CELEX: 31970R1253
Language: en
Date: 1970-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1253/70 of the Council of 29 June 1970 amending several agricultural Regulations as regards licences and levies

Official Journal of the European Communities                                     405
 1.7.70                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 143 / 1
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1253 /70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 29 June 1970
                         amending several agricultural Regulations as regards licences and levies
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation
                                                                   ( EEC) No 853 /70,10 and in particular the fifth
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      subparagraph of Article 17 (2) thereof;
European Economic Community;
                                                                  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            804/68 11 of 27 June 1968 on the common
136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the common                    organisation of the market in milk and milk
organisation of the market in oils and fats, as                   products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2146/68,2 arid in                  2622/69,12 and in particular Article 17 (3 ) thereof;
particular Article 17 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having     regard      to     Council    Regulation     No
162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and               Having regard to the Opinion of the European
                                                                  Parliament^3 ;
fats between the Community and Greece, and in
particular Article 8 thereof;                                     Whereas Regulations Nos 136/66/EEC, 120/67/EEC,
                                                                  359/67/EEC, 1009/67/EEC and (EEC) No 804/68
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            provide that all imports or exports of the products
120/67/EEC4 of 13 June 1967 on the common                         concerned into or out of the Community shall be
organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended            conditional on the submission of import or export
by Regulation (EEC) No 2463/69,5 and in particular                licences ; whereas those Regulations introduced rules
Article 16 (5 ) thereof;                                          for the advance fixing of levies or refunds ; whereas,
                                                                  taking particular account of the widening field of
Having regard to council Regulation No                            application of import and export licences throughout
122/67/EEC0 of 13 June 1967 on the common                         the Community, it should be specified that, where
organisation of the market in eggs, as last amended               levies or refunds are fixed in advance, those licences
by Regulation (EEC) No 436/70,7 and in particular                 should be used as supporting documents for such
the fourth subparagraph of Article 9 (2) thereof;                 advance fixing in accordance with present practice;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            Whereas certain Regulations on the common
359/67/EEC8 of 25. July 1967 on the common                        organisation of the market in different sectors
organisation of the market in rice, as last amended               provide that the rules for the advance fixing of levies
by . Regulation (EEC) No 2463 /69, and in particular              are adopted by the Commission in accordance' with
Article 17 (5 ) thereof;                                          the Management Committee procedure ; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/679 of                other Regulations remain silent on this point;
18 December 1967 on the common organisation of                    whereas in consequence, uniformity in the rules is
                                                                  lacking in certain instances in the different sectors ;
                                                                  whereas in the interests of good management, it is
 1 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.                              advisable that common rules for the different sectors
 2 OJ No  L 314, 31.12.1968, p. 1 .                               should be adopted in accordance with the same
 3 OJ No  197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66.                            procedure ;
 4 OJ No  117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
 5 OJ No  312, 12.12.1969, p. 3 .
 6 OJ No  117, 19.6.1967, p. 2293 /67.                            10  OJ No  L 103 , 13.5.1970, p . 2 .
 7 OJ No  L 55 , 10.3.1969 , p. 1 .                               11  OJ No  L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 2 .
 8 OJ No  174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .                                  12  OJ No  L 328 , 30.12.1969 p. 8 .
 9 OJ No  308 , 18.12.1967, p. 1 .                                13  OJ No  C 80, 1.7.1970, p . 17.
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   Whereas Regulations Nos 120/67/EEC, 121/67/                       120/67/EEC and paragraph 5 of Article 13 of
   EEC,1 168/67/EEC,2 175/67/EEC,3 359/67/EEC,                       Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;
   1009/67/EEC, ( EEC) No 804/68 , (EEC) 805 /68 ,4
   ( EEC) No 865/68 ,5 (EEC) No 204/69," and (EEC)                      '5 . Detailed rules for advance fixing shall be
   No 8 1 6/707 concerning different sectors of                         adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                        down in Article 26 .
   agricultural production provide that from 1 July 1970
   import and export licences and advance fixing                        6.    Premium scales shall be adopted by the
   certificates, as the case may be, shall be valid for                 Commission .'
   transactions throughout the Community ; whereas the
   period laid down for implementing this principle has                                    Article 3
   been shown to be inadequate ; whereas it is therefore
   necessary to extend this period ;                                 The date '1 January 1971' shall be substituted for '1
                                                                     January 1970' in :
                                                                    — the third subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 ) of
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                        Regulation No 120/67/EEC ;
                                                                    — the second subparagraph of Article 14 ( 1 ) of
                                Article 1                               Regulation No 121 /67/EEC ;
   1 . The following sentence shall be added to the                  — Article 2 of Regulation No 168 /67/EEC ;
   first subparagraph of Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation No          — the second subparagraph of Article 5a ( 1 ) of
. 136/66/EEC, the first subparagraph of Article 12 ( 1 )                Regulation No 175 /67/EEC ;
  of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, the first subparagraph
  of Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and                — the second subparagraph of Article 10 ( 1 ) of
  the first subparagraph of Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation              Regulation No 359/67/EEC ;
  No 1009/67/EEC :                                                  — the second subparagraph of Article 11 ( 1 ) of
                                                                        Regulation No 1009/67/EEC ;
       'Where the levy or refund is fixed in advance, the
       advance fixing shall be noted on the licence which           — the first    and  second    indents  in  the  second
       serves as a supporting document for such advance                 subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of Regulation
       fixing.'                                                         (EEC) No 804/68 ;
                                                                    — the second subparagraph of Article 15 ( 1 ) of
  2 . The following sentence shall be added to Article                  Regulation (EEC) No 805 /68 ;
   13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 804/68 :                        — the second subparagraph of Article 6 ( 1 ) of
       'Where the refund is fixed in advance, the                       Regulation (EEC ) No 865/68 ;
       advance fixing shall be noted on the licence which           — the second subparagraph of Article 6 ( 1 ) of
       serves as a supporting document for such advance                 Regulation (EEC) No 204/69 ;
       fixing.'
                                                                    — the second subparagraph of Article 8 (2) of
                                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 816/70.
                                Article 2
                                                                                           Article 4
  1 . The following paragraphs shall be substituted
  for paragraph 5 of Article 15 of Regulation No                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1970.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1970.
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                           Ch . HEGER
 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67.
 8   OJ  No   130, 28.6.1967, p. 2593/67.
 3   OJ  No   130, 28.6.1967, p. 2610/67.
 4   OJ  No   L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 24.
 5   OJ  No   L 153 , 1.7.1968 , p . 8 .
 8   OJ  No   L 29 , 5.2.1969, p . 1 .
 7   OJ  No   L 99 , 5.5.1970, p . 1 .