31976R2053

20 . 8 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 228 / 15

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2053/76 of 19 August 1976 amending for the third time Regulation (EEC) No 2044/75 as regards the period of validity of export certificates for certain milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN certain cases, this period of validity may be extended COMMUNITIES , until the end of the ninth month following the month of issue to take account of trade practices 7 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : particular Articles 13 (3) and 17 (4) thereof, Article 1 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2044/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for the appli­ Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2044/75 is replaced cation of the system of import and export licences by Annex II to this Regulation . and the advance fixing of refunds in respect of milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation Article 2 (EEC) No 887/76 (4), provides that export certificates for milk powder of a fat content not exceeding 1 1 % This Regulation shall enter into force on the day shall be valid until the end of the fifth month following its publication in the Official Journal of following the month of issue ; whereas, however, in the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 August 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(■) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . (3) OJ No L 213, 11 . 8 . 1975 , p. 15 . (4) OJ No L 101 , 15 . 4. 1976, p. 34 .

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ANNEX II

Period of validity of export certificates

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

(a) Until the end of the ex 04.01 A Milk and cream , fresh, not concentrated or Destinations other than 11th month following sweetened, of a fat content, by weight, not countries near the Commu­ the month of issue exceeding 6 % , exported to a destination nity (2) other than countries near the Commu­ nity (2 )

(b) Until the end of the 04.02 A II a) 1 Milk and cream , in powder or granules, of — ninth month following ex 04.02 A II a) 2 a fat content, by weight, not exceeding the month of issue 04.02 A II b) 1 11 % ex 04.02 A II b) 2

(c) Until the end of the ex 04.04 Cheeses exported to Zone E Zone E second month following the month of issue

(d) Until the end of the The other products listed in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No fifth month following 804/ 68 the month of issue

(') See Article .5 (4). However, where Annex I excludes advance fixing for certain products and destinations, the issue of a certificate for such products shall make it obligatory to export to a destination other than those indicated in Annex I. (2) The following destinations are considered countries near the Community for the purposes of this Regulation : Zone D, Austria, Liechtenstein , Switzerland, Yugoslavia , and the destinations referred to in Article .? of Regulation ( EEC) No 1 92/ 75 .