CELEX: 31970R2638
Language: en
Date: 1970-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2638/70 of the Commission of 23 December 1970 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 on common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products subject to a single price system

Official Journal ot the European Communities                                     951
No L 283 /34                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29.12.70
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2638/70 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 23 December 1970
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 on common detailed rules for the application
               of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for
                                    agricultural products subject to a single price system
THE    COMMISSION         OF   THE     EUROPEAN      COM­         Having regard to Council Regulation No
MUNITIES,                                                         142/67/EEC8 of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on
                                                                  colza, rape and sunflower seeds, as last amended by
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 2556/70,9 and in particular
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      Article 6 thereof;
European Economic Community;
                                                                  Having regard ' to Council Regulation No
Having regard to Council Regulation No
                                                                  171/67/EEC10 of 27 June 1967 on export refunds and
136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the
                                                                  levies on olive oil, as last amended by Regulation
establishment of a common organisation of the
market in oils and fats, as last amended by                       (EEC) No 2555/70,11 and in particular Article 11
                                                                  thereof;
Regulation (EEC) No 2554/70,2 and in particular
Article 16 (2), Article 17 (3 ), Article 18 (3 ) and
Article 28 (3 ) thereof;                                          Having regard to Council Regulation No
                                                                  359/67/EEC12 of 25 July 1967 on the common
                                                                  organisation of the market in rice, as last amended by
Having      regard     to    Council     Regulation     No
162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and               Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70, and in particular
                                                                  Article 10 (2), Article 13 (5 ) and Article 17 ( 6)
fats between the Community and Greece, and in
                                                                  thereof;
particular Article 8 thereof;
                                                                  Having      regard    to     Council    Regulation    No
Having      regard     to    Council     Regulation     No        1009/67/EEC13 of 18 December 1967 on the common
120/67/EEC4 of 13 June 1967 on the common
                                                                  organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended
organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2434/70,5 and in particular                by Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70, and in particular
Article 12 (2), Article 15 (5) and Article 16 (6)
                                                                  Article 11 (2), Article 15 (5 ) and Article 17 (4)
                                                                  thereof;
thereof ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  804/6814    of   27   June     1968 , on  the   common
122/67/EEC6 of 13 June 1967 on the common
organisation of the market in eggs, as last amended               organisation of the market in milk and milk
by Regulation (EEC) No 436/70,7 and in particular                 products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Article 9 (3 ) thereof;                                           1253/70, and in particular Article 13 (3) and Article
                                                                  17 (4) thereof;
1 OJ  No  172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.                             8 OJ No 125, 26.6.1967, p . 2464/67.
2 OJ  No  L 275, 19.12.1970, p. 5 .                               9 OJ No L 275, 19.12.1970, p . 8 .
3 OJ  No  197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66.                            10 OJ No L 130, 28.6.1967, p. 2600/67.
4 OJ  No  117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.                             11 OJ No L 275, 19.12.1970, p. 6.
5 OJ  No  L 262, 3.12.1970, p. 1 .                                12 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .
6 OJ  No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2293/67.                              13 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 .
7 OJ  No L 55, 10.3.1970, p. 1 .                                  14 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p. 13 .
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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     Whereas levies fixed in - advance should be adjusted
 805/68 1 of 27 June 1968 on the common                           for the threshold prices valid for the month of
 organisation of the market in beef and veal, as last             importation ; whereas these prices are not always
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70, and in                   known when the licence is issued; whereas rules must
 particular Article 15 (3 ) thereof;                              therefore be laid down to ensure in such case the
                                                                  smooth functioning of the system of advance fixing,
                                                                  bearing in mind the special administrative needs of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      certain Member States which do not allow, at the
 865/682 of 28 June 1968 on the common                            moment, for a standard method of application ;
organisation of the market in products processed
from fruit and vegetables, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70, and in particular                    Whereas, to simplify administration, provision should
Article 5 (3 ) and. Article 6 (3 ) thereof;                       be made for the security to be released in full when
                                                                  the total amount forfeit on a licence is negligible ;
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 816/7Q3 of                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
28 April 1970 laying down additional provisions on                are in accordance with the Opinions of the
the common organisation of the market in wine, as                 Management Committees for Oils and Fats, for
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70, and in                   Cereals, for Poultrymeat and Eggs, for Sugar, for
particular Article 8 (3 ) thereof;                                Milk and Milk Products, for Beef and Veal, for
                                                                  Processed Fruit and Vegetables, and for Wine;
Whereas Community rules in the different sectors
covered by the common organisation of agricultural
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
markets provide that from 1 January 1971 import
and export licences and advance fixing certificates are
valid for an operation carried out within the                                            Article 1
Community; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 1373 /704 of 10 July 1970 on common detailed
                                                                  The following shall be inserted after the second
rules for the application of the system of export and             indent of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 :
import licences and advance fixing certificates for
agricultural products subject to a single price system                '— Article 4a of Regulation No 142/67/EEC.'
