CELEX: 31990R0893
Language: en
Date: 1990-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 893/90 of 6 April 1990 on an extension of the term of validity of certain export licences for common wheat

7 . 4. 90                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 92/37
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 893/90
                                                        of 6 April 1990
                 on an extension of the term of validity of certain export licences for common
                                                             wheat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        months on application by the party concerned ; whereas,
                                                                   in order to avoid any undue advantage, provision should
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              however be made that in his application the party
Economic Community,                                                concerned should forego the payment of the monthly
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75               increases in the export refund provided for in Article 16
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 for that period ;
market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Articles 12 (2) and 16 (6)       in accordance with the opinion of the Management
thereof,                                                           Committee for Cereals,
Whereas export licences for common wheat were issued
on 12 January 1990 with advance fixing of the refund               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
applicable to exports of common wheat to the USSR ;
whereas the term of validity of those licences expires on                                  Article 1
31 March 1990 ; whereas failure to effect export by that
date entails a loss of the security ;                              On application by the party concerned, the term of vali­
                                                                   dity of export licences for common wheat issued on 12
Whereas the whole very large quantity involved can not             January 1990 with advance fixing of the refund applicable
be exported before the expiry of the term of validity of           to a destination in the Soviet Union shall be extended
the licences owing to the quite unusual congestion in the          until 31 May 1990. Applications for an extension shall
Soviet ports of import ; whereas the Soviet Union is also a        only be admissible if they are lodged no later than two
major importer of cereals from the Community ;                     working days after the publication of this Regulation in
                                                                   the Official Journal of the European Communities and if
Whereas those quantities of common wheat can no                    the party concerned foregoes the adjustments in the
longer be placed in a customs warehouse under satisfac­            refund provided for in Article 16 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
tory conditions on expiry of the term of validity of the           No 2727/75 for the duration of the extensions.
licences in order to avoid loss of the security owing to a
lack of storage capacity in customs warehouses, in view of                                 Article 2
the major quantities of cereals placed in warehouses at the
end of February 1990 as a result of the congestion in the          This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Soviet ports ;                                                     publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                   Communities.
Whereas under these conditions and quite exceptionally
the term of validity of licences should be extended by two         It shall apply from 30 March 1990.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 6 April 1990.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 281 , 10. 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 7.