CELEX: 31974R1997
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1997/74 of the Council of 29 July 1974 amending Regulation No 139/67/EEC on the fixing and granting of export refunds on cereals

31 . 7. 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 209/3
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1997/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 29 July 1974
               amending Regulation No 139/67/EEC on the fixing and granting of export
                                                    refunds on cereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          ' For the products listed in Article 1 (c) of Regula­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        tion No 120/67/ EEC, the refund applicable on the
                                                                     day on which the application for export licence is
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               lodged, adjusted on the basis of the threshold price
 Economic Community ;                                                in force during the month of exportation, shall be
 Having regard to Council Regulation              No   120/          applied to exports to be effected during the
 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 validity of the export licence if the applicant so
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­              requests when applying for the licence (the
 lation (EEC) No 1 996/74 (2), and in particular Article             request to be made not later than 13.00 hours).
 1 6 (5) thereof ;
                                                                     A corrective amount may be fixed . It shall be
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 applied to the refund where this is fixed in
Whereas Article 16 (4) of Regulation No 120/67/ EEC                  advance . The corrective amount shall be fixed at
provides for the possibility of applying wholly or in                the same time as the refund according to the same
part the provisions governing the advance fixing of                  procedure ; however, when necessary, the Commis­
export refunds to processed products based on                        sion, following a request from a Member State or
cereals ; whereas for certain flours, groats and meals               on its own initiative, may modify the corrective
this has been introduced in part by Article 4 ( 1 ) of               amounts in the interval .'
Council Regulation No 1 39/67/ EEC (3) of 21 June
 1967 laying down general rules for granting export
refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount                                    Article 2
of such refunds ; whereas the possibility of adjusting
the refund by the application of a corrective amount
                                                                The text of Article 8 of Regulation No 139 /67/ EEC
should also be introduced for these products ;
                                                                 shall be replaced by the following :
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation No 139/67/ EEC
provides for weekly fixing of the export refunds for                 'The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (a),
the basic cereals ; whereas this frequency is not always             (b) and (c) of Regulation No 120/ 67/ EEC shall be
                                                                     fixed at least once a month .'
necessary for good management of the market,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                         Article 3
                          Article 1
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The text of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 139/                following its publication in the Official Journal of
67/ EEC shall be replaced by the following :                     the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 July 1974.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                              B. DESTREMAU
(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67 .
(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal .
(3 ) OJ No 125, 26 . 6. 1967, p. 2453/ 67.