31977R2666

No L 309 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 2 . 12 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2666/77 of 1 December 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 783/77 fixing in respect of the 1976 crop export refunds for raw tobacco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regu­ COMMUNITIES, lation (EEC) No 727/70 and accordingly enables the refund to be fixed beyond the limits laid down in that Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article ; Economic Community, Whereas it is important for the Community market Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No that the traditional patterns of export of the Kentucky 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization variety to certain countries be maintained ; whereas of the market in raw tobacco ( J), as last amended by for this purpose it is necessary that an export refund the Act of Accession (2), and in particular the first be granted in respect of that product ; sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 9 (2) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas export refunds were fixed in respect of ment Committee for Tobacco, certain varieties of tobacco from the 1976 crop by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 783/77 of 18 April 1977(3 ); HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas since the entry into force of that Regulation there has been a substantial drop in the prices on the Article 1 world market of tobacco of oriental varieties ; whereas the repercussion of such a drop in prices on the The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 783/77 is competitive position of Community tobacco of the replaced by the Annex to this Regulation . Xanti-Yaka, Perustitza and Erzegovina varieties consti­ tutes, within the meaning of Article 4 of Council Article 2 Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 of 15 February 1971 laying down general rules for granting export refunds This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day on raw tobacco and criteria for fixing the amount of following its publication in the Official Journal of such refunds (4), one of the exceptional cases referred the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 December 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 95, 19 . 4. 1977, p. 14. (4) OJ No L 39, 17. 2. 1971 , p. 1 .

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ANNEX

Tobacco from the 1976 crop

Amount Serial Varieties Countries of destination No of refund (u.a./kg)

\ 1 (a) Bad. Geudertheimer 0-28 (b) Forchheimer Havana / All non-member countries 2 Badischer Burley E 0-28 )

11a Burley I 0-21 j All non-member countries lib Maryland 0-21 > with the exception of the \ USA and Canada 12 Kentucky 0-21

14 Beneventano 0-21 All non-member countries

15 Xanti-Yakà 0-23 j All non-member countries v with the exception of 16 Perustitza 0-23 i Greece, Turkey and Yugosla­ 17 Erzegovina 0-23 / via

18 (a) Round Tip 0-70 All non-member countries (b) Scafati with the exception of the USA and Canada (c) Sumatra I