31968R2034

Official Journal of the European Communities 581

No L 300/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 14.12.68

REGULATION (EEC) No 2034/68 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 December 1968

supplementing Regulation No 633/67/EEC on the advance fixing of the export refund on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN : om­ Whereas the only cereals referred to in Article 2 of MUNITIES , that Regulation are common wheat and barley ; whereas that provision has been extended by Regu­ lation (EEC ) No 1974/68 to include maize and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the whereas Regulation No 633 /67/EEC should therefore European Economic Community ; be amended to take account of this additional provision ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/67 EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organis­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ation of the market in cereals, as last amended by are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601 /68 2 of ment Committee for Cereals ; 15 October 1968 , and in particular Article 12 (2) thereof;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation No 473/67/EEC3 of 21 August 1967 on import and export licences for cereals, processed cereal products, Article 1 rice, broken rice and processed rice products, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No The fourth 'Whereas' in the preamble to Regulation No 633 /67/EEC shall be amended as follows : 1974/68,4 provides for a period of validity equal to the current month plus five months for export licences for certain cereals to State-trading countries 'Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No and to countries in which imports of cereal products 473 /67/EEC on import and export licences for are subject to special governmental measures ; cereals, processed cereal products, rice, broken rice and processed rice products provides that Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation No the export licence for the products listed in Ar­ 633 /67/EEC5 of 27 September 1967 on the advance ticle 1 ( a ) and ( b ) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC is normally valid from the date of issue until fixing of the export refund on cereals, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1180/ the end of the third month following that in 68,° lays down that where the export licence is valid which it was issued ; whereas, however, Article 3 until the end of the fifth month following that in provides that, in certain cases, the export licence for certain cereals is valid from the date of issue which it was issued , the amount of the refund fixed in until the end of the fifth month following that advance in respect of an export effected during the in which it was issued ; whereas in such cases, last two months of validity of the export licence when information is lacking on the futures market should be equal for each product to that applying beyond three months, the amount of the refund to an export effected during the third month follow­ fixed in advance for any export to be effected ing that in which the licence was issued ; during the last two months of validity of the licence should be determined by reference to the amount valid for the third month .' 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67. 2 OJ No L 253 , 16.10.1968 , p. 2. Article 2 3 OJ No 204, 24.8.1967, p. 16. 4 OJ No L 294, 6.12.1968 , p. 23 . Article 2 of Regulation No 633 /67/EEC shall be 6 OJ No 233 , 28.9.1967, p. 9. 6 OJ No L 195, 7.8.1968 , p. 1 . amended as follows :

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'Where the export licence is valid from the date effected during the third month following that of issue until the end of the fifth month in which the licence was issued .' following that in which it was issued, the amount of the refund fixed in advance in respect of an Article 3 export effected during the last two months of validity of the export licence shall, without This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of prejudice to the adjustment provided in Article its publication in the Official Journal of the 16 (4) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC, be equal European . Communities. These provisions shall apply for each product to that applying to an export from 9 December 1968 .

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

Done at Brussels , 13 December 1968 . .

For the Commission

The President

Jean REY