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REGULATION (EEC)No3451/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of21December 1973
amendingRegulation (EEC)No133/73asregardstheperiodofvalidityofexport
licencesforcereals
providesforthefixingofthelevybymeansofa
tenderingprocedure;whereasthequantityforwhich
thelevycanbefixedisabout200000metrictons;
whereasinordertoallowtendererstotakepartinthis
tenderundertheconditionsapplicablewhenitwas
published,theperiodofvalidityreferredtoinArticle
1(1)ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No133/73of
19January1973,derogatingfromRegulation (EEC)
No2637/70(7)asregardstheperiodofvalidityof
exportlicencesforcerealsandrice,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3149/73,shouldbemaintained
forlicencesissuedunderthisinvitationtotender;
Whereas,intheinterestofclarity,itisdesirableto
re-enacttheprovisionsofArticle1ofRegulation
(EEC)No3149/73concerningtheperiodofvalidity
oflicencesforriceandtorepealthatRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo120/
67/EEC(')of13June1967,onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1346/73(2),andinparticularArticle
12(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo359/
67/EEC(3)of25July1967,onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinrice,aslastamendedbytheAct
ofAccession(4),andinparticularArticle10(2)
thereof;
Whereastheperiodofvalidityofexportlicencesfor
theproductsreferredtoinArticle1(a)and(b)of
RegulationNo120/67/EECwasextendedfrom30
daystoaperiodcoveringtheremainderofthecurrent
monthandthetwofollowingmonthsbyCommission
Regulation (EEC)No3149/73of21November1973,
amendingRegulation (EEC)No133/73(5)asregards
theperiodofvalidityofexportlicencesforcereals;
whereasthisincreasewasjustifiedontheonehandby
thetendencyoftheworldmarketandontheother
handbytheexistenceontheinternalmarketofquan­
titiesavailableforexport;
Whereassincethattimetheworldmarketpricehas
reachednewpeaksfollowingincreaseddemand;
whereasthisresultsinarecurrenceofmarketinsta­
bility;
Whereasthissituationrequires,forthereference
products,theprovisionofmeasurestoprevent,asfar
aspossible,thecurrentsituationontheworldmarket
affectingtheCommunitymarket;whereastothisend
theperiodofvalidityofexportlicencesforthese
productsshouldbelimitedto30days;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
3281/73(6)of5December1973,onaninvitationto
tenderfortheexportlevyforcommonwheat,HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Article1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No133/73is
replacedbythefollowing :
'1.BywayofderogationfromArticle21(1)of
Regulation(EEC)No2637/70,exportlicencesfor
theproductsreferredtointhatparagraphshallbe
validfor30daysfollowingtheirdateofissue
withinthemeaningofArticle8(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1373/70.However,licencesissuedunder
.theinvitationtotenderreferredtoinRegulation
(EEC)No3281/73shallbevalidfromthedateof
issuewithinthemeaningofArticle8(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1373/70untiltheendofthe
secondfollowingmonth.
BywayofderogationfromArticle22(1)and(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No2637/70,exportlicencesfor
theproductsreferredtointhoseparagraphsshall
bevalidfor30daysfollowingtheirdateofissue(>)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.8.
(3)OJNo174,31.7.1967,p.1.
(4)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(5)OJNoL321,22.11.1973,p.14.
(6)OJNoL337,6.12.1973,p.17. (7)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.22.

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withinthemeaningofArticle8(1)ofRegulation Article3
(EEC)No1373/70.'
Article2 ^e8u'a^onshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Regulation (EEC)No3149/73isrepealed. Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI