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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2618/84

of 14 September 1984

amending Regulations (EEC) No 2268/84 and (EEC) No 2278/84 as regards the quantities of butter produced before 2 April 1984 for which the refund has been fixed in advance

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/84 (2), and in particular Article 6 (7) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84 of 31 July 1984 on special sales of intervention butter for export to various destinations and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (3) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2278/84 of 31 July 1984 on the sale at a fixed price of butter to be exported to certain destinations in the form of ghee and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 (4) provide for the sale for export of intervention butter of a certain age at a reduced price; whereas refunds are applicable in the case of these exports;

Whereas, however, it is necessary to prevent operators who applied for export licences entailing the advance-fixing of refunds before 6 April 1984 from claiming the refund applicable to butter produced during the 1983/84 marketing year when the buying-in price was fixed at a higher level; whereas Regulations (EEC) No 2268/84 and (EEC) No 2278/84 should be amended accordingly;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The following Article 7a is hereby added to Regulation (EEC) No 2268/84:

'Article 7a

Export licences entailing the advance-fixing of refunds applied for before 6 April 1984 may not be used for the purposes of the customs formalities relating to exports of the butter referred to in this Regulation.'

Article 2

2. The following Article 13a is hereby added to Regulation (EEC) No 2278/84:

'Article 13a

Export licences entailing the advance-fixing of refunds applied for before 6 April 1984 may not be used for the purposes of the customs formalities relating to exports of the ghee referred to in this Regulation.'

Article 3

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, 14 September 1984.

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 6.

(3) OJ No L 208, 3. 8. 1984, p. 35.

(4) OJ No L 209, 4. 8. 1984, p. 8.