CELEX: 31967R0587
Language: en
Date: 1967-09-19
Title: Regulation No 587/67/EEC of the Commission of 19 September 1967 on the fixing of the export refunds on cereals and flour

270                                     Official Journal of the European Communities
No 226/ 8                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                           20.9.67
                               REGULATION No 587/67/EEC OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 19 September 1967
                                 on the fixing of the export refunds on cereals and flour
THE    COMMISSION        OF     THE     EUROPEAN      COM­        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
MUNITIES,         .                                               are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                  Management Committee for Cereals ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Regulation No 120/67/EEC1 of 13
June 1967 on the common organisation of the market                                         Article 1
in cereals, and in particular Article 6 and the fourth
subparagraph of Article 16 ' (2) thereof;                          When, because of the closure of the Suez Canal,
                                                                   exports of the products listed in Article 1 ( a), (b) and
Whereas Council Regulation No 139/67/EEC2 of 21                    (c) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC which would
June 1967 laying down general rules for granting                   normally take that route travel via the Cape of' Good
export refunds on cereals and the criteria for fixing             Hope, the refund fixed in accordance with the fourth
the amount of such refunds provides that for the                   subparagraph of Article 16 (2) of Regulation No
products listed in Article 1 ( a) and'(b) of Regulation            120/67/EEC shall be increased .by a specified amount.
No 120/67/EEC on the one hand, and Article 1 (c)
of that Regulation on the other hand, the export                                            Article 2
refund must be fixed taking into ■ account,
respectively, the initial costs incurred in placing                The amount mentioned in Article 1 shall only be paid
goods on the world market and the possibilities and                when proof is furnished that the goods actually
conditions for the sale of the products on that                    travelled via the Cape of Good Hope.
market;
Whereas when the Suez Canal cannot be used for the                                          Article 3
export of these products to certain African or Asian
countries, the necessary detour via the Cape of Good               In respect of refunds fixed between 1 July 1967 and
Hope involves additional freight costs ; whereas an                the day following that on which this - Regulation
increase in the refund is therefore justified in cases             enters into force, the amount mentioned in Article 1
where the latter route has to be taken ;                           shall be 2 units of account per metric ton of the
                                                                   product.
Whereas since the Suez Canal was closed at the time
when the common organisation of the market in                                               Article 4
cereals entered into force, the situation that has' faced
Community exporters since 1 July 1967 should in                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 21
fairness be taken into account;                                    September 1967.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 19 September 1967.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                          Jean REY
1 OJ No 117 , 19.6.1967, p . 2269/67 .
 2 OJ No 125 , 26.6.1967, p . 2453 /67.