31971R1605

586 Official Journal of the European Communities

27.7.71 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 168 / 13

REGULATION (EEC) No 1605/71 OF THE COMMISSION

of 26 July 1971 amending, as regards cereals, Regulation "(EEC) No 2637/70 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : MUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2637/705 of 23 December 1970 on special - detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export Having regard to Council Regulation No licences and advance fixing certificates for 120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common agricultural products, as last amended by Regulation organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended (EEC ) No 1391 /71 ,6 shall be amended in accordance by Regulation (EEC ) No 1528 /71 ,2 and in particular with the following Articles . Article 12 (2) thereof: Article 2 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No The following Article shall be added : 1604/71 3 on detailed rules for the application of an export levy on starches established, in accordance with Article 2 (2) of Council Regulation No 'Article 19a 371 /67/EEC4 of 25 July 1967 fixing production 1 . Fof the application of Article 4 (2) of refunds on starches and quellmehl, a system for the Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 , the export licence advance fixing of the rate of the export levy on shall be completed as follows : certain cereal products ; whereas, in order to apply that system, certain special endorsements should be — section 12 shall contain one of the following made on the export licences used for that purpose ; endorsements :

"préfixation prélèvement demandée", Whereas the export levy represents a special export "Vorausfestsetzung der Abschöpfung bean­ arrangement; whereas, as regards the deposit, the tragt", licences applied for under that arrangement should therefore be made subject to the same rules as apply "fissazione in anticipo del prelievo richiesta", to export licences, account being taken, however, of "vooraf vaststellen, van de heffing the special nature of the export levy ; aangevraagd"; ( advance fixing of levy applied for) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the in column 17 the expression ("restitution Management Committee for Cereals ; valable le . . . prefixee") (refund operative on . . . fixed in advance) shall be deleted and replaced by one of the expressions provided for in section 17 of the import licence ; 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67. 2 OJ No L 162, 20.7.1971 , p. 1 . 3 OJ No L 168 , 27.7.1971 , p . 11 . 5 OJ No L 283, 29.12.1970, p. 15. 4 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 40. 8 OJ No L 145 , 1.7.1971 , p. 44.

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— section 18 shall contain, in figures and in 3 . The following shall be substituted for para­ words, the total amount in national currency graph 1 (b ): of the levy fixed in advance. The provisions of Article 12a of Regulation (EEC) No 1373 /70 '( b) 3 units of account per metric ton for import shall apply to special cases, the endorsements licences for which the levy is fixed in advance in sections 19 and 20 of the import licence and 5 units of account per metric ton for provided for in this Article being included in export licences for which the export refund section 18 of the export licence. or, as appropriate, the export levy is fixed in advance .'

2. For the application of Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1604/71 Section 18 of the export licence shall contain one of the following 4. The following subparagraph shall be added to endorsements : paragraph 3 :

"Prélèvement à l'exportation non applicable", '(d) for export licences with advance fixing of the "Ausfuhrabschôpfung nicht ànwendbar", export levy :

"Prelievo all'esportazione non applicabile", 0-50 units of account per metric ton, which may - be supplemented by an amount "Uitvoerheffing niet van toepassing". corresponding to the difference between : (Export levy not applicable).' — the levy fixed in advance applicable on the last day of validity of the export licence, and Article 3 — the. levy applicable on the last day of validity of the export licence if the latter Article 25 shall be amended as follows : amount is less than the former.' 1 . In paragraph 1 of the French text, the letters (a) and (b ) shall be substituted for the first and second indents respectively. Article 4

2 . In paragraph ( 1 ) ( a): ' the import levy, the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third export levy or as appropriate, the export refund' day following its publication in the Official Journal shall be substituted for 'the levy or refund'. of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1971 .

For the Commission The President

Franco M. MALFATTI