CELEX: 31977R2666
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2666/77 of 1 December 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 783/77 fixing in respect of the 1976 crop export refunds for raw tobacco

No L 309 / 10                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              2 . 12 . 77
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2666/77
                                                     of 1 December 1977
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 783/77 fixing in respect of the 1976 crop export
                                                   refunds for raw tobacco
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regu­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     lation (EEC) No 727/70 and accordingly enables the
                                                                  refund to be fixed beyond the limits laid down in that
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Article ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas it is important for the Community market
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  that the traditional patterns of export of the Kentucky
727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization                variety to certain countries be maintained ; whereas
of the market in raw tobacco ( J), as last amended by
                                                                  for this purpose it is necessary that an export refund
 the Act of Accession (2), and in particular the first
                                                                  be granted in respect of that product ;
 sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 9 (2)
thereof,                                                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas export refunds were fixed in respect of                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Tobacco,
certain varieties of tobacco from the 1976 crop by
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 783/77 of 18 April
 1977(3);                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas since the entry into force of that Regulation
 there has been a substantial drop in the prices on the                                   Article 1
world market of tobacco of oriental varieties ; whereas
the repercussion of such a drop in prices on the                  The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 783/77 is
competitive position of Community tobacco of the                  replaced by the Annex to this Regulation .
Xanti-Yaka, Perustitza and Erzegovina varieties consti­
tutes, within the meaning of Article 4 of Council                                         Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 of 15 February 1971
laying down general rules for granting export refunds             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
on raw tobacco and criteria for fixing the amount of              following its publication in the Official Journal of
such refunds (4), one of the exceptional cases referred            the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 1 December 1977.
                                                                            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.
(3) OJ No  L 95,  19.  4. 1977,  p. 14.
(4) OJ No  L 39,  17.  2. 1971 , p. 1.
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                                                  ANNEX
                                         Tobacco from the 1976 crop
                                                             Amount
            Serial                Varieties                 of refund        Countries of destination
             No
                                                             (u.a./kg)
                                                                                \
              1    (a) Bad. Geudertheimer                     0-28
                   (b) Forchheimer Havana                              / All non-member countries
              2    Badischer Burley E                         0-28     )
             11a   Burley I                                   0-21
                                                                       j All non-member countries
             lib   Maryland                                    0-21    > with the exception of the
                                                                       \ USA and Canada
             12    Kentucky                                    0-21
             14    Beneventano                                 0-21       All non-member countries
             15    Xanti-Yakà                                  0-23
                                                                       j All non-member countries
             16    Perustitza                                  0-23
                                                                       v with     the     exception       of
                                                                       i Greece, Turkey and Yugosla­
             17    Erzegovina                                  0-23    / via
             18    (a) Round Tip                               0-70      All  non-member           countries
                   (b) Scafati                                           with the exception of the
                                                                         USA and Canada
                   (c) Sumatra I