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NoL35/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.2.72
REGULATION (EEC)No280/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of8February1972
amendingCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2196/71of13October1971ona
derogationfromRegulation (EEC)No2637/70asregardstheperiodofvalidityof
importlicencesforriceoriginatinginandcomingfromcertaindistantcountries
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle1of
Regulation (EEC)No2196/71:
'Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
35.9/67/EEC1of25July1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2726/71,2andinparticular
Article10(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
365/67/EEC3of25July1967onrulesforthe
advancefixingofleviesonriceandbrokenrice,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2435/70,4,and
inparticularArticle8thereof;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2196/715
of13October1971onaderogationfromRegulation
(EEC)No2637/70asregardstheperiodofvalidity
ofimportlicencesforcerealsandricerestrictedthe
periodofvalidityoftheimportlicenceforcertain
products,includingthoselistedinArticle1(1)(a)
and(b)ofRegulationNo359/67/EEC,tothirtydays
fromitsdateofissue;
Whereastheexportmarketintheproductsin
questionisparticularlysensitiveincertaincountries
distantfromtheCommunity ;whereastosolveany
difficultieswhichsuchcountriesmightexperienceas
aresultofthetimelimitmentionedabove,provision
shouldbemadeforaspecialperiodofvalidityfor
importlicencesforproductscomingfromthese
countries;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals;1.BywayofderogationfromArticle20of
Regulation (EEC)No2637/70,animportlicence
fortheproductslistedinArticle1(a),(b)and(c)
ofRegulationNo120/67/EECandforproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo
359/67/EEC,otherthanthosementionedin
paragraph2,forwhichtheapplicationislodged
aftertheentryintoforceofthisRegulation,shall
bevalidforthirtydaysfromitsdateofissue
withinthemeaningofArticle8(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1373/70.
2.Bywayofderogationfrom;Article-20of
Regulation (EEC)No2637/70,animportlicence
fortheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)and(b)
ofRegulationNo359/67/EECoriginatinginand
comingfromcountriesinzoneV(c)listedin
AnnexAtoCommission RegulationNo
694/67/EEC6of10October1967redefiningthe
destinationzonesforexportrefundsoncereals
shallbevalidforsixtydaysfromitsdateofissue
withinthemeaningofArticle8(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1373/70.
Sections13and14oftheapplicationforalicence
andofthelicenceitselfshallstatethecountryor
countriesofexportandoforigin.Thelicence
shallmakeitobligatorytoimportfromthat
countryorthosecountries.'
Article2
1OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.6.
3OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.32.
4OJNoL262,30.11.1970,p.3.
5OJNoL231,14.10.1971,p.28. OJNo245,11.10.1967,p.6.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8February1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI