31976R0306

No L 38 / 14 13 . 2. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 306/76

of 12 February 1976

redefining the destination zones for export refunds or levies on cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 941 /72 of COMMUNITIES, 5 May 1972 redefining the destination zones for export refunds on cereals and rice ( u), grouped importing countries into a number of zones with parti­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European cular regard to their geographical position and the Economic Community, characteristics of the market for the various products ; whereas subsequent experience has shown that the geographical groupings should again be revised to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No incorporate new countries ; whereas, moreover, a revi­ 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ sion was necessary because of changes in the names of tion of the market in cereals (J), as amended by Regula­ certain countries ; whereas the destination zones tion (EEC) No 3058/75 (2) and in particular Articles should therefore be completely redefined and brought 1 6 (6) and 1 9 (3) thereof, up to date ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/EEC Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation of 25 July 1967 on the common organization of the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ market in rice (3), as last amended by Regulation ment Committee for Cereals, (EEC) No 668/75 (4) and in particular Articles 17(6) and 21 (3) thereof,

Whereas, under Article 16(2) of Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2727/75, Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2746/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on cereals and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (5), and Article 1 Article 3 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2747/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market being The destination zones to be used for the differentia­ disturbed (6), the export refund or levy on cereals and tion of export refunds or levies shall be as set out in on wheat or rye flour, groats and meal may be. varied the Annex in respect of products listed in Article 1 (a), according to destination ; (b) and (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation No 359/67/ EEC. Whereas under Article 17(2) of Regulation No 359/ 67/EEC, Article 5 of Council Regulation No 366/ 67/EEC of 25 July 1967 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on rice and criteria for fixing Article 2 the amount of such refunds (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 478/75 (8), and in Article 3 (3) of This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 February Council Regulation (EEC) No 2737/73 of 8 October 1976 . 1973 laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the rice market being disturbed (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 477/75 (10), the Regulation (EEC) No 941 /72 is hereby repealed., export refund or levy on rice may be varied according However, it shall continue to apply to exports carried to destination : out using a certificate with advance fixing of the refund or levy and issued as a result of : 0 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 306, 26. 11 . 1975, p. 3 . (3) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . — tenders lodged before 20 February 1976 under invi­ (4) OJ No L 72, 20. 3. 1975, p. 18. tations to tender for the export levy and/or refund, (5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 78 . (6) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 82. — applications lodged before 20 February 1976 in (7) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 34. other cases . (8) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 34. H OJ No L 282, %, 10 . 1973, p. 13 . ( ,0) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 33 . (») OJ No L 107, 6. 5. 1972, p. 10.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 February 1976.

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

ZONE I Ghana Nigeria (a) Libya Namibia (South West Africa) Egypt Azores Israel Madeira Lebanon Canary Islands Syria Spanish Sahara Cyprus Cape Verde Islands Turkey Guinea Bissau (b) Morocco Islands of the Gulf of Guinea Algeria Angola Tunisia St. Helena and dependencies Liberia \ (c) Jordan Equatorial Guinea (d) Malta (b) Republic of South Africa Yugoslavia Botswana Greece Lesotho Albania Swaziland Zambia ZONE II Rhodesia (a) Poland Malawi Soviet Union (Baltic ports) Mozambique Tanzania (b) Norway Sweden Kenya Rwanda Finland Burundi Faroe Islands Iceland Uganda Somalia Madagascar ZONE III Comoros Mauritius (a) Czechoslovakia Hungary ZONE VI (b) Romania Bulgaria Sudan Soviet Union (Black Sea ports) Ethiopia French Territory of the Afars and Issas ZONE IV Countries and territories of the Arabian Peninsula Iraq (a) Mexico, countries and territories of Central America Iran (b) Greater and Lesser Antilles, Bahamas and Bermuda ZONE VII (c) Countries and territories of South America (Atlantic coast) (d) Countries and territories of South America (Pacific coast) (a) Afghanistan Pakistan ZONE V India (including Sikkim) Nepal (a) Mauritania Sri Lanka Senegal Bangladesh Guinea Burma Ivory Coast Islands of the Indian Ocean (other than Madagascar, the Benin Comoros and Mauritius) Togo Bhutan Mali (b) Thailand Upper Volta Cambodia Niger Laos Central African Republic Japan Congo Indonesia Chad Gabon Malaysia Cameroon Philippines Zaïre (c) Other countries and territories of Asia and Australasia Gambia Australia Sierra Leone New Zealand