31980R0712

27. 3 . 80 No L 81 / 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 712/80 of 26 March 1980 fixing in respect of the 1979 crop export refunds for raw tobacco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas, in view of current export possibilities and of COMMUNITIES, market conditions in the Community, it is appropriate that a refund be granted for certain varieties of the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1979 crop in respect of the countries listed in the Economic Community, Annex hereto ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, applying the abovementioned rules and 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco ('), as last amended by criteria to existing conditions in the tobacco market, and in particular to prices in the Community and on Regulation (EEC) No 1 579/79 (2), and in particular the the world market, it follows that the amount of the first sentence of the third subparagraph of Article 9 (2) thereof, refund and the products and countries in respect of which it should apply should be as specified in the Whereas, by virtue of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) Annex hereto ; No 727/70, the difference between the world market prices of the products referred to in Article 1 of that Whereas the Management Committee for Raw Regulation and their prices within the Community Tobacco has not delivered an opinion within the time may be covered by an export refund ; limit set by its chairman, Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 of 15 February 1971 laying down general rules HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : for granting export refunds on raw tobacco and 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 1979 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 ; whereas the repercussion of such a drop in prices on the competi­ tive position of Community tobacco constitutes, Article 2 within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 326/71 , one of the exceptional cases referred to in This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation following its publication in the Official Journal of (EEC) No 727/70 and accordingly enables the refund the European Communities. to be fixed beyond the limits laid down in that Article ; It shall apply until 31 March 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 1980. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(•) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 189, 27. 7. 1979, p. 1 . P) OJ No L 39, 17. 2. 1971 , p. 1 .

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ANNEX

Amount Serial Varieties of refund Countries of destination No (ECU/kg)

la Badischer Geudertheimer 0-34 ) lb Forchheimer Havanna 0-34 ) to all third countries J 2 Badischer Burley E 0-34 8 Burley I 0-30 ( to all third countries with the excep­ 9 Maryland 0-30 tion of the USA and Canada 7 10 Kentucky 0-34 12 Beneventano 0-34 to all third countries 13 Xanti-Yakà 0-34 ) to all third countries with the excep­ 14 Perustitza 0-34 tion of Greece, Turkey and Yugo slavia 15 0-34 Erzegovina 16 (a) Round Tip \ to all third countries with the excep­ 0-72 (b) Scafati / tion of the USA and Canada (c) Sumatra I '