CELEX: 31975R1435
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1435/75 of the Commission of 3 June 1975 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2637/70 and (EEC) No 2500/73 on the advance fixing of refunds and the period of validity of export licences for milk and milk products

4. 6 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 142/9
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1435/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 3 June 1975
              amending Regulations (EEC) No 2637/70 and (EEC) No 2500/73 on the advance
               fixing of refunds and the period of validity of export licences for milk and milk
                                                             products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2472/74 (7) of 30
COMMUNITIES,                                                       September 1974 laying down special detailed rules for
                                                                   the export of skimmed-milk powder and butter to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Canada and Mexico is no longer necessary and must
Economic Community ;                                               be repealed ; whereas, furthermore, in Annex I to
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 2500/73 exports of Emmentaler
                                                                   and Gruyere cheeses to Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       should be deleted, since no refunds have been fixed
804/68 (! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­
                                                                   for those exports ;
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                  Whereas the market situation in the United States
particular Articles 1 3 (3) and 1 7 (4) thereof ;
                                                                   requires that the period of validity of export licences
                                                                   for cheeses exported to zone E should be reduced and
Whereas the amounts of the security for export                     whereas Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2500/73
licences for milk and milk products were fixed by                  should therefore be adapted ;
Article 37 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2637/70 (3) of 23 December 1970 on special detailed                Whereas the development of the market in skimmed­
rules for the application of the system of import and               milk powder and in butter makes it possible to extend
export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri­           the period of validity of export licences for those
cultural products, as last amended by Regulation                    products ; whereas Annexes II and IV to Regulation
(EEC) No 972/75 (4) ;                                              (EEC) No 2500/73 should therefore be amended
                                                                    accordingly ;
Whereas in the present market situation, some of
these amounts must be altered in order to encourage                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
exports by reducing the financial burden of traders,                are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
while enabling the undertaking to export to be carried              ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
out during the period of validity of the export licence ;
Whereas, in accordance with Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2500/73 (5) of 13 September 1973 on the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
advance fixing of refunds and the period of validity of
export licences for milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2976/74 (6), the                                                Article 1
refund cannot be fixed in advance for exports of skim­
med-milk powder and butter to zone E, Canada,                       The text of Article 37 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
Mexico and Puerto-Rico ;                                            2637/70 is replaced by the following text :
                                                                          '2. The amount of the security for export
Whereas the system at present applied in the United                       licences for the products listed in Article 1 of
States (zone E) precludes the export of those products                    Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall, per 100 kg net,
to that destination and whereas no refund ' has there­
                                                                          be :
fore been fixed for those exports ; whereas,
consequently, it is no longer necessary to list zone E                    — 0-25 unit of account for products falling within
in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2500/73 in                                   tariff subheading 04.01 A of the Common
respect of skimmed-milk powder and butter, and the                             Customs Tariff ;
possibility of fixing in advance the refund on exports
of those products to countries bordering on zone E                        — 0-50 unit of account for products falling within
 may be reintroduced ; whereas, for the same reasons,                          tariff subheading 04.01 B of the Common
                                                                               Customs Ta-iff ;
(')  OJ No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                               — 2-00 units of account for products falling
(2)  OJ No  L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 .                                         within tariff heading No 04.04 of the
(3)  OJ No  L 283, 29 . 12. 1970 , p . 15 .                                    Common Customs Tariff ;
(4)  OJ No  L 94, 16. 4. 1975, p . 13 .
(5 ) OJ No  L 258 , 14. 9 . 1973, p. 1 .
(6)  OJ No  L 317, 27. 11 . 1974, p. 14.                            ( 7) OJ No L 264, 1 . 10 . 1974, p. 63 .
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    — 3-00 units of account for products falling                                  Article 3
       within tariff heading No 04.03 of the               Regulation (EEC) No 2472/74 is repealed.
       Common Customs Tariff ;
    — 1-00 unit of account for other products.'            It shall remain applicable, however, to products for
                                                           which the customs export formalities were completed
                      Article 2
                                                           before the date of entry into force of this Regulation .
                                                                                  Article 4
Annexes I, II and IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2500/73
are replaced by the Annexes to this Regulation.            This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1975.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 3 June 1975.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                                       ANNEX I
                                    List of products and destinations for which advance fixing is excluded
                                                           (Applicable from 9 June 1975)
                         CCT heading No                            Description                                   Destination
                         04.04                                                                         Zone D
                   ex 04.04 E I b ) 5          Butterkase, Edam, Fontal, Fontina,                      Liechtenstein
                                               Gouda, Italico, Mimolette, Saint-Paulin,                Switzerland
                                               Tilsit and other cheeses of a water
                                               content calculated by weight of the non­
                                               fatty matter exceeding 52 °/o but not
                                               exceeding 67 °/o
                                                                       ANNEX II
                                                         Period of validity of export licences
                                                            (Applicable from 9 June 1975 )
                                                                                                                                   Compulsory
             Period of validiy                CCT heading No                                Description                           destination (')
( a) 90 days                                  04.02 A II b ) 1
                                          ex 04.02 A II b ) 2            Milk and cream, in powder or granules,
                                                                         other than in immediate packings of a
                                                                         net capacity of 2-5 kg (x) or less and of
                                                                         a fat content, by weight, not exceeding
                                                                         li % (2)
(b) Until the end of the                  ex 04.04                      Cheeses exported to zone E                           Zone E
        second month follow­
        ing    the     month      in
        which the licence was
        issued
(c) Until the end of the                  ex 04.01 A                     Milk and cream, fresh, not concentrated             Destinations       other
        eleventh     month      fol­                                     or sweetened of a fat content, by weight,           than countries near
        lowing the month in                                              not exceeding 6 %>, exported to a desti­            the Community
        which the licence was                                           nation other than countries near the
        issued                                                           Community (3)
(d) Until the end of the                     The other products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)                                 —
        fifth month following                 No 804/68
        the month in which
        the licence was issued
(l) See Article 2 (3). However, in case Annex I excludes advance fixing of refunds for certain products and destinations , the export licence
      issued for these products makes it compulsory to export to destinations other than those listed in Annex I.
  (*) See Article 2 (2).
(') The following destinations are considered countries near the Community for the purposes of this Regulation : zone D , Austria , Liechten­
      stein, Switzerland , Yugoslavia , and the destinations listed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 .
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                                                                 ANNEX IV
                    List of products for which the period of validity of an export licence may be extended
                                                    (Applicable from 9 June 1975 )
                  CCT heading No                             Description                                Period of extension
                  04.02 A II b ) 1                                                               Until the end of the twelfth
                                                                                                 month following the month
                                                                                                 in which the licence was
                                                                                                 issued (')
             ex 04.02 A II b ) 2         Milk and cream, in powder or granules,                  Until the end of the twelfth
                                         other than in immediate packings of a                   month following the month
                                         net capacity of 2-5 kg or less and of a                 in which the licence was
                                         fat content, by weight, not exceeding                   issued (*)
                                         11 %>
             (1) This period of extension does not apply , to licences the period of validity of which has already been exended .