31967R0719

Official Journal of the European Communities 279

19.10.67 OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES No 252/ 1

REGULATION No 719/67/EEC OF THE COMMISSION of 17 October 1967 fixing the export refund on rice and broken rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation MUNITIES, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals ; Having regard to the treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : -

Having regard to Council Regulation No Article 1 359/67/EEC1 of 25 July 1967 on the common organisation of the market in rice, and in particular When, because of the closure of the Suez canal, Articles 17 (2), fourth subparagraph, and 6 thereof; exports of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and ( b ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC which would Whereas Council Regulation No 366/67/EEC2 of 25 normally take that route travel via the Cape of Good July 1967 laying down general rules for granting Hope, the refund fixed in accordance with the fourth export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the subparagraph of Article 17 (2) of Regulation No amount of such refunds provides that, for the 359/67/EEC shall be increased by a specified amount. products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC, the export refund must Article 2 be fixed with reference to the initial costs incurred in placing goods on the world market and to the The amount referred to in Article 1 shall be paid only possibilities and conditions for the sale of the when proof is furnished that the goods actually products on that market; travelled via the Cape of Good Hope!

Whereas , when the Suez canal cannot be used for the Article 3 export of these products to certain African or Asian countries, the necessary detour by the Cape of Good In respect of the refunds fixed between 1 September Hope involves additional freight costs ; whereas an 1967 and the day following that on which this increase in the refund is therefore justified in cases Regulation enters into force, the amount referred to where the latter route has to be taken ; in Article 1 shall be 0-20 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of product. Whereas, since the Suez canal was closed at the time when the common organisation of the market in rice Article 4 entered into force, the situation that has faced Community exporters since 1 September 1967 should This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 October in fairness be taken into account; 1967 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 17 October 1967 . For the Commission The President Jean REY

1 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 . 2 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p . 34.