CELEX: 31970R2434
Language: en
Date: 1970-11-30
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2434/70 of the Council of 30 November 1970 amending Regulations No 120/67/EEC and No 359/67/EEC on the common organisation of the markets in cereals and rice respectively

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 3.12.70                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 262/ 1
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2434/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 30 November 1970
                     amending Regulations No 120/67/EEC and No 359/67/EEC on the common
                                organisation of the markets in cereals and rice respectively
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                       in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 1373/704 of 10 July 1970 on common procedures
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    for applying the system of import and export licences
 European Economic Community, and in particular                  and advance fixing certificates in respect of
 Article 43 thereof;                                             agricultural products subject to a common price
                                                                 system, should not contain unnecessary and useless
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;             information, mention of the expected month of
                                                                 importation should be dispensed with ; whereas an
                                                                 amendment in this sense to paragraph 2 of Articles
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European                    15 and 13 of the two basic Regulations entails an
 Parliament;                                                     amendment to paragraph 4 of those Articles ;
 Whereas the term 'sorghum' includes not only
 sorghum itself but also Indian millet, which is merely          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 a variety of this cereal ; whereas, therefore, Council
 Regulation No 120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the                                        Article 1
 common organisation of the market in cereals, as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70,2 should
 be amended;                                                     In the French, Italian and Dutch texts of Article 1 ( a)
                                                                of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, the description of
Whereas in accordance with Article 15 (2) of                    goods falling within heading No 10.07 shall be
                                                                 amended to read as follows :
Regulation No 120/67/EEC and with Article 13 (2)
of Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC3 of 25 July
 1967 on the common organisation of the market in                   (a) French text:
rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1253/70, the levy fixed in advance is adjusted on the                       CCT
                                                                                                 Description of goods
                                                                            heading
 basis of the threshold price in force during the 'month                      No
in which importation is expected to take place ;
                                                                            10.07      Sarrasin, millet, alpiste et sorgho ;
Whereas this provision obliges the importer to inform
                                                                                       autres cereales
the body responsible for issuing the licence, of the
month envisaged for importation ; whereas, however,
experience has shown that, in general, the month
shown on the import licence does not correspond to                   (b) Italian text:
the month in which importation takes place ;
                                                                             CCT
                                                                            heading              Description of goods
Whereas, in order that the Community forms for                                No
licences, which are to be used from 1 January 1971 ,
                                                                            10.07      Grano saraceno, miglio, scagliola,
                                                                                       sorgho; altri cereali
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
2 OJ No L 143, 1.7.1970, p. 1 .
3 OJ No 174, 31.7. 1967, p. 1 .                                 4 OJ No L 158, 20.7.1970, p. 1 .
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    (c) Dutch text:                                                    adjusted for the threshold price which will be in
                                                                       force during the month of importation, shall be
            CCT
                                                                       applied to an import to be effected during the
           heading               Description of goods                  period of validity of the licence, if the applicant
             No
                                                                       so requests when applying for the licence. In this
                                                          «
                                                                       case a premium, fixed at the same time as the
                                                                       levy, shall be added to the levy.'
           10.07        Boekweit, kanariezaad en gierst
                        (pluimgierst, trosgierst, sorgho,         (b ) The following shall be substituted for the text of
                        enz.); andere granen                           paragraph 4 :
                                                                       'The Council, acting in accordance with the
                                                                       voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of
                          Article 2                                    the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission,
                                                                       shall lay down rules for fixing the scale of
1.    In Annex A to Regulation No 120/67/EEC the                       premiums and adopt measures to be taken in
description of goods falling within sub-heading No                     exceptional circumstances.'
ex 11.01 K shall be amended to read as follows :
                                                                                            Article 4
            CCT                                                   Article 13 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC shall be
           heading               Description of goods
             No                                                   amended as follows :
                                                                  ( a) The following shall be substituted for the text of
         ex 11.01       K grain sorghum flour                          paragraph 2 :
                                                                       'However, as regards imports of rice and broken
                                                                       rice, the levy applicable on the day on which
2 . In the German text of Annex A to Regulation                        application for a licence is made, adjusted for the
No 120/67/EEC the description of goods falling                         threshold price which will be in force during the
within subheading No ex 11.01 H shall be amended                       month of importation , shall be applied to an
to read as follows :
                                                                       import to be effected during the period of
                                                                       validity of the licence, if the applicant so requests
                                                                       when applying for the licence. A premium, fixed
            CCT
                                  Description of goods
                                                                       at the same time as the levy, shall be added to the
           heading
             No                                                        levy, where appropriate.
                                                                  (b) The following shall be substituted for the text of
         ex 11.01       H von Hirse außer Sorghum                      paragraph 4 :
                                                                       'The Council, acting in accordance with the
                                                                       voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of
                          Article 3                                    the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission,
                                                                       shall lay down rules for the application of
Article 15 of Regulation No 120/67/EEC shall be                        paragraph 2, in particular rules for fixing
amended as follows :                                                   premiums, and adopt measures to be taken in
                                                                       exceptional circumstances .'
(a) The following shall be substituted for the text of
     paragraph 2 :                                                                          Article 5
     'However, as regards imports of products listed
     in Article 1 (a) and (b), the levy applicable on the         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
     day on which application for a licence is made,              1971 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 November 1970.
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                          H. D : GRIESAU