26.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/49
REGULATION (EEC)No469/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
ontransitionalmeasurestobetakeninviewofAccessionwithregardtoprovisionsfor
implementing thesystemsofimportlevies,exportrefunds,exportlicencesandadvance
fixingcertificates
1February1973,willhaveundergonecustoms
formalitiesforexportationorwillhavebeenplaced
underoneofthesystemsreferredtoinArticles2and
3ofRegulationNo441/69(3)of4March1969laying
downadditionalgeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonproductssubjecttoasinglepricesystem,
exportedunprocessedorintheformofcertain
goodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1181/72(4),but
willnothavebeenimportedbythatdateintoanew
MemberState;whereasprovisionshouldbemade
forproductsexportedfromtheCommunity as
originallyconstitutedtoanewMemberStatetobe
subjectinthenewMemberStatetothelevyapplicable
toproductsimportedfromthirdcountrieswherethe
exportrefundhasbeenpaidinrespectoftheseproducts
intheMemberStateofdeparture;whereasprovision
shouldbemadeforsimilarmeasuresforproducts
exported,underthesameconditions,fromonenew
MemberStatetoanothernewMemberStateorto
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManagement
CommitteesforCereals,forPoultrymeatandEggs,
forOilsandFats,forSugar,forMilkandMilk
Products,forBeefandVeal,andforProductsprocessed
fromFruitandVegetables ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(1)concerningtheAcces­
sionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEco­
nomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community ,signedatBrusselson22January1972,
andinparticularArticle63(1)oftheAct(2)annexed
thereto;
WhereasitfollowsfromtheActconcerningtheCon­
ditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustments tothe
Treatiesthat,asfrom1February1973,itwillnolonger
bepossibletouseimportlicences,exportlicences,and
advancefixingcertificatesintradeinagriculturalpro­
ductsbetweentheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
andthenewMemberStates;
WhereasthenoticepublishedbytheCommissionin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities of
15July1972(NoC77)drawstheatentionofimporters
andexporterstotheconsequences oftheActconcer­
ningtheconditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustments
totheTreatiesasregardstheuseoftheafore­
mentionedlicencesandcertificates;
Whereasitispossible,however,thatimportersand
exportersmay,beforethisnoticewasbroughtto
theirattention,haveappliedingoodfaithforlicences
andcertificatesforeffectingexportstothenew
MemberStatesafter31January1973;whereas,to
avoiddifficulties,transitionalmeasuresshouldbe
takentoenabletheseexportstobeeffectedunderthe
conditionslaiddownbytheadvancefixing;
WhereastheprovisionsoftheActconcerningthe
ConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustmentstothe
Treatiesapplytoagriculturalproductsonlyfrom1
February1973;whereastheexistingprovisionson
thesystemsoflevies,refunds,exportlicencesand
advancefixingcertificatesshouldbeadjustedtotake
accountofthesituationofproductswhich,beforeHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Exportlicencesinvolvingadvancefixingoftherefund
andadvancefixingcertificatesissuedwithinthe
meaningofArticle8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1373/70before18July1972andbearinganexpiry
datelaterthan31January1973maybeusedinthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedtoeffectexports
tothenewMemberStatesuptotheirdateofexpiry,
whichmaynot,however,belaterthan30June1973.
Exportseffectedinaccordancewiththeprovisions
ofthefirstsubparagraph shallenjoytheadvantages
OOJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.(3)OJNoL59,10.3.1969,p.3.
(4)OJNoL130,7.6.1972,p.15.

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conferredbylicencesandcertificatesandshallbe
subjectonimportationintothenewMemberStates
toarrangementsapplicabletoproductsimportedfrom
thirdcountries.
Article2
Productsforwhichthecustomsformalitiesfor
exportationreferredtoinArticle1ofRegulationNo
1041/67/EEChavebeencompletedorwhichhave
beenplacedunderoneofthesystemsreferredtoin
Articles2and3ofRegulation (EEC)No441/69not
laterthan31January1973intheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedandwhichareimportedinto
thenewMemberStatesafterthisdate,shallbe
subject:
—totheprovisionsapplicableupto31January
1973asregardsthesystemofrefundsand,where
appropriate,ofexportlicencesandadvance
fixingcertificates,includingthoseprovisions
relatingtotheuseinthisconnectionofthecontrolcopyreferredtoinArticle1ofRegulation (EEC)
No2315/69;
—onimportationintothenewMemberStates,to
thearrangementsapplicabletoproductsimported
fromthirdcountries.
Article3
TheprovisionsofArticle2shallapplybyanalogy
toproductsexportedfromonenewMemberState
toanothernewMemberStateortotheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted .
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
ofitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallbeapplicablefrom1February1973.
ThisRegulation^shall bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francios-Xavier ORTOLI