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No L 107/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 6.5.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 941/72 OF THE COMMISSION

of 5 May 1972

redefining the destination zones for export refunds on cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ Whereas Commission Regulation No 694/67/EEC8 of MUNITIES, 10 October 1967 redefining the destination zones for export refunds on cereals grouped importing countries into a number of zones with particular Having regard to the Treaty establishing the regard to their geographical position and the European Economic Community; characteristics of the market for the various products ; whereas Commission Regulation No 669/67/EEC9 of Having regard to Council Regulation No 28 September 1967 laying down certain detailed rules 120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common for the application of export refunds on rice, as last organization of the market in cereals, as last amended amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1057/6810, the by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 ,2 and in particular zones applicable to cereals are applicable to rice also ; Article 16 (6) thereof;

Having regard to Council Regulation No Whereas experience gained in assessing the world 359/67/EEC3 of 25 July 1967 on the common market shows that it is no longer necessary to use a organization of the market in rice, as last amended different system of zones for different products; by Regulation (EEC) No 2726/71 ,4 and in particular whereas, therefore, a single list of destination zones Article 17 (6) thereof; should be used for all the products in question ;

Whereas, under Article 16 (2) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and Article 6 of Council Regulation No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 139/67/EEC5 of 21 June 1967 laying down general are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals ; rules for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds the export refund on products such as wheat or rye flour, groats and meal may be varied according to destination; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas under Article 17 (2) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC and Article 5 of Council Regulation No Article 1 366/67/EEC6 of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds, as last The destination zones to be used for the amended by Regulation No 1019/67/EEC,7 the differentiation of export refunds shall be as set out in refund on rice may be varied according to destination ; the Annex in respect of products listed in Article 1 ( a), (b) and ( c) pf Regulation No 120/67/EEC and in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC . 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67. 2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 8. 3 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 . 4 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 6. 5 OJ No 125, 26.6.1967, p. 2453/67. 8 OJ No 245, 11.10.1967, p. 6. 6 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 34. 9 OJ No 241, 5.10.1967, p. 6. 7 OJ No 311 , 21.12.1967, p. 13 . 10 OJ No L 179, 25.7.1968, p. 31 .

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Article 2 Regulation No 669/67/EEC are hereby repealed with effect from 31 May 1972. However, refunds This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June fixed in advance following applications made before 1972 . the date referred to in the preceding subparagraph shall remain subject to the provisions of those Regulation No 694/67/EEC and Article 3 of Regulations .

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

Done at Brussels, 5 May 1972.

For the Commission

The President

S. L. MANSHOLT

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ANNEX

ZONE I Madeira Canaries ( a ) Libya Western Sahara Arab Republic of Egypt Cape Verde Islands Israel Portuguese Guinea Lebanon . Islands of the Gulf of Guinea Syria Angola Cyprus Saint Helena Turkey Liberia (b) Morocco Equatorial Guinea Algeria Tunisia (b) South Africa Botswana (c) Jordan Lesotho Ngwane ZONE II Zambia Rhodesia Poland Malawi USSR (Baltic ports) Mozambique Tanzania ZONE III Kenya Rwanda ( a) Czechoslovakia Burundi Hungary Uganda Somalia 1 (b ) Romania Madagascar Bulgaria Comoro Archipelago USSR (Black Sea ports) Mauritius .

ZONE IV ZONE VI (a) Mexico, countries and territories of Central America Sudan (b ) Greater and Lesser Antilles, Bahamas and Bermuda Ethiopia (c) Countries and territories of South America (Atlantic French Territory of the Afars and the Issas coast) Countries and territories of the Arabian Peninsula Iraq (d) Countries and territories of South America (Pacific Iran coast)

ZONE V ZONE VII

(a) Mauritania (a) Afghanistan Senegal Pakistan Guinea India (including Bhutan and Sikkim) Ivory Coast Nepal Dahomey Ceylon Togo Bangladesh Mali Burma Upper Volta Islands of the Indian Ocean (other than Madagascar, Niger the Comoro Archipelago and Mauritius) Central African Republic Congo (Brazzaville) (b) Thailand Chad Cambodia Gabon Laos Cameroon Japan Zaire Indonesia Gambia Malaysia Sierra Leone Philippines Ghana Nigeria (c) Other countries and territories of Asia and Australasia South West Africa Australia Azores New Zealand