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29 . 12 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 340/37

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2917 / 77 of 28 December 1977 on transitional measures concerning the application of monetary compensatory amounts to certain products in the cereals sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN another Member State or to a non-member COMMUNITIES, country, proof must be provided :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — either that the durum wheat exported or used Economic Community, for the manufacture of products falling within subheading 1 1 .02 A I a) was harvested in the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No exporting Member State, 974/71 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture — or that, prior to export, customs import formali­ following the temporary widening of the margins of ties for the products in question were fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member completed in the exporting Member State on or States ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No after 2 January 1978 . 557/76 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2604/77 2 . In the case of products imported into Member of 25 November 1977 (3) introduced monetary States whose currencies have depreciated after compensatory amounts for durum wheat and the dispatch from another Member State , the monetary products derived therefrom ; compensatory amount shall be granted only where the document attesting that the products in ques­ Whereas the introduction of these amounts leads to a tion are Community products bears one of the considerable change in the terms of trade for the following entries, authenticated by the office of products concerned ; whereas in view of this change departure : there could be speculation in the products in question thus giving rise to deflection of trade and distortion of 'Monetary compensatory amount applied in the competition ; Member State of departure — Regulation (EEC) No 2917/77'; Whereas, to prevent such unwanted developments, it should be laid down that for a certain period no mone­ 'Monetair compenserend bedrag van toepassing in tary compensatory amount is to be granted on certain de Lid-Staat van vertrek — Verordening (EEG) nr. exports and imports ; 2917/ 77';

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 'Währungsausgleichsbetrag im Abgangsmitglied­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ staat angewandt — Verordnung (EWG) Nr. ment Committee for Cereals, 2917/77' ;

' Importo compensativo monetario applicato nello Stato membro di partenza — Regolamento (CEE) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : n . 2917/77';

'Monetære udligningsbeløb anvendt i afgangsmed­ Article I lemsstaten — forordning (E0F) nr. 2917/77';

'Montant compensatoire monétaire applique dans By way of derogation from the Regulations fixing the l'État membre de depart — Règlement (CEE) n° monetary compensatory amounts, the amounts fixed 2917/77'. for the products falling within subheadings 10.01 B and 11.02 A I a) of the Common Customs Tariff shall be granted under the terms set out below.

1 . In the case of products exported from Member Article 2 States whose currencies have appreciated to

(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 January (3) OJ No L 302, 26. 11 . 1977, p. 40 . 1978 . It shall apply until 28 February 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 December 1977 . For the Council

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President