26.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/47
REGULATION (EEC)No468/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
validatingadvancefixingcertificatesforlevies,refundsandCommunityaidissuedinthe
newMemberStatesbefore1February1973
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.IfanewMemberStateissuesadvancefixing
certificatesforlevies,refundsandCommunityaidfor
oilseedsbefore1February1973basedonasystem
consistingentirelyoftherelevantCommunityrules,
thesecertificatesmaybeusedintheissuingMember
Statefrom1February1973forthatpartoftheperiod
ofvalidityofthecertificatesstilltorunonthisdate.
Theprecedingsubparagraph shallapplyevenifthe
newMemberStateprovisionally issuesadocument
whichisnotinaccordancewithCommunityspecifica­
tions,providedthatsuchnationaldocumentis
exchangedforacertificatedrawnupontheC...inunity
model.Inthiseventthenewcertificateshallbearthe
samedateofissueasthatstatedontheoriginaldocu­
ment.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(*)concerningtheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community,signedatBrusselson22January1972,
andinparticularArticle63(1)oftheAct(2)annexed
thereto;
Whereasthesystemofimportandexportlicences,
advancefixingcertificatesandCommunityaidcerti­
ficateswillbeapplicablebyimportersandexportersin
thenewMemberStatesfrom1February1973;
WhereasimportersandexportersintheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedwillonthatdatebeabletouse
licencesorcertificatesbearinganadvancefixingdate
priorto1February1973;whereasimportersand
exportersinthenewMemberStatescannotdothis,
whereasthenecessarymeasuresshouldbetakento
ensurethatthechangeoverfromtheoldtothenew
systemtakesplaceassmoothlyaspossible;
WhereasifanewMemberStatehasissuedadvance
fixingcertificatesforlevies,refundsandCommunity
aidbefore1February1973underanationalsystem
meetingthesamerequirements asthosewhichapply
intheCommunity ,theuseoftheselicencesandcerti­
ficatesafter1February1973intheissuingMember
Stateshouldbeallowed;
Whereasthisarrangementcannotbeextendedto
licencesorcertificatesissuedinaccordancewith
particularprocedure;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManagement
CommitteesforCereals,forPoultrymeatandEggs,
forOilsandFats,forSugar,forMilkandMilkProducts,
forBeefandVeal,andforProductsprocessedfrom
FruitandVegetables;2.Section20oftheadvancefixingcertificatefor
levies,section18oftheadvancefixingcertificatefor
refundsandsection12oftheadvancefixingcertificates
for'CommunityAid'referredtoinparagraph1shall
containoneofthefollowingendorsements :
'Documentvalidonlyin(issuingMemberState)'
'Dokumentderkunergyldigti(denudstedende
medlemsstat)'
3.Paragraph1shallnotapplytocertificatesissued:
—inconnectionwithaninvitationtotenderinan
importingthirdcountryorbyarmedforces
stationedontheterritoryofaMemberStatebut
notcomingunderitsflag,providedthattheperiod
ofvalidityofthelicencesandcertificatesexceeds
thenormalperiod;
—subsequenttoaninvitationtotenderforthe
exportationofsugar;
—inaccordancewiththeprocedureslaiddownin
Article24,thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle35
(2),andArticle55aofRegulation (EEC)No
2637/70.C)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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Article2
TheapplicationofArticle1shallbesubjectto:
—notificationbythenewMemberStatestothe
Commissionofthedatefromwhichtheyintendto
implementthearrangementslaiddownbyArticle1;
—establishment bytheCommission ,inaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle26of
RegulationNo120/67/EECor,asthecasemay
be,inthecorresponding ArticlesoftheotherRegu­lationsonthecommonorganizationofagricultural
markets,ofthefactthatthisnotificationandthe
conditionslaiddowninArticle1areobserved.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
ofitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallbeapplicablefrom1February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI