CELEX: 31972R2685
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2685/72 of the Council of 12 December 1972 supplementing Regulation No 121/67/EEC on the advance fixing of export refunds in the pigmeat sector

Official Journal of the European Communities                            65
 No L 289/36                   Official Journal of the European Communities                       27.12.72
                      REGULATION (EEC) No 2685/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                             of 12 December 1972
            supplementing Regulation No 121/67/EEC on the advance fixing of export
                                           refunds in the pigmeat sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                      trade, in particular as regards the period of
TIES,                                                     validity of the refunds; whereas it is therefore
                                                          necessary to make provision for the possibility
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the              of advance fixing of refunds in the pigmeat
European Economic Community, and in                       sector;
particular Article 43 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the
Commission;                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;
                                                                               Article 1
Whereas Article 15 of Council Regulation
No 121/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the                     Article 15 (4) of Regulation No 121/67/EEC
common organisation of the market in pigmeat,             shall be replaced by the following:
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2/72,2 makes provision for the granting of                    'The Council, acting in accordance with the
export refunds in order to safeguard Com­                     voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2)
munity participation in international trade in                of the Treaty on a proposal from the
pigmeat;                                                      Commission, shall adopt general rules for
                                                              the granting and advance fixing of export
Whereas, in order to ensure that Community                    refunds and the criteria for fixing their
exporters may have a certain degree of security               amount .'
as regards the stability of refunds, the aforesaid
Regulations lay cown that in principle they                                    Article 2
shall be fixed periodically;
Whereas, nevertheless, experience has shown               This Regulation shall enter into force on the
that the measures taken do not always offer               day following its publication in the Official
security sufficient for the requirements of the           Journal of the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
            Member States .
            Done at Brussels, 12 December 1972.
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                            P. LARDINOIS
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1S67, p. 2283/67.
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 8 .