CELEX: 31976R1840
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1840/76 of 29 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76 laying down protective measures applicable to exports of fodder products

No L 203/36                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            29 . 7. 76
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1840/76
                                                        of 29 July 1976
             amending Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76 laying down protective measures appli­
                                            cable to exports of- fodder products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76 is amended
                                                                   to read as follows :
827/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in certain products listed in Annex II to
the Treaty (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                    'A charge shall be levied on exports to non­
No 1067/74 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,               member countries of products falling within
                                                                       heading No 12.09 and subheading 12.10 B of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           Common Customs Tariff.
1067/74 of 30 April 1974 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in dehydrated fodder, as amended                    The amount of this charge shall be :
by Regulation (EEC) No 1420/75 (3), and in particular
Article 7 (2) thereof,                                                 — three units of account per 100 kg for products
                                                                           falling within heading No 12.09 of the
Whereas a charge on exports of fodder products was                         Common Customs Tariff,
introduced as a protective measure, by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76 of 8 July 1976 (4);                        — seven Units of account per 100 kg of lucerne,
                                                                           sainfoin, clover, lupines, vetches and similar
Whereas, despite the introduction of that charge, large                    forage products, dehydrated by artificial heat­
quantities of fodder are still being exported to non­                      drying, except hay and kale forage and
member countries in which prices are, in certain                           products containing hay,
cases, much higher than those recorded for Commu­
nity products ; whereas, furthermore, it is to be feared               — five units of account per 100 kg for the other
that the level of prices ruling in certain non-member                      products falling within subheading 12.10 B of
                                                                           the Common Customs Tariff.
countries encourages exports of straw, a product which
can be substituted for fodder in animal feed ;
Whereas the supply difficulties as regards feeding­                                        Article 2
stuffs which have already arisen in a large area of the
Community are likely                     aggravated by such        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
exports ; whereas, under these circumstances, it is                publication in the Official Journal of the European
necessary to adjust the amount of the export charge                Communities. It shall apply to operations in respect of
on fodder and also to introduce a charge on exports of             which customs export formalities are completed on or
straw,                                                             after the day following that of its entry into force .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 July 1976.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              ' P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No  L 151 , 30. 6 . 1968 , p. 16.
(2) OJ No  L 120,  1 . 5. 1974, p. 2.
(3) OJ No  L 141 , 3. 6. 1975, p. 1 .
(4  OJ No  L 185,  9 . 7. 1976, p. 26 .