CELEX: 31976R2081
Language: en
Date: 1976-08-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2081/76 of 23 August 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76 relating to protective measures applicable to exports of fodder products and straw

No L 233/26                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              24 . 8 . 76
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2081 /76
                                                        of 23 August 1976
              amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1667 /76 relating to protective measures appli­
                                       cable to exports of fodder products and straw
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the Commission must nevertheless maintain
COMMUNITIES,                                                       overall control of the situation ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas, from this standpoint in particular, it is now
Economic Community,                                                necessary to provide that the quantities of straw
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                      exported by any applicant Member State shall not
827/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization                  exceed the quantities of straw exported in the
of the market in certain products listed in Annex II to            preceding year,
the Treaty ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1 067/74 (2 ), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76                                                Article 1
of 8 July 1976 (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1 840 /76 (4), introduced protective measures             The following Article la is hereby inserted in Regula­
in the form of charges to be applied to exports of                  tion (EEC) No 1667/76 :
fodder products and straw ;                                             'Article la
Whereas, for straw in particular, supply in certain                     1.      By way of derogation from the first indent of
regions of the Community exceeds demand ;                               the second paragraph of Article 1 , Member States
Whereas some of these surpluses are to be found in                      may be authorized not to levy the export charge
regions close to the frontiers of the Community ;                       on products listed under heading No 12.09 of the
whereas, because of the specific structure of the                       Common Customs Tariff, provided the quantities
market in this product, the only outlets for these                      do not exceed the quantities exported to non­
surpluses are in the adjacent regions of certain non­                   member countries to which these products have
member countries ; whereas this situation may more­                     traditionally been exported during the past three
                                                                        years .
over be considered traditional , this trade having been
recorded in previous years ; whereas, moreover, the                     2.      For the application of paragraph 1 , Member
surpluses in these regions cannot be used to alleviate                  States wishing to obtain authorization , shall apply
the supply situation in regions of the Community                        to the Commission stating the quantities to be
where straw is scarce ;                                                 exported .
Whereas transport costs, which are extremely high                       If within 48 hours of receiving the application the
compared to the value of the product, are an obstacle                   Commission has not rejected it by notifying its
to market fluidity ;                                                    decision to the Member State concerned, the appli­
Whereas, therefore , it does not seem advisable to                      cation shall be deemed to have been accepted .
apply the export charges to this trade ; whereas, more­                 When assessing applications submitted by the
over, the only effect of maintaining these charges                      Member States the Commission shall bear in mind
would be to deprive producers in the regions                            the effect which the exports would have on the
concerned of a supplementary income capable of                          supply situation in the Community if they took
compensating to some extent for the loss of income                      place .'
caused by the drought ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas the Commission does not at present have
sufficient information to judge which are the regions               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
which    fall  within       the  above      definition or  what     publication in the Official Journal of the European
 amounts could be exported ;                                         Com mnnities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 August 1976 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Henri SIMONET
                                                                                    Vice-President
(')  OJ No  L 151 , 30 . 6 . 1968 , p. 16 .
(-') OJ No  L 120 , 1 . 5 . 1974, p. 2 .
(3 ) OJ No  L 185,  9 . 7 . 1976, p. 26 .
(4 ) OJ No  L 203 , 29 . 7 . 1976, p. 36.