CELEX: 31967R0719
Language: en
Date: 1967-10-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 719/67/EEC of the Commission of 17 October 1967 fixing the export refund on rice and broken rice

Official Journal of the European Communities                                      279
  19.10.67                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                      No 252/ 1
                                 REGULATION No 719/67/EEC OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 17 October 1967
                                     fixing the export refund on rice and broken rice
  THE    COMMISSION       OF    THE   EUROPEAN      COM­         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  MUNITIES,                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                 Management Committee for Cereals ;
  Having regard to the treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community;                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : -
  Having regard to Council Regulation No                                                Article 1
 359/67/EEC1 of 25 July 1967 on the common
 organisation of the market in rice, and in particular          When, because of the closure of the Suez canal,
  Articles 17 (2), fourth subparagraph, and 6 thereof;           exports of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and
                                                                 ( b ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC which would
 Whereas Council Regulation No 366/67/EEC2 of 25                 normally take that route travel via the Cape of Good
 July 1967 laying down general rules for granting               Hope, the refund fixed in accordance with the fourth
 export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the             subparagraph of Article 17 (2) of Regulation No
 amount of such refunds provides that, for the                   359/67/EEC shall be increased by a specified amount.
 products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of
 Regulation No 359/67/EEC, the export refund must                                       Article 2
 be fixed with reference to the initial costs incurred in
 placing goods on the world market and to the                   The amount referred to in Article 1 shall be paid only
 possibilities and conditions for the sale of the               when proof is furnished that the goods actually
 products on that market;                                       travelled via the Cape of Good Hope!
 Whereas, when the Suez canal cannot be used for the                                   Article 3
 export of these products to certain African or Asian
 countries, the necessary detour by the Cape of Good            In respect of the refunds fixed between 1 September
 Hope involves additional freight costs ; whereas an             1967 and the day following that on which this
 increase in the refund is therefore justified in cases         Regulation enters into force, the amount referred to
 where the latter route has to be taken ;                       in Article 1 shall be 0-20 units of account per 100
                                                                kilogrammes of product.
 Whereas, since the Suez canal was closed at the time
 when the common organisation of the market in rice                                    Article 4
entered into force, the situation that has faced
 Community exporters since 1 September 1967 should              This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 October
 in fairness be taken into account;                             1967.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 October 1967.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                         Jean REY
1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .
2 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p . 34.