EUR-Lex - 31969R0018 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE 7A SHALL BE ADDED TO REGULATION N 171/67/EEC :

" ARTICLE 7A

1 . THE AMOUNT OF THE REFUND APPLICABLE SHALL BE THAT IN FORCE ON THE DAY OF EXPORTATION .

2 . HOWEVER , SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 3 , THE REFUND APPLICABLE ON THE DAY ON WHICH THE APPLICATION FOR THE EXPORT LICENCE IS LODGED , ADJUSTED ON THE BASIS OF THE THRESHOLD PRICE VALID ON THE DAY OF EXPORTATION , SHALL BE APPLIED , IF THE PARTY CONCERNED SO REQUESTS WHEN APPLYING FOR THE LICENCE , TO EXPORTS EFFECTED NOT LATER THAN THE END OF THE SECOND MONTH FOLLOWING THE MONTH IN WHICH THE APPLICATION WAS LODGED . WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 20 OF REGULATION N 136/66/EEC AND ARTICLE 6 OF REGULATION N 162/66/EEC , THE APPLICATION FOR ADVANCE FIXING OF THE REFUND SHALL BE APPROVED WHEN THREE WORKING DAYS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE APPLICATION WAS LODGED .

3 . A DECISION MAY BE TAKEN , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 38 OF REGULATION N 136/66/EEC , TO ADJUST THE REFUND FIXED IN ADVANCE FOR EXPORTS EFFECTED DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF THE MARKETING YEAR FOLLOWING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE APPLICATION FOR ADVANCE FIXING WAS LODGED ON THE BASIS OF THE THRESHOLD PRICE VALID FOR THE LAST MONTH OF THE LATTER MARKETING YEAR . "

ARTICLE 2

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE 7B SHALL BE ADDED TO REGULATION N 171/67/EEC :

" ARTICLE 7B

THE APPLICATION FOR THE ADVANCE FIXING OF THE REFUND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A DEPOSIT WHICH , EXCEPT IN CASES OF FORCE MAJEURE , SHALL BE FORFEITED IN WHOLE OR IN PART IF EXPORTATION IS NOT EFFECTED WITHIN THE PERIOD SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 7 ( A ) ( 2 ) . "

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY UNTIL THE END OF THE 1968/69 MARKETING YEAR .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 DECEMBER 1968 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

V . LATTANZIO