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NoL231/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.10.71
REGULATION (EEC)No2196/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of13October1971
onaderogationfromRegulation (EEC)No2637/70asregardstheperiodofvalidityof
importlicencesforcerealsandrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
Havingregardto"CouncilRegulationNo
120/67/EEC1of13June1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketincereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No"1550/71,2andinparticular
Article12(2)thereof:
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation NolistedinArticle1(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo
120/67/EECorinArticle1(1)(a)and(b)of
RegulationNo359/67/EECisvalidfromitsdateof.
issueuntiltheendofthethirdmonthfollowingthat
ofissue;whereas,alsoinaccordancewithArticle20
ofRegulation (EEC)No2637/70,animportlicence
fortheproductslistedinArticle1(c)ofRegulation
No120/67/EECisvalidfromitsdateofissueuntil
theendofthefourthmonthfollowingthatofissue;
Whereastheactualworldmarketpricesresulting
fromtheinternational situationwhichmadeit
necessarytosuspendtheadvancefixingofthelevy
fortheproductsinquestionarestillsomewhat
unstable,andwhereastheeffectoftheabnormal
conditionswhichmadeitseemlikelythatimported
productsmightreachtheCommunitymarketat
priceslowerthanthethresholdpricesislessmarked
buthasnotentirelydisappeared ;
Whereastheinternational situationhasnotreturned
tonormalandwhereasthepressureofthenewcereal
harvestinmajorproducercountriescreatesonthe
worldmarketasituationcharacterised inparticular
bysubstantialpricevariationsthetrendofwhich
cannotyetbeadequatelyassessed;whereasthe
resultinginstabilitymightpreventthecommon
organisationofthemarketsincerealsandinrice
fromfunctioningproperly;whereas,indeed,the
periodofvalidityofimportlicenceslaiddownin
Article20ofRegulation (EEC)No2637/70islikely
toprolong'undulytheeffectontheCommunity
marketoftheabnormalworldmarketsituation;
Whereasinthesecircumstances thesuspensionofthe
advancefixingofleviesmaybeendedbyrepealing
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1793/7110of17
August1971onthesuspensionoftheadvancefixing
ofthelevyoncerealsandrice,andtheperiodof
validityoftheimportlicencesforthoseproductsmay
temporarilybeshortenedtoaperiodappropriateto
thesituationandreflectingthecommercial 'interests
involved;359/67/EEC3of25July1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1553/714andinparticular
Article10(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
140/67/EEC5of21June1967onrulesforthe
advancefixingofleviesoncereals,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2435/70°andinparticular
Article8thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo365/67/EEC7
of25July1967onrulesfortheadvancefixingof
leviesonriceandbrokenrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2435/70,andinparticular
Article8thereof;
Whereas,inaccordancewith.Article20of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2637/708of23
December1970onspecialdetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofimportandexport
licencesandadvancefixingcertificatesfor
agriculturalproducts,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1614/71°animportlicenceforproducts
1OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
2OJNoL164,22.7.1971,p.1.
3OJNoL174,31.7.1967,p.1.
4OJNoL164,22.7.1971,p.5.
5OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2456/67.
6OJNoL262,3.12.1970,p.3.
7OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.32.
8OJNoL283,29.12.1970,p.15.
9OJNoL168,27.7.1971,p.13. OJNoL186,18.8.1971,p.11.

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Whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthis.Regulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals;foraftertheentryintoforceofthisRegulationshall
bevalidforthirtydaysfromitsdateofissuewithin
themeaningofArticle8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1373/70.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Article2
Article1 Regulation (EEC)No1793/71isherebyrepealed.
Article3BywayofderogationfromArticle20ofRegulation
(EEC)No2637/70,animportlicenceforthe
productslistedinArticle1(a)(b)and(c)of
RegulationNol20/67/EECorinArticle1(1)(a)and
(b)ofRegulationNo359/67/EECwhichisappliedThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon14October
1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13October1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI