1. 7. 93 Official joumal.of the European Communities No L 159/77 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1708/93 of 30 June 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products, in particular as regards certain agrimonetary aspects 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 ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 2071/92 (%), and in particular Articles 17 and 30 thereof, and to the corresponding provisions of the other regulations on the common organization of the market in agricultural products, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 876/68 of 28 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on milk and milk products and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (}), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1344/86 (), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6 (2) and Article 3 (6) and the corresponding provisions of the other regulations laying down general rules for granting export refunds for agricultural products, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (%), and in particular Articles 6 and 12 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 introduces new agrimonetary arrangements abolishing the monetary compensatory amounts with effect from 1 January 1993; whereas it is necessary to adopt Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1525/92(’), to those new arrangements ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993 on detailed rules for determining and applying the agricultural conversion rates (®) establishes the operative events for the agricultural conversion rates, in particular those applicable to the refunds and advances ; () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64. () O] No L 155, 3. 7. 1968, p. 1. () OJ No L 119, 6. 5. 1986, p. 36. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. ) ( ( ) OJ No L 160, 13. 6. 1992, p. 7. % OJ No L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106. Whereas in the case of advances on refunds under the arrangements for processing or storage prior to export, the commercial objective of the operation is attained once the products are placed under customs control guaranteeing that the processed products or goods will be exported within a specified period; whereas it is necessary there- fore to fix as the operative event for agricultural conver- sion the date of acceptance of the ‘payment declaration’ within the meaning of Article 25 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 ; Whereas for the special cases of victualling and deliveries of catering supplies referred to in Articles 34 and 42 of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87, Article 35 of that Regula- tion lays down a simplified procedure for the calculation of the refunds ; whereas under that procedure, the last day of the month is taken into consideration for deliveries made each month ; whereas that date should .be taken also, under the simplified procedure, as the operative event for the agricultural conversion rate ; Whereas for reasons of clarity Article 20 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 should be amplified ; Whereas some of these measures must be applied with effect from 1 July 1993 which is the date of entry into force of certain provisios of Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the relevant Mana- gement Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 20 (2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. The part of the refund referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated : (a) in the case of exports where the refund has not been fixed in advance: at the lowest rate applicable on the date of accep- tance of the export declaration, on condition that different rates are applicable for all non-member countries for the products concerned;