31975R1435

4. 6 . 75 No L 142/9 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1435/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 3 June 1975

amending Regulations (EEC) No 2637/70 and (EEC) No 2500/73 on the advance fixing of refunds and the period of validity of export licences for milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2472/74 (7) of 30 COMMUNITIES, September 1974 laying down special detailed rules for the export of skimmed-milk powder and butter to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Canada and Mexico is no longer necessary and must Economic Community ; be repealed ; whereas, furthermore, in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2500/73 exports of Emmentaler and Gruyere cheeses to Liechtenstein and Switzerland Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No should be deleted, since no refunds have been fixed 804/68 (! ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ for those exports ; tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in Whereas the market situation in the United States particular Articles 1 3 (3) and 1 7 (4) thereof ; requires that the period of validity of export licences for cheeses exported to zone E should be reduced and Whereas the amounts of the security for export whereas Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2500/73 licences for milk and milk products were fixed by should therefore be adapted ; Article 37 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 (3) of 23 December 1970 on special detailed Whereas the development of the market in skimmed­ rules for the application of the system of import and milk powder and in butter makes it possible to extend export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri­ the period of validity of export licences for those cultural products, as last amended by Regulation products ; whereas Annexes II and IV to Regulation (EEC) No 972/75 (4) ; (EEC) No 2500/73 should therefore be amended accordingly ; Whereas in the present market situation, some of these amounts must be altered in order to encourage Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation exports by reducing the financial burden of traders, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ while enabling the undertaking to export to be carried ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, out during the period of validity of the export licence ;

Whereas, in accordance with Commission Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : (EEC) No 2500/73 (5) of 13 September 1973 on the advance fixing of refunds and the period of validity of export licences for milk and milk products, as last Article 1 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2976/74 (6), the refund cannot be fixed in advance for exports of skim­ med-milk powder and butter to zone E, Canada, The text of Article 37 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No Mexico and Puerto-Rico ; 2637/70 is replaced by the following text :

'2. The amount of the security for export Whereas the system at present applied in the United licences for the products listed in Article 1 of States (zone E) precludes the export of those products Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall, per 100 kg net, to that destination and whereas no refund ' has there­ be : fore been fixed for those exports ; whereas, consequently, it is no longer necessary to list zone E — 0-25 unit of account for products falling within in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2500/73 in tariff subheading 04.01 A of the Common respect of skimmed-milk powder and butter, and the Customs Tariff ; possibility of fixing in advance the refund on exports — 0-50 unit of account for products falling within of those products to countries bordering on zone E tariff subheading 04.01 B of the Common may be reintroduced ; whereas, for the same reasons, Customs Ta-iff ;

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . — 2-00 units of account for products falling (2) OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 . within tariff heading No 04.04 of the (3) OJ No L 283, 29 . 12. 1970 , p . 15 . Common Customs Tariff ; (4) OJ No L 94, 16. 4. 1975, p . 13 . (5 ) OJ No L 258 , 14. 9 . 1973, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 317, 27. 11 . 1974, p. 14. ( 7) OJ No L 264, 1 . 10 . 1974, p. 63 .

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— 3-00 units of account for products falling Article 3 within tariff heading No 04.03 of the Regulation (EEC) No 2472/74 is repealed. Common Customs Tariff ; It shall remain applicable, however, to products for — 1-00 unit of account for other products.' which the customs export formalities were completed before the date of entry into force of this Regulation . Article 2 Article 4 Annexes I, II and IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2500/73 are replaced by the Annexes to this Regulation. This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1975.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 June 1975.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

List of products and destinations for which advance fixing is excluded

(Applicable from 9 June 1975 )

CCT heading No Description Destination

04.04 Zone D

ex 04.04 E I b ) 5 Butterkase, Edam, Fontal, Fontina, Liechtenstein Gouda, Italico, Mimolette, Saint-Paulin, Switzerland Tilsit and other cheeses of a water content calculated by weight of the non­ fatty matter exceeding 52 °/o but not exceeding 67 °/o

ANNEX II

Period of validity of export licences

(Applicable from 9 June 1975 )

Compulsory Period of validiy CCT heading No Description destination (')

( a) 90 days 04.02 A II b ) 1 ex 04.02 A II b ) 2 Milk and cream, in powder or granules, other than in immediate packings of a net capacity of 2-5 kg ( x ) or less and of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding li % (2)

(b) Until the end of the ex 04.04 Cheeses exported to zone E Zone E second month follow­ ing the month in which the licence was issued

(c) Until the end of the ex 04.01 A Milk and cream, fresh, not concentrated Destinations other eleventh month fol­ or sweetened of a fat content, by weight, than countries near lowing the month in not exceeding 6 %>, exported to a desti­ the Community which the licence was nation other than countries near the issued Community (3)

(d) Until the end of the — The other products listed in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC ) fifth month following No 804/68 the month in which the licence was issued

(l) See Article 2 (3). However, in case Annex I excludes advance fixing of refunds for certain products and destinations , the export licence issued for these products makes it compulsory to export to destinations other than those listed in Annex I. (*) See Article 2 (2). (') The following destinations are considered countries near the Community for the purposes of this Regulation : zone D , Austria , Liechten­ stein, Switzerland , Yugoslavia , and the destinations listed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 .

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ANNEX IV

List of products for which the period of validity of an export licence may be extended

( Applicable from 9 June 1975 )

CCT heading No Description Period of extension

04.02 A II b ) 1 Until the end of the twelfth month following the month in which the licence was issued (')

ex 04.02 A II b ) 2 Milk and cream , in powder or granules, Until the end of the twelfth other than in immediate packings of a month following the month net capacity of 2-5 kg or less and of a in which the licence was fat content, by weight, not exceeding issued (*) 11 %>

1) This period of extension does not apply , to licences the period of validity of which has already been exended .