31977R2792

16 . 12 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 321 / 29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2792/77 of 15 December 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2604/77 introducing monetary compensatory amounts in respect of durum wheat and the products derived therefrom

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas on these grounds Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 2604/77 must be amended ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has Economic Community, not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture following the temporary widening of the margins of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member States ( } ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No Article 1 557/76 (2 ), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2604/77 The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 2 of 25 November 1977 introducing monetary compen­ of Regulation (EEC) No 2604/77 : satory amounts in respect of durum wheat and the 'On application in writing by the party concerned, products derived therefrom (3) provides that these this Regulation shall not apply to operations amounts are to be applied to the products in question carried out under cover of a certificate fixing the after the expiry of a transitional period, namely, with export refund or the import levy in advance in effect from 2 January 1978 ; whereas , in order to deal respect of which the application was lodged prior better with certain situations, all parties concerned to 26 November 1977 .' who have fixed the export refund or import levy in advance should be permitted to carry out the relevant operations without having to pay monetary compensa­ Article 2 tory amounts ; whereas, however, this entitlement should be limited to those cases where it was not This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its known at the time of the advance fixing that the said publication in the Official Journal of the European amounts were to be reintroduced ; Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 15 December 1977 .

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(!) OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 302, 26 . 11 . 1977, p. 40 .