NoL321/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.11.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3149/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of21November1973
amendingRegulation (EEC)No133/73asregardstheperiodofvalidityofexport
licencesforcereals
ofexports;whereasitisconsequentlynecessaryto
increasetheperiodofvaliditysoastofacilitatethe
conclusionofimportantbusinesstransactions ;
whereas,nevertheless ,caremustbetakeninview
ofthesituationontheworldmarket,whichisnot
yetentirelystable;whereasitisnotnowopportune
tore-adopttheperiodofvalidityofexportli­
cencesaslaiddowninArticle21(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2637/70(8);whereas,therefore,aperiod
ofvalidityshouldbelaiddownwhichisadaptedto
thesituationandtakesaccountontheonehandof
Communityinterestsgenerallyandontheother
handoftheparticularnatureofdifferentproducts;
Whereasthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle1(1)
ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No133/73was
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2856/73asregards
theperiodofvalidityofexportlicencesforrice;
whereasintheinterestsofclaritythisamendment
shouldbeappliedtothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegu­
lationareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/67/
EEC(*)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketsincereals,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparticular
Article12(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/67/
EEC(3)of25July1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedbythe
ActofAccession(4),andinparticularArticle10(2)
thereof;
WhereasunderArticle1(1)ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No133/73(5)of19January1973,dero­
gatingfromRegulation (EEC)No2637/70as
regardstheperiodofvalidityofexportlicencesfor
cerealsandrice,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2856/73(8)theexportlicenceforproducts
referredtoinArticle1(a)and1(b)ofRegulation
No120/67/EECisvalidfor30daysfromthedate
ofissuewithinthemeaningofArticle8(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1373/70;whereasthisprovision
hadbeenaddedtoRegulation (EEC)No133/73by
Regulation (EEC)No1455/73(7);whereassucha
periodofvalidityisespeciallyjustifiedinthatit
helpstoavoidasfaraspossiblethepresentinsta­
bilityoftheworldmarketaffectingthemarketingof
thenewharvestintheCommunity ;
Whereasthetendencyontheworldmarkethas,for
sometime,beenforthesituationtocorrectitself;
whereasitseemsthat,inthepresentstateofthe
internalmarketoftheCommunity ,certainquan­
titiesofcerealsareavailableforexport;whereasthe
validityperiodof30daysofexportlicencesforthe
productsconcernedonlyallowsforalimitedflowHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Article1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No133/73is
replacedbythefollowing :
'1.BywayofderogationfromArticle21(1)
ofRegulation (EEC)No2637/70,exportlicences
forproductsreferredtointhisparagraphshall
bevalidfromthedateofissuewithinthemean­
ingofArticle8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1373/70untiltheendofthesecondfollowing
month.
BywayofderogationfromArticle22(1)and
22(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2637/70,export
licencesforproductsreferredtointhosepara­
graphsshallbevalidforthirtydaysfollowing
theirdateofissuewithinthemeaningofArticle
8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1373/70'.0)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(•)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(3)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(4)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(•)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.22.
(•)OJNoL293,20.10.1973,p.24.
C)OJNoL144,31.5.1973,p.73. (8)OJNoL283,29.12.1970,p.15.

22.11.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL321/15
Article2 Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
Regulation (EEC)Nos1455/73and2856/73areofitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
repealed. peanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI