31974R1708

No L 180/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 7 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1708 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 July 1974 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 1661 /73 laying down detailed rules for the appli­ cation of Regulation ( EEC) No 228 /73 laying down general rules for the system of compensatory amounts for fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Treaty (') concerning the acces­ sion of new Member States to the European Economic Article 1 Community and the European Atomic Energy Community , signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972 ; An Article la as follows is inserted in Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No ( EEC) No 1661 / 73 : 228 /73 ( 2 ) of 31 January 1973 laying down general ' Article hi rules for the system of compensatory amounts for fruit 1 . In the case of apples other than cider apples and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) originating in a Member State or in a third No 1428 /74 (-'), and in particular Article 9 thereof ; country, imported into a new Member State and Whereas Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC) No 228 /73 re-exported to a Member State or to a third provides that the detailed rules for granting, levying country during the month of August or September and collecting compensatory amounts must be such as a compensatory amount shall be granted on re­ to avoid deflection of trade ; exportation only if a compensatory amount was levied on the initial importation . Whereas as regards apples deflection of trade may occur in respect of consignments traded on dates on 2 . Proof that the amount referred to in para­ or about those on which compensatory amounts take graph 1 was in fact levied shall be provided by effect ; whereas in order to avoid any such deflection .production of the customs import document .' it should be provided that in the event of the re-exportation during the months of August and Article 2 September of apples imported into a new Member State, the compensatory amount applicable is to be This Regulation shall enter into force on the day paid only on presentation of proof that a compensa­ following its publication in the Official Journal of tory amount was levied on importation ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 2 July 1974 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xnvier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (*) OJ No L 27, I. 2. 1973 , p. 20 . b) OJ No L 151 , 8 . 6. 1974, p. 2.