CELEX: 31972R2688
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2688/72 of the Council of 12 December 1972 supplementing Regulation No 123/67/EEC on the advance fixing of export refunds on poultrymeat

Official Journal of the European Communities                              69
No L 289/40                     Official Journal of the European Communities                        27.12.72
                      REGULATION (EEC) No 2688/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                             of 12 December 1972
            supplementing Regulation No 123/67/EEC on the advance fixing of export
                                            refunds on poultrymeat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                       trade in particular as regards the period of
TIES ,                                                     validity of the refunds ; whereas it is therefore
                                                           necessary to make provision for the possibility
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the               of advance fixing refunds in the poultrymeat
European Economic Community, and in par­                   sector ;
ticular Article 43 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the
Commission;                                              . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;                                                                      Article 1
Whereas Article 9 of Council Regulation                    Article 9 (2) subparagraph 4 of Regulation
No 123/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the                      No 123/67/EEC shall be replaced by the
common organisation of the market in poul­                 following:
trymeat, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2727/71 ,2 makes provision for the granting                 'The Council, acting in accordance with the
of export refunds in order to safeguard                        voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2)
Community participation in international trade                 of the Treaty, on a proposal from the
in poultrymeat;                                                Commission, shall adopt general rules
                                                               for the granting and advance fixing of
Whereas in order to ensure that Community                      export refunds and the criteria for fixing
exporters may have a certain degree of security                their amount .'
as regards the stability of refunds, the aforesaid
Regulation provides that, in principle, these                                    Article 2
should be fixed periodically;
Whereas, nevertheless experience has shown                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the
that the measures taken do not always offer                third day following its publication in the
security sufficient ior the requirements of the            Official Journal of the European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
            Member States .
            Done at Brussels , 12 December 1972 .
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                              P. LARDINOIS
1  OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2301/67.
3  OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 8.