CELEX: 31974R1223
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1223/74 of the Commission of 15 May 1974 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity of export licences for cereals and rice

No L 133/22                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               16 . 5 . 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1223/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 15 May 1974
              derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity
                                          of export licences for cereals and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    of validity corresponding to these objectives should be
COMMUNITIES,                                                      fixed for export licences ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 603/74 (7)
Economic Community ;                                              of 15 March 1974 on an invitation to tender for the
                                                                  levy for export of common wheat to certain third
                                                                  countries and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                       604/74 (8) of 15 March 1974 on an invitation to tender
67/EEC(i ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                for the levy for export of common wheat to third
tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­           countries, provided for a special period of validity for
lation (EEC) No 11 25/74 (2), and in particular Article           licences issued under these tenders ; whereas a period
1 2 (2) thereof ;                                                 of validity for export licences fixed at 90 days is more
                                                                  favourable than the special period of validity ; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/                       consequently these provisions in the abovementioned
67/EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­                Regulations should be repealed ; whereas for the same
tion of the market in rice, as last amended by Regula­            reasons the special period of validity fixed in Regula­
tion (EEC) No 11 29/74 (4), and in particular Article 10          tion (EEC) No 813/74 0, (EEC) No 848/74 ( 10), (EEC)
(2) thereof ;                                                     No 888/74(n ) and (EEC) No 994/74 (") for tenders
                                                                  for the export levy for certain categories of rice should
                                                                  also be repealed ;
Whereas under Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regula­
tion (EEC) No 133/73 (5) of 19 January 1973, dero­
gating from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards                Whereas the period of validity of export licences
the period of validity of export licences for cereals and         issued under the tenders for cereals held by interven­
rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      tion agencies has been maintained as fixed in Article
3451 /73 (6), the period of validity of these licences            21 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
amounts to 30 days for the basic cereals, rice and                2637/70 ( 13) of 23 December 1970 on special detailed
broken rice ; whereas for cereal based processed                  rules for the application of the system of import and
products, except malt and maize flour, groats and                 export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri­
meal, the period of validity of the licences has been             cultural products, as last amended by Regulation
fixed, according to paragraph 2 of the abovemen­                  (EEC) No 932/74 (1 4); whereas with the adoption of a
tioned Article 1 , as the month of issue plus three               90-day period of validity for licences for the basic
months ;                                                          cereals, the maintenance of a longer period of validity
                                                                  for the export of products from intervention stocks is
                                                                   no longer justified ;
Whereas when the stated period for the various
products was fixed, the factors which were taken into
account above all were on the one hand the consider­              Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 133/73 has been
                                                                  amended on several occasions ; whereas in the inter­
able increase in world market prices and on the other
hand the supply situation on the Community market ;                ests of clarity that Regulation should be repealed and
                                                                   replaced by another resuming all the provisions
                                                                   currently applicable as regards the validity of export
Whereas for certain categories of cereals and rice, a              licences in derogation from the provisions of Regula­
 tendency towards a more stable situation has recently             tion (EEC) No 2637/70 ;
emerged on the world market ; whereas, moreover, in
 the Community there are available for export more                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 significant quantities of these products than were origi­         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
 nally foreseen ; whereas, in order to allow traders to            ment Committee for Cereals,
 obtain contracts for these quantities before the arrival
 of the new crop and to facilitate their export, a period          (7) OJ No L 73, 16. 3 . 1974, p. 16 .
                                                                   (8) OJ No L 73, 16 . 3 . 1974, p . 19 .
(•)  OJ No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2269/67.                          (9) OJ No L 96, 6. 4. 1974, p . 11 .
(2)  OJ No  L 128 , 10 . 5 . 1974, p. 12.                          ( 10) OJ No L 100 , 10 . 4. 1974, p . 12.
(3)  OJ No  174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 .                              (") OJ No L 104, 17. 4. 1974, p. 13.
 (4) OJ No  L 128 , 10 . 5. 1974, p. 20 .                          ( 12) OJ No L 113, 26. 4. 1974, p. 37 .
 (5) OJ No  L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973, p. 22.                            (> 3 ) OJ No L 283, 29 . 12. 1970, p. 15 .
 (*) OJ No  L 353, 22. 12. 1973, p. 27.                            (« 4) OJ No L 107, 24. 4. 1974, p. 12.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                referred to under this provision shall be valid for 30
                                                             days following their date of issue within the meaning
                        Article 1                            of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70.
 1 . By way of derogation from Articles 21 ( 1 ) and 22                              Article 2
( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70, export licences
for products referred to under these provisions shall        The application of Article 23 of Regulation (EEC) No
be valid for 90 days following their date of issue           2637/70 is suspended .
within the meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1373/70 .                                                                   Article 3
2. By way of derogation from Article 21 (2) of Regu­         Article 6 of Regulations (EEC) No 603/74, (EEC) No
lation (EEC) No 2637/70, export licences for products        813/74 and (EEC) No 848/74, Article 4 of Regulation
referred to under this provision shall be valid from the     (EEC) No 604/74 as well as Articles 3 and 5 of Regula­
date of issue within the meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of       tions (EEC) No 888 /74 and (EEC) No 994/74 are
Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 until the end of the             repealed. However, they shall remain applicable for
fourth following month .                                     export licences issued following a tender lodged
                                                             before the entry into force of this Regulation .
3. By way of derogation from Article 21 (3) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2637/70, export licences for products                                 Article 4
referred to under this provision shall be valid from the
date of issue within the meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of       Regulation (EEC) No 133/73 is repealed.
Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 until the end of the
third following month .                                                               Article 5
4. By way of derogation from Article 22 (2) of Regu­         This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 May
lation (EEC) No 2637/70, export licences for products        1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 15 May 1974.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          The President
                                                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI