CELEX: 31972R0280
Language: en
Date: 1972-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 280/72 of the Commission of 8 February 1972 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2196/71 of 13 October 1971 on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity of import licences for rice originating in and coming from certain distant countries

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No L 35/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    9.2.72
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 280/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 8 February 1972
                 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2196/71 of 13 October 1971 on a
                 derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity of
                      import licences for rice originating in and coming from certain distant countries
THE    COMMISSION           OF     THE   EUROPEAN      COM­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
MUNITIES ,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;                                       The following shall be substituted for Article 1 of
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2196/71 :
Having regard to Council                    Regulation No
35.9/67/EEC 1 of 25 July 1967              on the common                'Article 1
organization of the market in rice,       as last amended by            1.    By way of derogation from Article 20 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2726/71 ,2             and in particular            Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70, an import licence
Article 10 (2 ) thereof;
                                                                        for the products listed in Article 1 ( a), (b) and ( c)
Having       regard      to    Council      Regulation    No            of Regulation No 120/67/EEC and for products
365/67/EEC3 of 25 July 1967 on rules for the                            listed in Article 1(1 ) ( a) and (b) of Regulation No
advance fixing of levies on rice and broken rice, as                    359/67/EEC, other than those mentioned in
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2435/70,4 , and                     paragraph 2, for which the application is lodged
in particular Article 8 thereof;                                        after the entry into force of this Regulation, shall
                                                                        be valid for thirty days from its date of issue
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2196/71 5                        within the meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation
of 13 October 1971 on a derogation from Regulation                       (EEC) No 1373/70.
(EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity
of import licences for cereals and rice restricted the                  2.    By way of derogation from ; Article - 20 of
                                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70, an import licence
period of validity of the import licence for certain                    for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a) and (b)
products, including those listed in Article 1 (1 ) ( a)                 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC originating in and
and (b) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC, to thirty days                     coming from countries in zone V ( c) listed in
from its date of issue;
                                                                        Annex A to Commission Regulation No
Whereas the export market in the products in                            694/67/EEC6 of 10 October 1967 redefining the
question is particularly sensitive in certain countries                 destination zones for export refunds on cereals
distant from the Community ; whereas to solve any                       shall be valid for sixty days from its date of issue
difficulties which such countries might experience as                   within the meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation
a result of the time limit mentioned above, provision                    (EEC) No 1373/70.
should be made for a special period of validity for                     Sections 13 and 14 of the application for a licence
import licences for products coming from these                           and of the licence itself shall state the country or
countries ;                                                              countries of export and of origin . The licence
                                                                        shall make it obligatory to import from that
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                    country or those countries .'
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ment Committee for Cereals ;
                                                                                             Article 2
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
1 OJ  No   174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .                                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
2 OJ  No   L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 6 .                               of the European Communities.
3 OJ  No   174 , 31.7.1967, p. 32 .
4 OJ  No   L 262, 30.11.1970, p . 3 .
5 OJ  No   L 231 , 14.10.1971 , p. 28 .                               OJ No 245, 11.10.1967, p. 6.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels, 8 February 1972.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    The President
                                                                Franco M. MALFATTI