CELEX: 51974PC0885
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-19
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation No 139/67/EEC on the fixing and granting of export refunds on cereals (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                         COM(74)885 final
                                         Brussels , 19 June 1974
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                              Proposal for a
                      REGULATION (EEC) OF THE! COUNCIL
               amending Regulation No 139/67/EEC on the fixing ,
                and granting of export refunds on cereals
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
    CQM(74) 885 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY STAT^'llTTT
1.  According to the first sub-paragraph of Article 16 ( 4) of Council Regu­
    lation No 120/67/EEC , the export refunds for the basic cereals may be
    subject to advance fixing. In that case , the refund must be adjusted
    on the basis of the thresh Id price in force in the month of export .
    However , there may be applied to it a corrective amount which is fixed
    independent ly .
    The second sub-paragraph of Article 16(4) provides for the possibility
    of applying the provisions cited above , wholly or partially , to cereal
    b^sed processed products . Per certain flours , groats and meals advance
    fixing has bean partly introduced by Article 4(l ) of Regulation Ho
    1 J9/67/E2C . How , for these products it has proved necessary in practice
    to establish a system of correctives similar to that for the basic ce- -
    reals . In this way , particularly for flour , better account can be taken
    of the future development of the markets .
    The attached draft aims at applying , from now on , all the rules governing
   advance fixing to the products listed in Article l(c ) of Regulation Ho
    120/67 /ESC .
2.  The Commission , in its Memorandum to the Council of 31 October 1973 ,
    proposed some improvement to the Common Agricultural Policy . Among
    these improvements; there figured , as regards cereals , the setting u.p
    of a system of tendering for the export refunds in order to increase the
    flexibility of management of the market . In the attached proposal the
    Commission is talcing the first step toward the application of such a
    system ; such a system is moreover in force for the fixing of the export
    levy .
3.  Article 8 of Regulation Ho 139/67/SEC provides for weekly fixing of the
    export refunds under management Committee ( Cereals ) procedure . This
    provision has proved too rigid in practice , particularly when vrorld
    market prices have clearly exceeded Community prices over a long period .
    In order to avoid so far as possible tailing decisions which have no
    economic consequence , it is proposed to replace the existing periodicity
    by one more adaptable to different situations .
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        amending Regulation No 139/ ^7/EEC on the fixing and granting of
                                     export refunds on cereals
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMUNITIES ,
Having regard to tlie Treaty establishing the European Economic Community!
Having regard to Council Regulation No I20/67/EEC                          of 13 June 1967 on the
common organisation of the market in cereals , as last amended by" Regulation
(EEC ) NO     /74        s , and in particular Article 16(5 ) thereof5
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;                       •
Whereas Article 16(4) of Regulation No I20/67/HHC provides for the possibility
of applying the provisions governing the advance fixing of export refunds ,
wholly or in part , to processed products based on cereals ? whereas for certain
flours , groats and meals this has been introduced in part by Article 4(l ) of
Council Regulation No 139/67/EEC ^ of 21 June 1967 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds ? whereas the possibility of adjusting the refund by the appli­
cation of a corrective amount should also be introduced for these products ?
Whereas the refund constitutes an instrument for permitting the flow of Communi­
ty surpluses towards third countries ; whereas this flow could be achieved upto
now by using the refund without any quantitative restriction ? whereas it is
however important in certain situations , and particularly in periods of un­
certainty or of large price fluctuations on :the world market , to ensure more
precise management of exports ? whereas tho fixing of the refund by beans of
tenders seems to be a method capable of attaining this objective ?
( 1 ) OJ No 117 , 19.6.1967 , p. 2269/675
( 2 ) s Draft Regulation amending Regulation No 120/67/EEC on the common
        organisation of the market in cereals .
( 3 ) OJ No 125 , 26.6.1967 , p. 2453/67 .
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 139/67,/EEC provides for weekly fixing of
the export refunds for the basic cereals j whereas this frequency is not always
neceesary for good management of the market 5
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ;
                                   Article 1
Article 4(l ) of Regulation No I39/67 /EEC is replaced "by the following :
"1 . For the products listed in Article 1(c ) of Regulation No 120/67 /EEC , the
      refund applicable on the day on which the application for export licence
      is lodged , adjusted on the basis of the threshold price in force during
      the month of exportation , shall be applied to exports to be effected during
      the validity of the export licence if the applicant so requests when applying
      for the licence . In that case a corrective auount , which may be fixed at the
      same time as the refund and according to the same procedure , shall be applied
      to the refunds however , when necessary , the Commission , following a request
      from a Member State or on its own initiative , may take a different , decision
      in the interval".
                                   Article 2
The following Article shall be added to Regulation 139/67/EEC :
" Article 4 a
1.    The refund for the products referred to in Article l(a ) and ( b ) of
      Regulation No I20/67 /EEC may be fixed by means of tenders . These tenders
      shall relate to the amount of the refund .
2.    The detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted
      in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation
      No 120/67/EEC .
                                   Article 3
Article 8 of Regulation No 139/ 67/SEC is replaced by the following :
"The refunds on the products listed in Article 1(a ), ( b) and ( c ) of Regulation
No 120/67/EEC shall be fixed at least once a month".
 ---pagebreak--- This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publica­
tion in '.the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Mer.ber States .
Done at Brussels ,                                For the Council
                                                  The President