EEC3 of 21 August 1967 on import and
export licences for cereals, processed cereal products,                                      Article 1
rice, broken rice and processed rice products, as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                        The fourth 'Whereas' in the preamble to Regulation
1974/68,4 provides for a period of validity equal to             No 633 /67/EEC shall be amended as follows :
the current month plus five months for export
licences for certain cereals to State-trading countries              'Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No
and to countries in which imports of cereal products                 473 /67/EEC on import and export licences for
are subject to special governmental measures ;                       cereals, processed cereal products, rice, broken
                                                                     rice and processed rice products provides that
Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No                        the export licence for the products listed in Ar­
633 /67/EEC5 of 27 September 1967 on the advance                     ticle 1 ( a ) and ( b ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC
fixing of the export refund on cereals, as last                      is normally valid from the date of issue until
amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1180/                      the end of the third month following that in
68,° lays down that where the export licence is valid                which it was issued ; whereas, however, Article 3
until the end of the fifth month following that in                   provides that, in certain cases, the export licence
                                                                     for certain cereals is valid from the date of issue
which it was issued, the amount of the refund fixed in
advance in respect of an export effected during the                  until the end of the fifth month following that
last two months of validity of the export licence                    in which it was issued ; whereas in such cases,
should be equal for each product to that applying                    when information is lacking on the futures market
to an export effected during the third month follow­                 beyond three months, the amount of the refund
ing that in which the licence was issued ;                           fixed in advance for any export to be effected
                                                                     during the last two months of validity of the
                                                                     licence should be determined by reference to the
                                                                     amount valid for the third month .'
1  OJ No  117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
2  OJ No  L 253, 16.10.1968, p. 2.                                                           Article 2
3  OJ No  204, 24.8.1967, p. 16.
4  OJ No  L 294, 6.12.1968, p. 23.
6  OJ No  233 , 28.9.1967, p. 9.                                 Article 2 of Regulation No 633 /67/EEC shall be
6  OJ No  L 195, 7.8.1968, p. 1.                                 amended as follows :
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    'Where the export licence is valid from the date               effected during the third month following that
    of   issue   until  the end  of  the   fifth  month            in which the licence was issued .'
    following that in which it was issued, the amount
    of the refund fixed in advance in respect of an                                   Article 3
    export effected during the last two months of
    validity of the export licence shall, without              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
    prejudice to the adjustment provided in Article            its publication in the Official Journal of the
    16 (4) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, be equal               European . Communities. These provisions shall apply
    for each product to that applying to an export             from 9 December 1968 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 13 December 1968 .                         .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                        Jean REY