CELEX: 31970R2554
Language: en
Date: 1970-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2554/70 of the Council of 15 December 1970 amending Article 17 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC which deals with import and export licences for oils and fats

866                                   Official Journal of the European Communities
19.12.70                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 275 /5
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2554/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 15 December 1970
              amending Article 17 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC which deals with import and export
                                                  licences for oils and fats
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Exports of olive oil from the Community shall be
                                                                      conditional on the submission of an export
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                          licence .
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;                                                   Where the levy or the refund is fixed in advance,
                                                                      the advance fixing shall be noted on the licence
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                   which serves as a supporting document for such
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                          advance fixing.
Parliament1 ;
                                                                      2.     A licence shall be issued by Member States
Whereas licences for olive oil are different from                     to any applicant, irrespective of the place of his
licences for other products ; whereas this difference is              establishment in the Community. Import and
not justified on any grounds peculiar to the olive oil                 export licences shall be valid throughout the
sector   and  whereas     its  effect  is  to   hinder   the          Community.
introduction of the system of Community licences;                     The issue of such licences shall be conditional on
whereas this difference should therefore be abolished
                                                                      the lodging of a deposit guaranteeing that
by amending Article 17 of Council Regulation No                       importation or exportation is effected during the
136/66/EEC2      of    22    September     1966     on   the          period of validity of the licence ; this deposit shall
establishment of a common organisation of the                         be forfeited in whole or in part if the transaction
market in oils and fats, as last amended by                           is not effected, or is only partially effected, within
Regulation (EEC) No 1253/703 ;                                        that period.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                       3.    Detailed rules for the application of this
                         Article 1                                    Article shall be adopted in accordance with the
                                                                      procedure laid down in Article 38 . They shall­
The following shall be substituted for Article 17 of                  specify the period of validity of the licences and
Regulation No 136/66/EEC :                                            may lay down a time limit for their issue.'
    '1.    Imports into the Community of the                                               Article 2
    products listed in Article 1 (2) (c), (d) and (e)
    shall be conditional on the submission of an                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
    import licence.                                                1971 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 December 1970.
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                              J. ERTL
 1 OJ No C 143 , 3.12.1970, p. 32.
 2 OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
 3 OJ No L 143, 1.7.1970, p. 1 .