31972R2685

Official Journal of the European Communities 65

No L 289/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.12.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 2685/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 12 December 1972 supplementing Regulation No 121/67/EEC on the advance fixing of export refunds in the pigmeat sector

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­ trade, in particular as regards the period of TIES, validity of the refunds ; whereas it is therefore necessary to make provision for the possibility Having regard to the Treaty establishing the of advance fixing of refunds in the pigmeat European Economic Community , and in sector ; particular Article 43 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament; Article 1 Whereas Article 15 of Council Regulation No 121/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the Article 15 (4) of Regulation No 121/67/EEC common organisation of the market in pigmeat, shall be replaced by the following: as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 'The Council, acting in accordance with the 2/72,2 makes provision for the granting of export refunds in order to safeguard Com­ voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) munity participation in international trade in of the Treaty on a proposal from the pigmeat; Commission, shall adopt general rules for the granting and advance fixing of export Whereas , in order to ensure that Community refunds and the criteria for fixing their exporters may have a certain degree of security amount .' as regards the stability of refunds , the aforesaid Regulations lay cown that in principle they Article 2 shall be fixed periodically; Whereas , nevertheless, experience has shown This Regulation shall enter into force on the that the measures taken do not always offer day following its publication in the Official security sufficient for the requirements of the Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 12 December 1972. For the Council The President P. LARDINOIS

1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1S67, p. 2283/67. 2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 8 .