adopted common provisions for the various
agricultural products concerned as regards that
system ;                                                                                  Article 2
                                                                  The following Article shall be added to Regulation
Whereas Article 4a of Regulation No 142/67/EEC
                                                                  (EEC) No 1373 /70 :
established a system of advance fixing certificates for
the export refund on oil seeds ; whereas these                        'Article 7a
certificates should be brought under the provisions of
Regulation (EEC) No 1373 /70 ;                                        When the amounts resulting from the conversion
                                                                      of units of account to national currency to be
                                                                      entered on licence applications contain three or
Whereas the contents of the specimen forms annexed                    more decimal places, only the . first two shall be
to Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 show that the                          given. In such cases, the second place shall ibe
amounts to be specified there are expressed in the                    rounded up when the third place is 5 or more,
national currency; whereas the conversion of                          and shall remain the same when the third place is
amounts expressed in units of account into amounts                    less than 5 .'
expressed in a national currency can lead to figures
containing a certain number of decimal places ;
whereas, for administrative convenience, provision                                        Article 3
should be made for the rounding off of these
amounts ;                                                         The following Article shall be added to Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 1373 /70 :
                                                                      'Article 12a
                                                                    . 1 . When the levy has been the subject of an
1  OJ No  L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24,                                    application for advance fixing and when, at the
2  OJ No   L 153, 1.7.1968, p. 8 .                                    time of issue of the licence, the threshold price is
3  OJ No   L 99, 5.5.1970, p. 1 .                                     not known for one or more months of validity of
4  OJ No   L 158, 20.7.1970, p. 1.                                    the licence, the temporary rate of levy for the
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     months in question shall be shown in section 19 .                                     Article 6
     This rate shall be calculated for those months
     according to the known facts and the threshold             The French text of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70
    price applicable for the last months of the                 shall be amended as follows :
     marketing year in progress. In section 20 of the
    licence the adjustment to be applied shall be               In the first sentence of Article 18 ( 1 ), 'l'organisme
     stated.
                                                                compétent de l'Etat membre émetteur du certificat'
                                                                shall be substituted for 'l'Etat membre émetteur du
     2.    When the licence or extract are used for             certificat'.
     imports into Germany or Italy, the responsible
     bodies of these Member States may require them                                        Article 7
     to contain the adjusted rate or rates of levy. In
     that case, such rate or rates shall be stated in
     section 19, at the request of the licence holder or        The Italian text of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70
                                                                shall be amended as follows :
     transferee, by the agency issuing the licence, as
     soon as the threshold price is known. This agency          1 . In the fourth indent of Article 1 'articolo 5 bis . . .'
     shall name the date and affix its seal .'                      shall be substituted for ' articolo 15 bis . . .'.
                                                                2. In the first sentence of Article 18 (1 ) 'l'organismo
                          Article 4                                 coffipetente dello Stato membro emittente il titolo'
                                                                    shall be substituted for 'lo Stato membro emit­
                                                                    tente'.
The following shall be added to Article 16 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 :
     'Furthermore, if the total forfeit amount of the                                      Article 8
     security is less than 2 units of account per licence,
     the Member State may release the entire security.'         The Dutch text of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70
                                                                shall be amended as follows :
                          Article 5                             1 . In the last subparagraph of Article 5 ( 1 )
                                                                    'Aanvragen, welke voorwaarden inhouden, die
The German text of Regulation (EEC) No 1373 /70                     niet door de communautaire regelingen zijn
shall be amended as follows :                                       voorzien, worden afgewezen' shall be substituted
                                                                    for 'Aanvragen welke door de communautaire
1 . In Article 14 ( 1 ), 'die zuständigen Stellen der               regelingen voorwaarden inhouden, die niet zijn
    Mitgliedstaaten' shall be substituted for 'die                  voorzien, worden afgewezen.'
    Mitgliedstaaten.'                                           2. In the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2),
                                                                    'Aanvragen van invoer- of uitvoercertificaten,
2. In Article 15 (4) at penultimate word of the first               waarin een verzoek om vaststelling vooraf vervat
    sentence 'Duplikat' shall be substituted for                    is' shall be substituted for 'Aanvragen van invoer­
    'Zweitschrift'.                                                 of uitvoercertificaten welke vergezeld gaan van een
                                                                    verzoek om vaststelling vooraf.'
3 . Section 31 of the titular holding's copy of the             3 . In Article 15 (3 ) (a) and (b ) 'geval van het
    export licence shall read as follows :                          exemplaar nr. 1 van het uittreksel of de uittreksels
         '31 Zollverkehr                                            van' shall be substituted for 'geval van het
             Zollpapier/Ausfuhrpapier                               exemplaar nr. 1 of de uittreksels van.'
             (Art. und Nr.)                                     4. In line 21 of the second subparagraph of Article
             oder                                                   15 (3 ) ( b ) 'trole exemplaren, teruggezonden zijnde
                                                                    overeen' shall be substituted for 'trole-exemplaren
             Teillizenz Nr. . . .                                   teruggezonden, zijnde overeen.'
             und Tag der Abschreibung'
                                                                5 . In the first sentence of Article 18 ( 1 ) 'de bevoegde
                                                                    instantie van de Lid-Staat van afgifte' shall be
4. Section 31 of the titular holding's copy of the                  substituted for 'de Lid-Staat van afgifte.'
    extract of the export licence shall read as follows :
         '31 Zollverkehr                                                                    Article 9
             Zollpapier/Ausfuhrpapier
             (Art. und Nr.)                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
             und Tag der Abschreibung'                           1971 .
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    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
    States.
    Done at Brussels, 23 December 1970.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                        The President
                                                                    Franco M. MALFATTI