CELEX: 31973R0451
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 451/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 concerning the issue in the new Member States of licences entitling to the special import arrangements referred to in Article 14 (3) (b) (bb) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 during the first quarter of 1973

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 451/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 31 January 1973
              concerning the issue in the new Member States of licences entiteling to the special import
              arrangements referred to in Article 14 (3) (b) (bb) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/6S during
                                                     the first quarter of 1973
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas upon a strict application of Community rules
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        the new Member States would not be entitled to the
                                                                     benefit of a procedure affecting goods imported be­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                tween 22 January and 23 April 1973 and benefiting
Economic Community ;                                                 traders in the Community as originally constituted ;
Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Ac­                   Whereas as from 1 February 1973 traders in the new
cession of new Member States to the European Econ­                   Member States should be treated on an equal footing
omic Community and the European Atomic Energy                        with traders in the Community as originally consti­
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                     uted ;
and in particular Article 63 ( 1) of the Act (2) annexed
thereto ;                                                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Whereas the estimate of meat intended for the pro­                   ment Committee for Beef and Veal ;
cessing industry has been established for the year 1973
and took into account the requirements of the new
Member States ;                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas account is taken of this estimate when issuing                                        Article 1
licences granting entitlement to the special import
arrangements referred to in Article 14 (3) (b) (bb) of
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                                          1 . Traders in the new Member States may, as from
                                                                     the first quarter of the year 1973 , benefit from the
                                                                      special import arrangements referred to in Article
Whereas in accordance with Commission Regulation                      14 (3 ) (b) (bb) provided the following conditions are
(EEC) No 2637/70 ( 3) of 22 December 1970 on special                  complied with :
detailed rules for the application of the system of im­
port and export licences and advance fixing certifi­                  (a) applications for licences shall be lodged by the in­
cates for agricultural products, as last amended by
                                                                          terested parties during the ten first days of January
Regulation (EEC) No 1524/72 (4), the licences are
                                                                          1973 ;
issued once each quarter on the twenty-first day of the
first month of each quarter and are valid for 90 days
from the date of issue ;                                              (b) the amount of the security for licences fixed by
                                                                          Article 39 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70
                                                                          shall be deposited ;
(*) OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.                                (c) the competent national authorities shall inform the
(2) OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 28 .
(3) OJ   No L 283 , 29. 12. 1970, p. 15,                                  Commission by telex before 4.00 p.m. on 11
(4) OJ   No L 162, 18 . 7. 1972, p. 15.                                   January 1973 of the applications lodged under (a).
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2. The licences granting entitlement to the special            cedure laid down in Article 28 of Regulation (EEC)
import arrangements shall be issued in the new Mem­            No 805/68 , that the conditions referred to in Article 1
ber States as from 1 February 1973 in accordance with          above have been complied with.
Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70.
The licences shall be valid until 23 April 1973 .                                     Article 3
                         Article 2                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol­
                                                               lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the
The implementation of Article 1 shall be subject to the        European Communities. It shall apply from 1 February
Commission ascertaining, in accordance with the pro­           1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                Francois-Xavier ORTOLI