26.2.73 OfficialjournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
REGULATION (EEC)No451/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
concerningtheissueinthenewMemberStatesoflicencesentitelingtothespecialimport
arrangementsreferredtoinArticle14(3)(b)(bb)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/6Sduring
thefirstquarterof1973
WhereasuponastrictapplicationofCommunityrules
thenewMemberStateswouldnotbeentitledtothe
benefitofaprocedureaffectinggoodsimportedbe­
tween22Januaryand23April1973andbenefiting
tradersintheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted ;
Whereasasfrom1February1973tradersinthenew
MemberStatesshouldbetreatedonanequalfooting
withtradersintheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
uted;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforBeefandVeal;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(*)concerningtheAc­
cessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEcon­
omicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community ,signedatBrusselson22January1972,
andinparticularArticle63(1)oftheAct(2)annexed
thereto;
Whereastheestimateofmeatintendedforthepro­
cessingindustryhasbeenestablishedfortheyear1973
andtookintoaccounttherequirements ofthenew
MemberStates;
Whereasaccountistakenofthisestimatewhenissuing
licencesgrantingentitlementtothespecialimport
arrangementsreferredtoinArticle14(3)(b)(bb)of
Regulation (EEC)No805/68;
WhereasinaccordancewithCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No2637/70(3)of22December1970onspecial
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemofim­
portandexportlicencesandadvancefixingcertifi­
catesforagriculturalproducts,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1524/72(4),thelicencesare
issuedonceeachquarteronthetwenty-firstdayofthe
firstmonthofeachquarterandarevalidfor90days
fromthedateofissue;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TradersinthenewMemberStatesmay,asfrom
thefirstquarteroftheyear1973,benefitfromthe
specialimportarrangementsreferredtoinArticle
14(3)(b)(bb)providedthefollowingconditionsare
compliedwith:
(a)applicationsforlicencesshallbelodgedbythein­
terestedpartiesduringthetenfirstdaysofJanuary
1973;
(b)theamountofthesecurityforlicencesfixedby
Article39(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2637/70
shallbedeposited;
(c)thecompetentnationalauthoritiesshallinformthe
Commissionbytelexbefore4.00p.m.on11
January1973oftheapplicationslodgedunder(a).(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.28.
(3)OJNoL283,29.12.1970,p.15,
(4)OJNoL162,18.7.1972,p.15.

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2.Thelicencesgrantingentitlementtothespecial
importarrangementsshallbeissuedinthenewMem­
berStatesasfrom1February1973inaccordancewith
Regulation (EEC)No2637/70.
Thelicencesshallbevaliduntil23April1973.
Article2
Theimplementation ofArticle1shallbesubjecttothe
Commissionascertaining,inaccordancewiththepro­cedurelaiddowninArticle28ofRegulation (EEC)
No805/68,thattheconditionsreferredtoinArticle1
abovehavebeencompliedwith.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfol­
lowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .Itshallapplyfrom1February
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI