CELEX: 31972R2342
Language: en
Date: 1972-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2342/72 of the Commission of 7 November 1972 on a fifth amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1013/71 laying down detailed rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member States

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No L 252/16                         Official Journal of the European Communities                           8.11.72
                    REGULATION (EEC) No 2342/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                 of 7 November 1972
            on a fifth amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1031/71 laying down detailed
            rules of application for Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 on certain measures
            of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary
            widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member
                                                         States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­                            began to apply; whereas a date should be fixed
MUNITIES,                                                      after which recourse may no longer be had to
                                                               this arrangement;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   Whereas the requirements of trade and any
European Economic Community;                                   measures adopted in the matter by the Member
                                                               States should be borne in mind when the date
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                      is being fixed;
No 974/711 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures
of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture              Whereas the measures provided for in this
following the temporary widening of the                        Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion
margins of fluctuation for the currencies of                   of the Management Committees for Fruit and
certain Member States, and in particular                       Vegetables, for Wine, for Oils and Fats , for
Article 6 thereof;                                              Cereals, for Pigmeat, for Poultrymeat and
                                                               Eggs, for Sugar, for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas Article 4 of Commission Regulation                     for Beef and Veal, for Products processed from
(EEC) No 1013/712 of 17 May 1971 laying down                   Fruit and Vegetables, for Tobacco, for Flax
detailed rules of application for Regulation                    and Hemp, and for Fishery Products;
(EEC) No 974/71 on certain measures of
conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture
following the temporary widening of margins
of fluctuation for the currencies of certain
Member States, as last amended by Regulation                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 978/72,3 specifies that the compensa­
tory amounts do not apply to imports effected
under certain conditions under contracts which                                        Article 1
are concluded by specified dates and which can
be proved by registration or official documents                 The following paragraph shall be added to
to have been concluded; whereas the manner                      Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1013/71 :
in. which this exceptional provision has been
applied has varied considerably from one                            '3 . Exemption from application of the
Member State to another; whereas it is extremely                    compensatory amount shall apply only to
difficult to introduce controls to prevent                          products imported before 1 December 1972
abuses of this provision; whereas a considerable                    or before any earlier date fixed by a Member
period - has elapsed since this arrangement                         State for its territory.'
                                                                                      Article 2
x ot xr t        19 * 1971        1                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the
2 OJ No L lio' 18 's '. 197l', p! 8.                            day      *ts publication in the Official Journal
3 OJ No L 113', 15.5.1972, p. 1.                                of the European Communities.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at Brussels, 7 November 1972.
                                                      For the Commission
                                                           The President
                                                         S. L. MANSHOLT