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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 156 , 14 . 6 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 65 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 100 , 14 . 4 . 1976 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1603/78

OF 7 JULY 1978

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2744/75 ON THE IMPORT AND EXPORT SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM CEREALS AND FROM RICE

THE COUNCIL 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 1254/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2744/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE IMPORT AND EXPORT SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM CEREALS AND FROM RICE ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 832/76 ( 4 ) LAYS DOWN IN PARTICULAR GENERAL RULES ON THE GRANTING OF EXPORT REFUNDS FOR PROCESSED PRODUCTS ;

WHEREAS THESE RULES PROVIDE FOR THE REFUNDS TO BE FIXED ONCE PER MONTH ; WHEREAS IT HAS APPEARED NECESSARY AS FAR AS MALT IS CONCERNED , A PRODUCT WHOSE MARKET SHOWS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF CEREALS AND OF FLOURS , TO BE ABLE TO FIX THE REFUNDS MORE FREQUENTLY AND THUS TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW MORE CLOSELY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD MARKET ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 6 ( 6 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2744/75 :

' HOWEVER , FOR PRODUCTS FALLING UNDER HEADING NO 11.07 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , REFUNDS SHALL BE FIXED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH . '

ARTICLE 2

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

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 7 JULY 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

H . D . GENSCHER