31976R1840

No L 203/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 7. 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1840/76 of 29 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76 laying down protective measures appli­ cable to exports of- fodder products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76 is amended Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No to read as follows : 827/68 of 28 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in certain products listed in Annex II to 'A charge shall be levied on exports to non­ the Treaty (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) member countries of products falling within No 1067/74 (2), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof, heading No 12.09 and subheading 12.10 B of the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Common Customs Tariff. 1067/74 of 30 April 1974 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in dehydrated fodder, as amended The amount of this charge shall be : by Regulation (EEC) No 1420/75 (3), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof, — three units of account per 100 kg for products falling within heading No 12.09 of the Whereas a charge on exports of fodder products was Common Customs Tariff, introduced as a protective measure, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1667/76 of 8 July 1976 (4); — seven Units of account per 100 kg of lucerne, sainfoin, clover, lupines, vetches and similar Whereas, despite the introduction of that charge, large forage products, dehydrated by artificial heat­ quantities of fodder are still being exported to non­ drying, except hay and kale forage and member countries in which prices are, in certain products containing hay, cases, much higher than those recorded for Commu­ — five units of account per 100 kg for the other nity products ; whereas, furthermore, it is to be feared products falling within subheading 12.10 B of that the level of prices ruling in certain non-member the Common Customs Tariff. countries encourages exports of straw, a product which can be substituted for fodder in animal feed ; Article 2 Whereas the supply difficulties as regards feeding­ stuffs which have already arisen in a large area of the Community are likely aggravated by such This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its exports ; whereas, under these circumstances, it is publication in the Official Journal of the European necessary to adjust the amount of the export charge Communities. It shall apply to operations in respect of on fodder and also to introduce a charge on exports of which customs export formalities are completed on or straw, after the day following that of its entry into force .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1976. For the Commission ' P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(!) OJ No L 151 , 30. 6 . 1968 , p. 16. (2) OJ No L 120, 1 . 5. 1974, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 141 , 3 . 6 . 1975, p. 1 . (4 OJ No L 185, 9 . 7. 1976, p. 26 .