OF REGULATION NO 19/62 OF THE COUNCIL, OF 4 APRIL 1962, ON THE GRADUAL ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS ( OJ NO 30, P . 933 ), ACCORDING TO WHICH 'ISSUE OF THE LICENCE SHALL BE CONDITIONAL UPON THE FURNISHING OF SECURITY GUARANTEEING THE OBLIGATION TO IMPORT DURING THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE LICENCE, WHICH SHALL BE FORFEIT IN THE EVENT OF THE IMPORT NOT BEING CARRIED OUT DURING THAT PERIOD '.
7 THE FIRST QUESTION ASKS IF THE CONCEPT OF IMPORTATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF REGULATION NO 102/64 IS TO BE INTERPRETED ACCORDING TO NATIONAL LAW AND, IF NOT, WHEN THE OBLIGATION TO IMPORT IS FULFILLED WHERE THE IMPORTER HAS DECLARED THE IMPORTED GOODS TO THE CUSTOMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ITS TRANSPORTATION UNDER CUSTOMS BOND .
8 BOTH THE ISSUE OF IMPOT AND EXPORT LICENCES AND THE MAKING OF SUCH ISSUE CONDITIONAL UPON THE FURNISHING OF SECURITY CORRESPONDED TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES' NEED TO BE IN POSSESSION OF PRECISE INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF THE MARKET AND PROJECTED INTRA-COMMUNITY IMPORTS AND EXPORTS .
9 WITH THIS IN MIND, THE PROVISIONS AT ISSUE MUST BE INTERPRETED AND APPLIED UNIFORMLY IN ALL THE MEMBER STATES SO AS TO AVOID CERTAIN PATTERNS OF TRADE BEING TREATED MORE FAVOURABLY THAN OTHERS AS A RESULT OF DIFFERING PRACTICES .
10 IN FACT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RULES IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURAL POLICY IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN EFFORT TO DEFINE AND ELUCIDATE THE MAJOR CONCEPTS, SUCH AS THAT OF IMPORTATION, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE REPLACEMENT OF DIFFERING CUSTOMS PRACTICES WITHIN THE MEMBER STATES BY A UNIFORM COMMUNITY PRACTICE .
11 IN THE MATTER AT ISSUE THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS CONCLUDED - PASSING THROUGH REGULATIONS NOS 120/67 ( OJ 1967, NO 117, P . 2269 ) AND 473/67 ( OJ 1967, NO 204/16 ), WHICH, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A MORE DEFINITIVE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET, ABOLISHED THE ISSUING OF LICENCES FOR INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE - IN THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION NO 1373/70 OF THE COMMISSION OF 10 JULY 1970, ON COMMON DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM FOR IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES AND ADVANCE FIXING CERTIFICATES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO A SINGLE PRICE SYSTEM .
12 AS REGARDS THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE LICENCES, ARTICLE 15 OF THAT REGULATION LAYS DOWN THAT 'THE OBLIGATION TO IMPORT SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN FULFILLED AND THE RIGHT TO IMPORT PURSUANT TO THE LICENCE OR CERTIFICATE SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN EXERCISED ON THE DAY WHEN THE CUSTOMS ( IMPORT ) FORMALITIES ... ARE COMPLETED '.
13 ALTHOUGH THE CONCLUSION MUST BE DRAWN FROM THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SYSTEM ADOPTED THAT ONLY AN IMPORT OPERATION WHICH RESULTS IN THE GOODS IN QUESTION BEING PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION CORRESPONDS TO THE CONCEPT OF IMPORTATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF REGULATION NO 102/64 AND THE PROVISIONS WHICH HAVE REPLACED IT, THAT PROVISION DID NOT PRECISELY DEFINE THE MOMENT AT WHICH THE IMPORT OPERATION SHOULD BE