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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 804/68 11 of 27 June 1968 on the common Having regard to Council Regulation No organisation of the market in milk and milk 136/66/EEC1 of 22 September 1966 on the common organisation of the market in oils and fats, as products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2622/69,12 and in particular Article 17 (3 ) thereof; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2146/68,2 arid in particular Article 17 ( 1 ) thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Having regard to Council Regulation No Having regard to the Opinion of the European 162/66/EEC3 of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and 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 '5 . Detailed rules for advance fixing shall be ( EEC ) No 865 /68 ,5 ( EEC) No 204/69," and (EEC ) adopted in accordance with the procedure laid No 8 1 6/707 concerning different sectors of 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 — the second subparagraph of Article 10 ( 1 ) of of Article 10 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and Regulation No 359/67/EEC ; the first subparagraph of Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation 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 .