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28 . 10 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 297 / 27

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2612 / 76 of 27 October 1976 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 677/76 laying down detailed rules for the applica­ tion of the system for compulsory purchase of skimmed-milk powder

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Regulation ( EEC) No 677/ 76 is hereby amended as shown in the following Articles . 563/76 of 15 March 1976 on the compulsory purchase of skimmed-milk powder held by intervention agen­ cies for use in animal feed ('), and in particular Article Article 2 9 ( 1 ) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 677/76 of The following subparagraph is added at the end of 26 March 1976 laying down rules for the application Article 8 (c) : of the system for compulsory purchase of skimmed­ milk powder provided for in Regulation (EEC) No ' However, the time limit provided for above shall 563/76 (2), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No apply for the first time on 15 August 1976.' 2462/76 (3), provides in Article 8 that for dehydrated fodder the document provided for in Article 6 of Regu­ Article 3 lation (EEC) No 563 /76 is to be submitted, or the secu­ rity provided, at the latest on the fifteenth day following the end of the month in which it left the The following text is added to Article 10 ( 1 ) : dehydration plant ; whereas, in view of the administra­ 'h) without prejudice to the provisions of the fore­ tive difficulties encountered in certain Member States , going paragraphs, on production of the proof that time limit has not always been observed ; whereas that it has been provided after 25 October the time limit in question should therefore be altered ; 1976 .'

Whereas towards the end of the system in question there is a danger that the operations giving rise to the Article 4 provision of a security, and in particular the imports of protein products, may slow down ; whereas in order to avoid a possible shortage of these products in the The second subparagraph of Article 10 (2) is amended to read as follows : Community, the release of the securities provided during the last days of the system should be provided for ; Where the products referred to in the first subparagraph are put into free circulation , either Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No unchanged or after processing, any ' protein certifi­ 677/ 76, the Member States may authorize the import cate' applicable to the product actually put into of products with a view to processing them under a free circulation shall be submitted . system of customs control if these products are intended to be exported wholly or in part in the form When the system laid down in Article 3 of Regula­ of compensatory products ; whereas provision should tion ( EEC) No 563 / 76 comes to an end , Member be made, firstly, for the competent authorities to carry States shall carry out a control on the quantities out a control of the quantities admitted under the authorized under the system laid down in the first above system where such an authorization has been subparagraph . Where , at this control , the holder of given and, secondly, for the measures to be applied the authorization referred to in the first subpara­ where it has not been possible for the goods subject to graph is unable to present again to the competent the above system to be presented for customs clear­ authorities the products which should still come ance ; under the abovementioned system , either unchanged or after processing, . without prejudice Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation to national measures , the holder of the authoriza­ are in accordance with the opinions of all the relevant tion must deliver to the competent authorities the Management Committees, document provided for in Article 6 of Regulation ( EEC) No 563 / 76 certifying the sale and dena­ (') Ol No L fT , 15 . 3 . 1976. p . 18 . (: ) OÌ No L 81 , 17 . 1976; p . 23 . turing of a quantity of skimmed-milk powder (■') OÌ No L r9 , 9 . l (). 1976. p . 25. corresponding to the security which should have

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been provided for the issue of a 'protein certificate Article 5 for that quantity of products which should have been presented again . In the event of the above In the first indent of Article 12 the date of 10 October document not being delivered within the period 1976 is replaced by 29 October 1976. provided for in paragraph 4, an amount equivalent to the amount of the security must be paid by the holder, without prejudice to any outstanding Article 6 arrears of interest due . The amount thus received by the authorities shall be considered as security This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its which is forfeited within the meaning of Article publication in the Official Journal of the European 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 563/76.' Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 October 1976 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission