CELEX: 31968R1611
Language: en
Date: 1968-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1611/68 of the Commission of 15 October 1968 making special provisions for the lowest rate of the refund applicable to exports of certain cheeses to third countries

Official Journal of the European Communities                                     467
 No L 252/14                       Official Journal of the European Communities                               16.10.68
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 1611/68 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                  of 15 October 1968
              making special provisions for the lowest rate of the refund applicable to exports of certain
                                              cheeses to third countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM-                            Whereas, in respect of certain cheeses exported to
MUNITIES,                                                       Switzerland under the special measures introduced
                                                                by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1324/685 of
                                                                29 August 1968 laying down special conditions for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    exports of certain cheeses to Switzerland, refunds
European Economic Community;                                    are especially low owing to these measures;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/681 of 27 June 1968 on the common organis­                  Whereas application of the rule laid down in Article
ation of the market in milk and milk products, and              8 (2) of Regulation No 1041/67/EEC tends to hinder
in particular Article 17 (4) thereof;                           normal trade in those products with third countries
                                                                other than Switzerland ; whereas the special measures
                                                                for exports to Switzerland ensure that products for
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    which a refund has been granted in respect of other
876/682 of 28 June 1968 laying down general rules               destinations are not exported to Switzerland; whereas
for granting export refunds on milk and milk                    it is therefore advisable to provide for an exception
products and criteria for fixing the amount of such             to the application of the above-mentioned provisions ;
refunds, and in particular Article 6 (2) thereof;
Whereas, where the export refund is varied according
to use or destination, Article 8 (2) of Commission              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Regulation No 1041/67/EEC3 of 21 December 1967                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
on detailed rules for the application of export                 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
refunds on products subject to a single price system,
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1056/68, 4
provides that only that part of the refund calculated
on the basis of the lowest rate of refund applicable
on the day on which the customs export formalities
are completed must be paid as soon as proof is                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
furnished that the product has left the geographical
territory of the Community; whereas the last indent
of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1041/67/EEC
specifies that the remainder of the refund may be
advanced provided that there is security for repay­                                     Article 1
ment of the difference between the amount advanced
and that calculated on the basis of the rate of refund          In the determination of the lowest rate of refund
 referred to above;                                             within the meaning of Article 8 (2) and the last
1 OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968, p. 13.                               5 OJ No L 215, 30.8.1968, p. 25.
2 OJ No L 155, 3.7.1968, p. 1 .
3 OJ No 314, 23.12.1967, p. 9 .
4 OJ No L 179, 25.7.1968, p. 28.
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indent of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1041/67/                                Article 2
EEC, the refunds on exports to Switzerland of                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No            day following its publication in the Official Journal
1324/68 shall not be taken into account.
                                                             of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 13 December 1968 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                     Jean REY