CELEX: 31977R1971
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1971/77 of 31 August 1977 on transitional measures concerning the application of the monetary compensatory amounts in the milk and milk products sector

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                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1971 /77
                                                     of 31 August 1977
               on transitional measures concerning the application of the monetary compensa­
                                tory amounts in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    amounts valid on 4 September 1977 in respect of milk
COMMUNITIES,                                                      products falling within heading No 04.04 and
                                                                  subheadings 04.02 A I, 17.02 A, 17.05 A, 23.07 B I a)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             4, 23.07 B I b) 3 and 23.07 B II of the Common
Economic Community,                                               Customs Tariff shall remain applicable to :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
974/71 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of                      (a) products exported from Member States whose
conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture                        currencies have depreciated unless proof is
following the temporary widening of the margins of                    provided :
fluctuation   for  the   currencies     of  certain Member
States ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    — that they were obtained in the exporting
557/76 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,                          Member State, or
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1824/77                        — that prior to export the customs formalities for
of 4 August 1977 altering the monetary compensatory                       importation into the exporting Member State
amounts applicable to milk and milk products (3) has                      were completed before 28 July or after 4
changed the method for calculating monetary compen­                       September 1977 ;
satory amounts for milk and milk products, thus
leading in principle to a reduction in the monetary
compensatory amounts for the products in question ;               (b) products imported into Member States whose
whereas the monetary compensatory amounts for                         currencies have appreciated unless proof is
certain other products are at the same time discon­                   provided :
tinued ; whereas these measures take effect on 5
September 1977 ;
                                                                      — that they were obtained in a non-member
Whereas these charges affect the terms of trade for the                   country or in a Member State other than the
products concerned ; whereas this could lead to specu­                    importing Member State, or
lation in certain products, resulting in deflections of
trade ;                                                               — that prior to import the customs formalities for
                                                                          exportation from the importing Member State
Whereas in order to avoid such deflections it should                      were completed before 28 July or after 4
be laid down that for a certain period the old mone­                      September 1977.
tary compensatory amounts are to remain applicable
to exports and imports effected for the purpose of
profiting from the new system ;                                   2. Paragraph 1 shall apply to exports and imports
                                                                  in respect of which the customs formalities are
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation              completed before 5 December 1977.
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
                                                                  3.     The Member State responsible for levying the
                                                                  monetary compensatory amounts in question shall
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                  adopt the necessary control measures.
                          Article 1
1 . By way of derogation from the Regulations                                            Article 2
fixing the monetary compensatory amounts, the
(>) OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 September
(3) OJ No L 203, 9 . 8 . 1977, p. 7 .                             1977 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 31 August 1977.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Vice-President