31976R0337

No L 42/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 2. 76

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 337/76 of 17 February 1976 temporarily including butteroil in the list of processed products covered by the system of advance payment of refunds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3352/75 COMMUNITIES, of 23 December 1975 prohibiting the use of inward processing arrangements in respect of butter (5), permits the import of butter under such arrangements until 16 February 1976 ; whereas the time limit for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, processing this product is in practice six months ;

Whereas when fixing the period during which Article Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 441 /69 may be used for 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization processing butter into butteroil, account should be of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last taken of the period during which the products may amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), remain under the system specified in the said Article 2 ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 441 /69 of 4 March 1969 laying down additional are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ general rules for granting export refunds on products ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, subject to a single price system, exported unprocessed or in the form of certain goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 181 /72 (4), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 2(3) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 441 /69 concerns processed products or goods derived from the processing or manufacture of Article 1 the basic products covered by the system of advance payment of refunds set up by that Regulation ; In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 441 /69, the whereas the second subparagraph of Article 2 (3) thereof empowers the Commission to review and following heading shall be inserted after the one amend as necessary this list in line with the criteria relating to CCT heading No 04.02 : fixed in paragraph 2 of the said Article ; CCT heading Description of goods No Whereas exports of butteroil manufactured under inward processing arrangements during the previous ex 04.03 Butter of a fat content, by weight, year have been in a proportion greatly exceeding exceeding 99-5 % 10 % of the total Community exports of the said product ;

Whereas the export of Community butteroil has Article 2 almost stopped because of the difficulties of disposing of butteroil on the world market, whereas it is neces­ sary to put manufacturers of Community butter into This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal butteroil in the same position as manufacturers using of the European Communities. the inward processing arrangements ;

(>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 . This Regulation shall expire on 31 March 1976. (2) OJ No L 74, 22. 3. 1975, p. 1 . (J) OJ No L 59, 10 . 3 . 1969, p. 1 . («) OJ No L 130, 7. 6. 1972, p. 15. (5) OJ No L 330, 24. 12. 1975, p. 28 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 February 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDIN^IS Member of the Commission