CELEX: 31978R1370
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1370/78 of 22 June 1978 fixing in respect of the 1975 crop export refunds for raw tobacco

23 . 6. 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 166/31
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1370/78
                                                       of 22 June 1978
                       fixing in respect of the 1975 crop export refunds for raw tobacco
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  enables the refund to be fixed beyond the limits laid
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    down in that Article ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas, in view of current export possibilities and of
 Economic Community,                                             market conditions in the Community, it is appropriate
                                                                 that a refund be granted for certain varieties of the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     1975 crop in respect of the countries listed in the
 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization              Annex hereto ;
 of the market in raw tobacco ( J), as last amended by
 the Act of Accession (2), and in particular the first           Whereas, applying the abovementioned rules and
 sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 9 (2)             criteria to existing conditions in the tobacco market,
 thereof,                                                        and in particular to prices in the Community and on
                                                                 the world market, it follows that the amount of the
 Whereas by virtue of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC)              refund and the products and countries in respect of
 No 727/70 the difference between the world market
                                                                 which it should apply should be as specified in the
 prices of the products referred tp in Article 1 of that         Annex hereto ;
 Regulation and their prices within the Community
 may be covered by an export refund ;                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No                 ment Committee for Raw Tobacco,
 326/71 of 15 February 1971 laying down general rules
 for granting export refunds on raw tobacco and
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), the
granting of export refunds is to be limited to baled
 tobacco produced from leaf tobacco harvested in the                                     Article 1
 Community ; whereas the refunds must be fixed for               The list of varieties of baled tobacco from the 1975
 each variety produced in the Community in the light             crop in respect of which the export refund provided
 of the factors indicated in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation       for in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 shall
(EEC) No 326/71 ;                                                be granted, and the amount of such refund and the
Whereas there has been a substantial drop in the                 third countries of destination for which it shall apply,
 prices on the world market of tobacco of oriental varie­        shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .
 ties ; whereas the repercussion of such a drop in prices
on the competitive position of Community tobacco of                                      Article 2
 the Xanti-Yaka, Perustitza and Erzegovina varieties             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
constitutes, within the meaning of Article 4 of Regula­
                                                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
tion (EEC) No 326/71 , one of the exceptional cases              the European Communities.
referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 )
of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 and accordingly                    It shall apply until 31 December 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 22 June 1978 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
O OJ No L 39 , 17 . 2. 1971 , p. 1 .
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                                                   ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 22 June 1978 fixing in respect of the 1975 crop export
                                           refunds for raw tobacco
                                                        Amount
               Serial
                                 Varieties             of refund             Countries of destination
                No
                                                        (u.a./ kg)
                15    Xanti-Yakà                         0.22
                                                                   / to all third countries with the excep­
                16    Perustitza                         0.22      > tion of Greece, Turkey and Yugos­
                                                                   lavia
                17    Erzegovina                          0.22