31973R0881

No L 86/ 30 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.3.73

REGULATION (EEC) No 881/73 OF THE COUNCIL

of 26 March 1973

amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 766/68 and 1052/68 relating to sugar, cereals and rice, with reference to the advance fixing of refunds

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , lations ( EEC) No 433 /72 (8 ) and No 1052/68 (9 ) of 23 July 1968 concerning the import and export system for products processed from cereals and from rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ 2728/71 ( 10 ), are not sufficiently precise as regards pean Economic Community ; the said hour of the day by which applications for licences must be lodged ; whereas it is desirable that Having regard to Council Regulation No they be supplemented accordingly ; 120 /67/EEC ( x ), of 13 June 1967 on the common organization of the market in cereals, as last amended by the Act (2) concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 6 (5 ) thereof;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359 / 67/EEC ( 3 ), of 25 July 1967 on the common Article 1 organization of the market in rice, as last amended by the said Act, and in particular Article 17 (5 ) thereof ; The following shall be substituted for Article 11 (2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 766/68 : Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 /67/ EEC ( 4 ) of 18 December 1967 on the '2 . However, the amount of the refund or the common organization of the market in sugar, as last basic amount of the refund in force on the day on amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 174/73 ( 5 ), and in which the application is lodged shall be applied to particular Article 17 (2 ) thereof ; an export transaction to be effected during the validity of the licence , at the request of the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; applicant, such request to be lodged at the same time as the application for a licence , and in any Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2429 /72 (") event before 13.00 hours .' of 21 November 1972 concerning the suspension of the application of the provisions for the advance fixing of levies and export refunds in different sectors of the common organization of the market provides Article 2 for certain measures which specify by what hour of the day applications for licences must be lodged, accompanied by a request for such advance fixing ; The following shall be substituted for Article 7 ( 1 ) and the first sentence of Article 7 (2) of Regulation Whereas Council Regulation No 766/68 (') of 18 ( EEC ) No 1052 / 68 : June 1968 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on sugar, as last amended by Regu­ ' The refund in force on the day on which the application for a licence is lodged shall be applied

O OJ No 117, 19. 6 . 1967, p . 2269/67. ( 2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3 ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p . 1 . (4) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 11 . ( 5) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 1 . (*) Oj No L 53 , 2 . 3 . 1972, p . 1 . ( 6) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p . 1 . (») OJ No L 179 , 25 . 7 . 1968 , p . 8 . ( 7 ) OINoL 143 , 25 . 6. 1968 , p . 6 . ( 10 ) OJ No L 282, 23 . 12 . 1971 , p. 15 .

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to a transaction to be carried out during the threshold price in force during the month of validity of the licence, at the request of the exportation for the basic product or products.' applicant, such request to be lodged at the same time as the application for a licence and in any Article 3 event before 13.00 hours .

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day In the case referred to in the foregoing paragraph following its publication in the Official Journal of the refund shall be adjusted by reference to the the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 26 March 1973 .

For the Council

The President

A. LAVENS