31974R0344

No L 40/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 2 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 344/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 February 1974 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 3348 /73 concerning the levying of a tax on the exportation of certain goods covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (a) (2) of Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion (EEC) No 1059/69, the Member States have been consulted about this measure, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 (^ of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade Article 1 arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, as last The following shall be added to the Annex to Regula­ amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No tion (EEC) No 3348 /73 : 1491 /73 (2), and in particular Article 9(a) thereof ;

CCT Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3348/73 heading No Description of 12 December 1973 concerning the levying of a tax on the exportation of certain goods covered by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1059/69 (3) created an export tax ; ex 18.06 A Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the addition of sucrose, with Whereas it is necessary to add to the list of goods to the exception of preparations which are close wrapped in immediate packings of which this tax is applied the goods covered by a net capacity of 2-5 kg or less subheading No 18.06 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;

Whereas it appears appropriate, in order to take into Article 2 account the interests of the sugar processing industry, to exclude from the application of this tax prepara­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day tions which are close wrapped in immediate packings following its publication in the Official Journal of of a net capacity of 2-5 kg or less ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 February 1974.

For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(!) OJ No L 141 , 12. 6 . 1969 , p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 151 , 7 . 6 . 1973, p . 1 . (3) OJ No L 342, 13 . 12. 1973 , p . 16 .