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20 . 7 . 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 211 / 17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1941 /82 of 19 July 1982 providing for the levying of an amount equal to the accession compensatory amount on certain exports made under a tendering procedure

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN advantageous buying prices to escape payment of the COMMUNITIES, abovementioned amounts, it would breach the prin­ ciple of equal treatment of Community exporters and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European hence impair the proper operation of the common Economic Community, organization of the market ; whereas the situation Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece, should therefore be remedied by levying amounts equal to the accession compensatory amounts on the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 /81 exports in question ; whereas levying of these amounts of 1 January 1981 laying down general rules for the was anticipated by the trade ; system of accession compensatory amounts for cereals ('), and in particular Article 8 ( 1 ) (c) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas, under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No Committee for Cereals, 1 /81 , provision may be made for the levying of an amount, not exceeding the accession compensatory amount, on exports from Greece to non-member HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : countries of products for which an accession compen­ satory amount to be deducted from the refund has Article 1 been fixed, in cases where no export refund has in fact been fixed ; An amount of 23-20 ECU per tonne shall be levied on durum wheat exported under the tendering procedure Whereas tenders accepted between 17 March and 31 opened by Decision 82/ 173/ EEC . May 1982 under the tendering procedure opened by Commission Decision 82/ 173/ EEC (2) in respect of the Article 2 export of durum wheat held by the Greek intervention agency, anticipated payment of the accession compen­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day satory amount although export refunds for durum following its publication in the Official Journal of the wheat had not been fixed since 26 March 1982 and no European Communities. provision had been made for levying the said compen­ It shall apply to customs export formalities completed satory amount ; before 1 August 1982 for durum wheat on the basis of Whereas, since the situation as indicated above would tenders for export accepted between 17 March and 31 enable operators who had already benefited from very May 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(•) OJ No L 1 , 1 . 1 . 1981 , p . 1 . 2 OJ No L 78 , 24. 3 . 1982, p . 25 .