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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1124/77

OF 27 MAY 1977

REDEFINING THE DESTINATION ZONES FOR EXPORT REFUNDS OR LEVIES AND FOR CERTAIN EXPORT LICENCES FOR CEREALS AND RICE

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3138/76 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 12 ( 2 ) , 16 ( 6 ) AND 19 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1418/76 OF 21 JUNE 1976 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN RICE ( 3 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 17 ( 6 ) AND 21 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 306/76 OF 12 FEBRUARY 1976 REDEFINING THE DESTINATION ZONES FOR EXPORT REFUNDS OR LEVIES ON CEREALS AND RICE ( 4 ) DEFINED ZONES WHICH WERE DISTINGUISHED ACCORDING TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MARKETS IN CEREALS , FLOUR AND RICE ;

WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 9A ( 1 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2042/75 OF 25 JULY 1975 ON SPECIAL DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM OF IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES FOR CEREALS AND RICE ( 5 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2824/76 ( 6 ) , THE GEOGRAPHICAL GROUPINGS REFERRED TO IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 306/76 HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO MALT EXPORT LICENCES WITH A LONG PERIOD OF VALIDITY ; WHEREAS THE GEOGRAPHICAL GROUPINGS CURRENTLY SET OUT IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 306/76 HAVE PROVED UNSUITABLE FOR THE PARTICULAR NATURE OF THE MALT MARKET ; WHEREAS A SET OF ZONES SHOULD BE LAID DOWN SPECIFICALLY FOR MALT ;

WHEREAS IN THE INTERESTS OF CLARITY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 306/76 SHOULD BE REPEALED AND THE MEASURES CONTAINED THEREIN RE-ENACTED IN THIS REGULATION ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR CEREALS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE DESTINATION ZONES TO BE USED FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF EXPORT REFUNDS OR LEVIES SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN ANNEX I HERETO IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ARTICLE 1 ( A ) , ( B ) AND ( C ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 AND IN ARTICLE 1 ( A ) AND ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1418/76 .

ARTICLE 2

THE DESTINATION ZONES TO BE USED FOR EXPORT LICENCES ISSUED UNDER ARTICLE 9A OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2042/75 SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN ANNEX II HERETO .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JUNE 1977 .

REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 306/76 IS HEREBY REPEALED .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 MAY 1977 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 354 , 24 . 12 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 166 , 25 . 6 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 38 , 13 . 2 . 1976 , P . 14 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 213 , 11 . 8 . 1975 , P . 5 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 325 , 24 . 11 . 1976 , P . 5 .

ANNEX I

ZONE I

( A ) LIBYA

EGYPT

ISRAEL

LEBANON

SYRIA

CYPRUS

TURKEY

( B ) MOROCCO

ALGERIA

TUNISIA

( C ) JORDAN

( D ) MALTA

YUGOSLAVIA

GREECE

ALBANIA

ZONE II

( A ) POLAND

SOVIET UNION ( BALTIC PORTS )

( B ) NORWAY

SWEDEN

FINLAND

FAROE ISLANDS

ICELAND

ZONE III

( A ) CZECHOSLOVAKIA

HUNGARY

( B ) ROMANIA

BULGARIA

SOVIET UNION ( BLACK SEA PORTS )

ZONE IV

( A ) MEXICO , COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA

( B ) GREATER AND LESSER ANTILLES , BAHAMAS AND BERMUDA

( C ) COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF SOUTH AMERICA ( ATLANTIC COAST )

( D ) COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF SOUTH AMERICA ( PACIFIC COAST )

ZONE V

( A ) MAURITANIA

SENEGAL

GUINEA

IVORY COAST

BENIN

TOGO

MALI

UPPER VOLTA

NIGER

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CONGO

CHAD

CAMEROON

ZAIRE

GAMBIA

SIERRA LEONE

GHANA

NIGERIA

NAMIBIA ( SOUTH WEST AFRICA )

AZORES

MADEIRA

CANARY ISLANDS

SPANISH SAHARA

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS

GUINEA BISSAU

ISLANDS OF THE GULF OF GUINEA

ANGOLA

ST . HELENA AND DEPENDENCIES

LIBERIA

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

( B ) REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

BOTSWANA

LESOTHO

SWAZILAND

ZAMBIA

RHODESIA

MALAWI

MOZAMBIQUE

TANZANIA

KENYA

RWANDA

BURUNDI

UGANDA

SOMALIA

MADAGASCAR

COMOROS

MAURITIUS

ZONE VI

SUDAN

ETHIOPIA

FRENCH TERRITORY OF THE AFARS AND ISSAS

COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

IRAQ

IRAN

ZONE VII

( A ) AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN

INDIA ( INCLUDING SIKKIM )

NEPAL

SRI LANKA

BANGLADESH

BURMA

ISLANDS OF INDIAN OCEAN ( OTHER THAN MADAGASCAR , THE COMOROS AND MAURITIUS )

BHUTAN

( B ) THAILAND

CAMBODIA

LAOS

JAPAN

INDONESIA

MALAYSIA

PHILIPPINES

( C ) OTHER COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

ANNEX II

ZONE A

- ICELAND

- FINLAND

- FAROE ISLANDS

- NORWAY

- SWEDEN

- AUSTRIA

- SWITZERLAND

- LIECHTENSTEIN

- SPAIN

- PORTUGAL

- AZORES

- MADEIRA

- CANARY ISLANDS

- GREECE

- MALTA

- CYPRUS

- TURKEY

ZONE B

- SOVIET UNION

- POLAND

- EAST GERMANY

- CZECHOSLOVAKIA

- HUNGARY

- ROMANIA

- BULGARIA

- YUGOSLAVIA

- ALBANIA

ZONE C

- MOROCCO

- ALGERIA

- TUNISIA

- LIBYA

- EGYPT

- ISRAEL

- LEBANON

- SYRIA

- JORDAN

- IRAQ

- IRAN

- COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA

ZONE D

- OTHER COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF AFRICA INCLUDING ST . HELENA AND DEPENDENCIES , MADAGASCAR , THE COMOROS AND MAURITIUS

ZONE E

- OTHER COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA - ISLANDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN ( OTHER THAN MADAGASCAR , THE COMOROS AND MAURITIUS )

ZONE F

- COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF NORTH AMERICA

ZONE G

- WEST INDIES

- MEXICO , COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA