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58 Official Journal of the European Communities

30.8.71 Official Journal of the European Communities ■ No L 195/ 1

REGULATION (EEC) No 1871/ 71 OF THE COMMISSION

of 27 August 1971

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1013/71 as regards the detailed rules of application to be adppted in agriculture following the temporary widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of Belgium and Luxembourg

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­ menf made within the framework of the regional union TIES , between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands can­

not operate properly unless the compensatory amounts Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European applicable in these three Member States are identical ; Economic Community ; whereas an arrangement should therefore be made, pur­ suant to Article 233 of the Treaty , whereby uniform Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/ compensatory amounts could be fixed for these three 71 1 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural Member States . policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies Whereas, moreover, a number of technical amendments of certain Member States , and in particular Article 6 must be made to the customs provisions ; thereof; : : ,

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas Belgium and Luxembourg have informed the are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Commission that they are, for a limited period, widening Committees for Fruit and Vegetables, Wine, Oils " and the margins of fluctuation of the exchange rates for their Fats , Cereals , Pigmeat , Poultrymeat and Eggs , Sugar, currencies in relation to their actual parities ; whereas the Milk . and Milk' Products , Beef and Veail, Products Pro­ provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 are therefore cessed from Fruit and Vegetables , Tobacco, Flax and applicable to these Member States ; Hefnp, and Fishery Products ,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No^ 1 0 1 3/7 1 2 of 17 May 1971 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ cation of Regulation (EEC) No 974/ 7 1 on certain -meas­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture fol­ lowing the temporary widening of the margins of fluctua­ Article 1 tion for the currencies of certain Member States only : , The following is substituted for Article 1(2) of Regula­ takes account of measures taken by Germany and the tion (EEC) No 1013/71 : Netherlands ; whereas this Regulation must therefore be ' 2 . However : supplemented by analogous provisions for Belgium and Luxembourg ; (a) For Germany and the Netherlands :

- the spot market rates used to fix the compensa­ Whereas the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union and tory amounts applicable from 12 May 1971 the Netherlands have agreed to maintain between their shall be those recorded during the period 1 1 to currencies the margins of fluctuation valid before 9 May 13 May 1971 ; 1971 ; whereas , therefore, for these Member States the widening of the margins of fluctuation only affects trade - the reference period for the first of any changes with other Member States and third countries , intra­ in the compensatory amounts shall be 12 to 18 BLEU trade and trade between BLEU and the Nether­ May 1971 . lands being unaffected ; whereas the Member States in (b) For Belgium and Luxembourg : question have for this reason declared their unwilling­ ness to apply compensatory amounts in trade with each - the spot market rate used to fix the compensa­ other ; whereas , as far as trade is concerned, this arrange­ tory amounts applicable from 24 August 1971 shall be that recorded on 24 August 197 1 ;

- the reference period for the first change in the 1 OJ NoL 106 , 12.5 . 1971 , p.l . compensatory amounts shall be 23 to 25 2 OJ NoL 110, 18.5 . 1971 , p.8. August 1971 .'

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Article 2 propriate. This entry shall be authenticated by ' the stamp of the customs office of departure.' The following subparagraph is added to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 101 3/7 1 : 2 . The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 3 of '(c) For the Belgian franc and the Luxembourg franc : Regulation (EEC) No 1013/71 : the average official rate fixed each working day ' 4. For the purposes of applying this Article , BLEU during official dealings on the Brussels foreign and the Netherlands shall be treated as a single exchange market.' Member State .'

Articles A rticle 5 The following Article is added to Regulation (EEC) No Article 4(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1013/71 is re­ 1013/ 71 : placed by the following : Article 2a ' 1 . The Member States referred to in Article . 1 of 1 . For the purpose of calculating the compensatory Regulation (EEC) No 974/ 71 shall not apply the amounts applicable in BLEU and the Netherlands , compensatory amounts referred to in that Article the percentage referred to in Article 2(1 ) of Regu­ to imports effected under contracts : lation (EEC) No 974/71 shall be established on (a) concluded before the basis of the arithmetic mean of the difference referred to in that paragraph for the Belgian franc - 10 May 1971 , for Germany and the Nether­ and the same difference for the Dutch guilder dur­ lands ing the period in question . - 23 August 1971 , for Belgium and Luxembourg, 2. Compensatory amounts shall not apply in intra­ and BLEU trade or in trade between BLEU and the (b) registered before Netherlands .' - 12 May 1971 , for Germany and the Nether­ lands A rticle 4 - 24 August 1971 , for Belgium and Luxembourg 1 . The following paragraph 2a is added to Article 3 of with the authorities of the relevant Member States ; or Regulation (EEC) No 1013/71 : which can be proved by official documents to have ' 2a. Where Commission Regulation (EEC) No been concluded . 304/7 1 1 of 11 February 1971 on simplification of the Community transit procedure for goods A rticle 6 carried by rail applies to carriage of the products in question, the entry required under paragraphs 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 1 and 2 above shall be made in the " Description 1 publication in the Official Journal of the European of goods" section of the International Consign­ Communities . ment Note (CIM) or on the International Ex­ press Parcels Consignment Note (TT Ex) as ap­ 2 . It shall take effect as from 24 August 1971 .

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

Done at Brussels , 27 August 1971 .

For the Commission

The President

Franco M. MALFATTI

1 OJNoL35, 12.2.1971 , p.31 .