OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 861
NoL184/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.8.72
REGULATION (EEC)No1759/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of11August1972
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1558/71layingdownprotectivemeasuresapplicable
toimportsoftomatoconcentrates
guaranteecompliancewithacertainlevelofimport
priceswithintheCommunity ,andthoseimported
fromGreece,shouldnotbetakenintoaccountwhen
thereferencequantitiesreferredtoinArticle3of
Regulation (EEC)No1558/71arebeingdetermined ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthesecond
subparagraph ofArticle1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1558/71:
'Thelicenceshallbeissuedforimportstobe
effectedduringthemonthforwhichitwasdrawn
up.Itmay,however,coverthemonthpreceding
orthemonthfollowingthemonthinquestionin
respectofthequantityforwhichitwasissued.It
shallbevalidforimportstobeeffectedinthe
MemberStatewhichissuedit.'THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
865/681of28June1968onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinproductsprocessed
fromfruitandvegetables,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1425/712;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1427/713of2July1971introducingprotective
measuresforproductsprocessedfromfruitand
vegetables,andinparticularArticle1(2)thereof;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle1(2)of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1558/714of20
July1971layingdownprotectivemeasuresapplicable
toimportsoftomatoconcentrates,importlicences
areonlyvalidforthemonthforwhichtheywere
issued;whereastheselicencesmay,however,cover
thefortnightprecedingandthefortnightfollowing
themonthinquestion;whereas,inviewof
international tradepractice,thisperiodofvalidity
shouldbeextended;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1558/71
providesthattheMemberStatesshallnotifythe
Commissionatregularintervalsofthequantitiesfor
whichlicenceshavebeenappliedfor;whereas,so
thattheCommissioncanbekeptcloselyinformedof
theapplicationoftheprotectivemeasures,provision
shouldalsobemadeforthequantitiesforwhichthe
licenceswereissuedtobenotified;
Whereasitshouldbespecifiedthatquantities
importedfromthirdcountrieswhicharepreparedtoArticle2
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle2(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1558/71:
'1.AttheendofeachweekMemberStates
shallnotifytheCommissionbytelexof:
—thequantities,shownforeachmonth,in
respectofwhichimportlicenceshavebeen
appliedforduringtheweek;
—thequantities,shownforeachmonth,in
respectofwhichimportlicenceshavebeen
issuedduringtheweek.'
Article3
ThefollowingsubparagraphshallbeaddedtoArticle
3ofRegulation (EEC)No1558/71:
'Importsfromcountriesfulfillingtheconditions
ofArticle1(4)andfromcountriesforwhichthe1OJNoL153,1.7.1968,p.8.
2OJNoL151,7.7.1971,p.1.
3OJNoL151,7.7.1971,p.5.
4OJNoL164,22.7.1971,p.14.

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Commissionhasestablishedasystemofminimum
importpricesshallnotbetakenintoaccount
whenthereferencequantityisbeingdetermined.'
Article4ofminimumimportpricesshallbeexcludedwhen
theseaveragequantitiesarebeingcalculated .
Importlicencescorresponding tothese
applicationsshallbeissuedwithintenworking
daysfollowingthelodgingoftheapplicationsand
inthechronological orderinwhichtheywere
lodged.Oneandthesameapplicantmaynotbe
allottedquantitiesexceeding2%oftheaverage
quantitiesofproductsimportedintotheMember
Stateandmentionedinthepreceding
subparagraph .'
Article5ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle4of
Regulation (EEC)No1558/71:
'Whenapplicationsforlicencesaremadeby
personswhohavenotimportedtheproductsin
questionintotheCommunityduringtheperiod
1968-70,theseapplicationsshall,bywayof
derogationfromtheabovementioned provisions,
begrantedinrespectofnotmorethan5%ofthe
averagequantitiesofproductsimportedintothe
MemberStateandconveyedtotheauthoritiesof
thelatterineachmonthof1968,1969and1970,v
corresponding tothosespecifiedinthe
application .Importsfromcountriesfulfillingthe
conditionsofArticle1(4)andfromcountriesfor
whichtheCommissionhasestablishedasystemArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1738/71ishereby
repealed.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11August1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT