31978R1370

23 . 6. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 166 /31

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1370 /78 of 22 June 1978 fixing in respect of the 1975 crop export refunds for raw tobacco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN enables the refund to be fixed beyond the limits laid COMMUNITIES , down in that Article ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, in view of current export possibilities and of Economic Community, market conditions in the Community, it is appropriate that a refund be granted for certain varieties of the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1975 crop in respect of the countries listed in the 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization Annex hereto ; of the market in raw tobacco ( J ), as last amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular the first Whereas, applying the abovementioned rules and sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 9 (2) criteria to existing conditions in the tobacco market, thereof, and in particular to prices in the Community and on the world market, it follows that the amount of the Whereas by virtue of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) refund and the products and countries in respect of No 727/70 the difference between the world market which it should apply should be as specified in the prices of the products referred tp in Article 1 of that Annex hereto ; Regulation and their prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Raw Tobacco, 326/71 of 15 February 1971 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on raw tobacco and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), the granting of export refunds is to be limited to baled Article 1 tobacco produced from leaf tobacco harvested in the Community ; whereas the refunds must be fixed for The list of varieties of baled tobacco from the 1975 each variety produced in the Community in the light crop in respect of which the export refund provided of the factors indicated in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation for in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 shall (EEC) No 326/71 ; be granted, and the amount of such refund and the Whereas there has been a substantial drop in the third countries of destination for which it shall apply, shall be as shown in the Annex hereto . prices on the world market of tobacco of oriental varie­ ties ; whereas the repercussion of such a drop in prices Article 2 on the competitive position of Community tobacco of the Xanti-Yaka, Perustitza and Erzegovina varieties This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day constitutes, within the meaning of Article 4 of Regula­ following its publication in the Official Journal of tion (EEC) No 326/71 , one of the exceptional cases the European Communities. referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 and accordingly It shall apply until 31 December 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 June 1978 .

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. O OJ No L 39 , 17 . 2. 1971 , p. 1 .

No L 166/32 23 . 6. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 22 June 1978 fixing in respect of the 1975 crop export refunds for raw tobacco

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

15 Xanti-Yakà 0.22 / to all third countries with the excep­ 16 Perustitza 0.22 > tion of Greece, Turkey and Yugos­ lavia 17 0.22 Erzegovina