CELEX: 31975R1331
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1331/75 of the Commission of 26 May 1975 amending Regulations (EEC) No 2637/70, (EEC) No 586/75, (EEC) No 783/75 and (EEC) No 784/75 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of export licences in the field of tenders for the levy and/or the refund on exports of rice to third countries

27 . 5 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 135/9
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1331 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 26 May 1975
              amending Regulations (EEC) No 2637 / 70 , (EEC) No 586/75 , (EEC) No 783/75 and
              ( EEC) No 784/75 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of
              export licences in the field of tenders for the levy and/or the refund on exports
                                                 of rice to third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   under this award in the currency of the Member State
COMMUNITIES,                                                     issuing the licence ; whereas customs formalities on
                                                                 export may nevertheless take place in a Member State
                                                                 other than that issuing the licence ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                 Whereas in this case conversion into the currency of
                                                                 this Member State must be -based on the rates used in
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                      the tendering procedure ; whereas these rates may fluc­
67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­               tuate between the award and the completion of
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­           customs formalities ; whereas it is therefore desirable
tion (EEC) No 668 /75 (2 ), and in particular Article            to make provision for stating on the licence the rates
10 (2);                                                          to be used for this conversion ;
                                                                 Whereas the financial Committee will be consulted ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2737/73 (3) of 8 October 1973 laying down general
rules to be applied in the event of the rice market              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
being disturbed, as last amended -by Regulation (EEC)             are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
No 477/75 (4), and in particular Article 4(2) thereof ;           ment Committee for Cereals ,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 366/
67/ EEC (5 ) of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules
for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
fixing the amount of such refunds, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 478 /75 (6), and in particular
Article 3a thereof ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas Commission Regulations ( EEC) No
586/75 (7) of 6 March 1975, (EEC) No 783/75 (s) and              The text of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 586/75
(EEC) No 784/75 (q) of 26 March 1975 opened invita­               shall be replaced by the following :
tions to tender for the levy and/or the refund for the
export of rice to third countries ; whereas Article 1 6a
                                                                      ' 1 . By way of derogation from the provisions of
( 1 ) and (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       Article 9(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 193/75,
2637/70 ( 10) of 23 December 1970 on special detailed
                                                                      export licences issued under Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 rules for the application of the system of import and                tions ( EEC) No 3197/73 and ( EEC) No 584/75
export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri­             shall for the purpose of determining their period
cultural products, as last amended by Regulation                      of validity be deemed to have been issued on the
(EEC) No 972/ 75 ("), states that the amount of refund                day on which the tender was submitted .
or export levy appearing in the statement of award of
contract in section 18 of the licence to be issued
                                                                      2.    In cases where the customs formalities at the
( ! ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. I.                                  time of export are carried out in a Member State
(2) OJ No L 72, 20. 3 . 1975, p. 18 .                                 other than that in which the licence was issued ,
( 3) OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 , 1973, p. 13 .                              the conversion , of the amount entered in section
(4) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 33 .
(>) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 34 .                                  18 of the licence into the currency of that Member
(6) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 34.                                  State, shall be made by using the rates resulting
(7) OJ No L 61 , 7. 3 . 1975, p. 61 .                                  from the application of the provisions of Article
(s) OJ No L 78, 27 . 3 . 1975, p. 3 .
O OJ No L 78 , 27. 3 . 1975, p. 7.                                     9a and published in the Annex to the decision
( 10) OJ No L 283, 29 . 12. 1970, p. 15.                               regarding the tender fixing the maximum export
(") OJ No L 94, 16. 4. 1975, p. 13 .                                   refund or minimum export levy.'
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                        Article 2                                '3 . When the licence referred to in paragraphs 1
                                                                 and 2 concerns products in the rice sector, the
The text of Article 5 of Regulations (EEC) No 783/75             rates to be used for the conversion of the amount
and (EEC) No 784/75 shall be replaced by the                     of the refund or of the levy into the currency of
following :                                                      the Member State where the customs formalities
    '1 .   By way of derogation from the provisions of           are carried out shall be shown in section 18 of the
    Article 9(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 193/75,                 licence to six significant figures .
    export licences issued under Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regula­
    tions ( EEC) No 3197/73 and (EEC) No 584/75                                      Article 4
    shall for the purpose of determining their period
    of validity be deemed to have been issued on the         Significant figures in Article 3 of this Regulation
                                                             means :
    day on which the tender was submitted .
                                                             — when the value of the conversion rate calculated is
    2.    In cases where the customs formalities at the
                                                                 higher than one, all digits
    time of export are carried out in a Member State         — when the value of the conversion rate calculated is
    other than that in which the licence was issued,
    the conversion , of the amount entered in section            lower than one, all digits after the initial zero or
     18 of the licence, into the currency of that                zeros following the decimal point.
    Member State, shall be made by using the rates
                                                                                     Article 5
    resulting from the application of the provisions of
    Article 10 and published in the Annex to the deci­       Article 3 of this Regulation shall not apply to licences
    sion regarding the tender fixing the maximum             issued as a result of applications made before its entry
    export refund or minimum export levy.'                   into force .
                        Article J                                                    Article 6
Article 16a of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 shall be          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
completed by the addition of the following para­             following its publication in the Official Journal of
graph :                                                      the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 26 May 1975.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          F.J. LARDING IS
                                                                   Aieviher of the Commission