OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 391
NoL105/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.5.72
REGULATION (EEC)No921/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of3May1972
amendingRegulation (EEC)No2196/71of13October1971onaderogationfrom
Regulation (EEC)No2637/70asregardstheperiodofvalidityofimportlicencesfor
riceoriginatinginandcomingfromcertaindistantcountries
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,whereas,however,thisperiodstillappears
inadequate;whereas,inviewofthedistance,ninety
daysshouldalleviatethedifficultiesencountered ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforCereals;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle1of
Regulation (EEC)No2196/71,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No280/72:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
359/67/EEC1of25July1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2726/71,2andinparticular
Article10(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
365/67/EEC3of25July1967onrulesforthe
advancefixingofleviesonriceandbrokenrice,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2435/70,4and
inparticularArticle8thereof;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2196/715
of13October1971onaderogationfromRegulation
(EEC)No2637/70asregardstheperiodofvalidity
ofimportlicencesforcerealsandrice,asamendedby
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No280/726of8
February1972,restrictedtheperiodofvalidityofthe
importlicenceforcertainproducts;
Whereastheexportmarketintheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo
359/67/EECisparticularlysensitiveincertain
countriesdistantfromtheCommunity ;whereas,to
takeaccountofthissituation,theperiodofvalidity
ofimportlicencesfortheseproductswas
subsequentlyextendedfromthirtytosixtydays;'Article1
1.BywayofderogationfromArticle20of
Regulation (EEC)No2637/70,animportlicence
fortheproductslistedinArticle1(a),(b)and(c)
ofRegulationNo120/67/EECandforthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)(a)and(b)of
RegulationNo359/67/EEC,otherthanthose
mentionedinparagraph2,forwhichthe
applicationislodgedaftertheentryintoforceof
thisRegulation,shallbevalidforthirtydaysfrom
itsdateofissuewithinthemeaningofArticle8
(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No1373/70.
2.BywayofderogationfromArticle20of
Regulation (EEC)No2637/70,animportlicence
fortheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)and(b)
ofRegulationNo359/67/EECoriginatinginand
comingfromcountriesinzoneV(c)listedin
AnnexAtoCommission RegulationNo
694/67/EEC7of10October1967redefiningthe
destinationzonesforexportrefundsoncereals
shallbevalidfor90daysfromitsdateofissue1OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
2OJNoL282,23.12.1971,p.6..
3OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.32.
4OJNoL262,30.11.1970,p.3.
5OJNoL231,14.10.1971,p.28.
6OJNoL35,9.2.1972,p.16. 7OJNo245,11.10.1967,p.6.

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withinthemeaningofArticle8(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1373/70.shallmakeitobligatorytoimportfromthat
countryorthosecountries.'
Article2
Sections13and14oftheapplicationforalicence
andofthelicenceitselfshallstatethecountryor
countriesofexportandoforigin.ThelicenceThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3May1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT