31973R1260

No L 129/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 5 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1260/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 May 1973 fixing the refunds on milk and milk products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it follows from applying the rules and COMMUNITIES, other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1232/73 to the information at present available to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the Commission that the export refunds at present pean Economic Community ; in force in respect of the products listed in the Annex to this Regulation should be altered as shown Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/ in that Annex ; 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (8 ) on Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ the Accession of new Member States to the tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the European Economic Community and the European Management Committee for Milk and Milk Pro­ Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on ducts ; 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 17 (4) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Article 1 Whereas the export refunds on milk and milk pro­ ducts were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC ) The refunds referred to in Article 17 of Regulation No 1232/73 (4 ) ; (EEC) No 804/68 on products exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to the Regulation Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, (EEC) No 1232/73 , are hereby altered, in respect of refunds should be calculated on the basis of an the products listed in the Annex to this Regulation, exchange rate which is based, in the case of curren­ to the amounts shown therein . cies which are floating or whose central rate differs from the official parity, on the effective rate or the Article 2 central rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US dollar, on the change in parity announced This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May on 13 February 1973 ; 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(*) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 . (') OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . 4) OJ No L 126, 12 . 5 . 1973 , p . 18 .

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 15 May 1973 fixing the refunds on milk and milk products exported in the natural state

The following subheading -in the Annex to the Regulation (EEC) No 1232/73 and the corresponding amounts shall read as follows :

Refund CCT (in u.a./100 kg heading Description of goods Code net weight No unless otherwise indicated)

04.01 ex B. III . More than 45 % :

( a) of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 68 % 0400 11 61·89

( b ) of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 68 % 0400 21 92·50