CELEX: 31972R0941
Language: en
Date: 1972-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 941/72 of the Commission of 5 May 1972 redefining the destination zones for export refunds on cereals and rice

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    397
No L 107/ 10                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                  6.5.72
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 941/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 5 May 1972
                          redefining the destination zones for export refunds on cereals and rice
THE     COMMISSION         OF    THE   EUROPEAN      COM­        Whereas Commission Regulation No 694/67/EEC8 of
MUNITIES,                                                        10 October 1967 redefining the destination zones for
                                                                 export refunds on cereals grouped importing
                                                                 countries into a number of zones with particular
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     regard to their geographical position and the
European Economic Community;                                     characteristics of the market for the various products;
                                                                 whereas Commission Regulation No 669/67/EEC9 of
Having     regard      to    Council     Regulation     No       28 September 1967 laying down certain detailed rules
120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                        for the application of export refunds on rice, as last
organization of the market in cereals, as last amended           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/6810, the
by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71,2 and in particular               zones applicable to cereals are applicable to rice also ;
Article 16 (6) thereof;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                           Whereas experience gained in assessing the world
359/67/EEC3 of 25 July 1967 on the common                        market shows that it is no longer necessary to use a
organization of the market in rice, as last amended              different system of zones for different products;
by Regulation (EEC) No 2726/71 ,4 and in particular              whereas, therefore, a single list of destination zones
Article 17 (6) thereof;                                          should be used for all the products in question ;
Whereas, under Article 16 (2) of Regulation No
120/67/EEC and Article 6 of Council Regulation No                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
139/67/EEC5 of 21 June 1967 laying down general                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the
rules for granting export refunds on cereals and                 Management Committee for Cereals ;
criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds the
export refund on products such as wheat or rye
flour, groats and meal may be varied according to
destination;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas under Article 17 (2) of Regulation No
359/67/EEC and Article 5 of Council Regulation No
366/67/EEC6 of 25 July 1967 laying down general                                          Article 1
rules for granting export refunds on rice and criteria
for fixing the amount of such refunds, as last
                                                                 The    destination    zones     to be  used    for    the
amended by Regulation No 1019/67/EEC,7 the
refund on rice may be varied according to                        differentiation of export refunds shall be as set out in
destination ;                                                    the Annex in respect of products listed in Article
                                                                 1 (a), (b) and (c) pf Regulation No 120/67/EEC and
                                                                  in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation No
                                                                 359/67/EEC .
 1 OJ  No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
 2 OJ  No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 8.
 3 OJ  No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .
 4 OJ  No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 6.
 5 OJ  No 125, 26.6.1967, p. 2453/67.                              8 OJ No 245, 11.10.1967, p. 6.
 6 OJ  No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 34.                                  9 OJ No 241, 5.10.1967, p. 6.
 7 OJ  No 311 , 21.12.1967, p. 13 .                              10 OJ No L 179, 25.7.1968, p. 31 .
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                     Article 2                             Regulation No 669/67/EEC are hereby repealed
                                                           with effect from 31 May 1972. However, refunds
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June           fixed in advance following applications made before
1972 .                                                     the date referred to in the preceding subparagraph
                                                           shall remain subject to the provisions of those
Regulation No 694/67/EEC and Article 3             of      Regulations .
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 5 May 1972.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                              S. L. MANSHOLT
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                                                      ANNEX
 ZONE I                                                              Madeira
                                                                     Canaries
 (a) Libya                                                          Western Sahara
      Arab Republic of Egypt                                         Cape Verde Islands
     Israel
                                                                     Portuguese Guinea
     Lebanon .                                                       Islands of the Gulf of Guinea
     Syria                                                          Angola
     Cyprus                                                          Saint Helena
     Turkey                                                         Liberia
(b) Morocco                                                         Equatorial Guinea
     Algeria
     Tunisia                                                    (b) South Africa
                                                                    Botswana
(c) Jordan                                                          Lesotho
                                                                    Ngwane
ZONE II                                                             Zambia
                                                                    Rhodesia
     Poland                                                          Malawi
      USSR (Baltic ports)                                            Mozambique
                                                                    Tanzania
ZONE III                                                            Kenya
                                                                    Rwanda
(a) Czechoslovakia                                                  Burundi
     Hungary                                                         Uganda
                                                                    Somalia                     1
(b ) Romania
                                                                    Madagascar
     Bulgaria
                                                                     Comoro Archipelago
     USSR (Black Sea ports)                                         Mauritius .
ZONE IV
                                                                ZONE VI
(a) Mexico, countries and territories of Central America
                                                                    Sudan
(b) Greater and Lesser Antilles, Bahamas and Bermuda                Ethiopia
(c) Countries and territories of South America (Atlantic            French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
     coast)                                                         Countries and territories of the Arabian Peninsula
(d) Countries and territories of South America (Pacific             Iraq
                                                                    Iran
     coast)
ZONE V                                                         ZONE VII
(a) Mauritania                                                  (a) Afghanistan
     Senegal                                                        Pakistan
     Guinea
                                                                    India (including Bhutan and Sikkim)
     Ivory Coast                                                    Nepal
     Dahomey                                                        Ceylon
     Togo                                                           Bangladesh
     Mali                                                           Burma
     Upper Volta                                                    Islands of the Indian Ocean (other than Madagascar,
     Niger                                                          the Comoro Archipelago and Mauritius)
     Central African Republic
     Congo (Brazzaville)                                       (b) Thailand
     Chad                                                           Cambodia
     Gabon                                                          Laos
     Cameroon                                                       Japan
     Zaire                                                          Indonesia
     Gambia                                                         Malaysia
     Sierra Leone                                                   Philippines
     Ghana
     Nigeria                                                    (c) Other countries and territories of Asia and Australasia
     South West Africa                                              Australia
     Azores                                                         New Zealand