NoL134/56 28.5.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1125/77
of27May1977
amendingforthe11thtimeRegulation (EEC)No2042/75onspecialdetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesforcereals
andrice
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3138/76(2),andinparticular
Article12(2)andthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle
26(3)thereof,appliedtomaltexportlicenceswithalongperiodof
validity;whereasthegeographicalgroupingscurrently
setoutinRegulation(EEC)No306/76haveproved
unsuitabletotheparticularnatureofthemaltmarket;
whereaszonesspecificallyformalthavetherefore
beendefinedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
1124/77of27May1977redefiningthedestination
zonesforexportrefundsorleviesandforcertain
exportlicencesforcerealsandrice(6);whereasArticle
9a(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2042/75shouldbe
amendedaccordingly ;
Whereas,moreover,theperiodforindicatingthedesti­
nationonanexportlicence,atpresentfixedattwo
months,hasprovedinsufficientinthelightof
commercialpractice;whereasthisperiodshouldbe
extendedtothreemonths;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No2042/75
of25July1975onspecialdetailedrulesfortheappli­
cationofthesystemofimportandexportlicencesfor
cerealsandrice(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2824/76(4)providesthattheexportlicence
forcertainproductsfallingwithinheadingNo11.07
oftheCommonCustomsTariffisvaliduntiltheend
ofthe11thmonthfollowingthatofissue;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereasexperiencehasshownthatspeculativeuse
maybemadeofalongperiodofvalidity;whereas,
however,inaccordancewithinternationalpractice,a
largeproportionofdeliverycontractsareconcluded
foratleastayear;whereas,inordertoenablemalt
exporterstocontinuetoconcludesuchcontracts,prov­
isionshouldbemadeforalongerperiodofvalidity,
providedthatcertainconditionsarefulfilled,inparti­
cularasregardsthedestinationoftheexportsandthe
periodwithinwhichthedestinationmustbeindicated
ontheexportlicence;Article1
Article9a(1)and(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2042/7.5
isherebyamendedtoreadasfollows:
'1.BywayofderogationfromArticle9,the
exportlicenceforproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings11.07AIb),11.07AIIb)and11.07Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariffshallbevalidfromthe
dayofissue,withinthemeaningofArticle9(1)ol
Regulation (EEC)No193/75untiltheendofthe
11thmonthfollowingthatofissue,wherethe
applicationismadeforexporttoazonedefinedin
AnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No1124/77.Inthis
case,thedestinationshallbeindicatedinSection
13ofthelicence,andthelicenceshallcarrythe
obligationtoexporttothesaiddestination .WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No306/76of
12February1976redefiningthedestinationzonesfor
exportrefundsorleviesoncerealsandrice(5)defined
zoneswhichweredistinguished accordingtothe
characteristics ofthemarketsincereals,flourand
rice;whereasunderArticle9a(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
No2042/75,thegeographicalgroupingsreferredtoin
theaforesaidRegulation (EEC)No306/76havebeen
(!)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL213,11.8.1975,p.5.
(«)OJNoL325,24.11.1976,p.5.
(5)OJNoL38,13.2.1976,p.14. (6)Seepage53ofthisOfficialJournal.

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Article2 2.However,entryofthedestinationasreferred
toinparagraph 1maybemadeafterthelicenceis
issued.Inthiscase,itmustbeenterednotlater
thanthreemonthsfromthedayofissueofthe
licencewithinthemeaningofArticle9(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No193/75.'ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1977.
Itshallonlyapplytolicencesissuedwitheffectfrom
thedayofitsentryintoforce.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President