31972R2688

69 Official Journal of the European Communities

No L 289/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.12.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 2688/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 12 December 1972 supplementing Regulation No 123/67/EEC on the advance fixing of export refunds on poultrymeat

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 refunds in the poultrymeat European Economic Community, and in par­ sector ; ticular Article 43 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Opinion of the European Article 1 Parliament; Whereas Article 9 of Council Regulation Article 9 (2) subparagraph 4 of Regulation No 123/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the No 123 /67/EEC shall be replaced by the common organisation of the market in poul­ following: trymeat, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 ,2 makes provision for the granting 'The Council , acting in accordance with the of export refunds in order to safeguard voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) Community participation in international trade of the Treaty, on a proposal from the in poultrymeat; Commission, shall adopt general rules for the granting and advance fixing of Whereas in order to ensure that Community export refunds and the criteria for fixing exporters may have a certain degree of security their amount .' as regards the stability of refunds , the aforesaid Regulation provides that, in principle, these Article 2 should be fixed periodically; Whereas, nevertheless experience has shown This Regulation shall enter into force on the that the measures taken do not always offer third day following its publication in the security sufficient ior the requirements of the Official 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, 19.6.1967, p. 2301/67. 3 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 8 .