CELEX: 31973R0468
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 468/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 validating advance fixing certificates for levies, refunds and Community aid issued in the new Member States before 1 February 1973

26 . 2 . 73                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 53 /47
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 468/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 31 January 1973
               validating advance fixing certificates for levies, refunds and Community aid issued in the
                                       new Member States before 1 February 1973
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
Economic Community ;
                                                                  1 . If a new Member State issues advance fixing
Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Accession          certificates for levies, refunds and Community aid for
of new Member States to the European Economic                     oilseeds before 1 February 1973 based on a system
Community and the European Atomic Energy                          consisting entirely of the relevant Community rules,
 Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                these certificates may be used in the issuing Member
and in particular Article 63 ( 1 ) of the Act (2) annexed         State from 1 February 1973 for that part of the period
thereto ;                                                         of validity of the certificates still to run on this date.
Whereas the system of import and export licences,                 The preceding subparagraph shall apply even if the
advance fixing certificates and Community aid certi­              new Member State provisionally issues a document
ficates will be applicable by importers and exporters in           which is not in accordance with Community specifica­
the new Member States from 1 February 1973 ;                      tions, provided that such national document is
                                                                  exchanged for a certificate drawn up on the C. ..inunity
Whereas importers and exporters in the Community                  model . In this event the new certificate shall bear the
as originally constituted will on that date be able to use        same date of issue as that stated on the original docu­
licences or certificates bearing an advance fixing date           ment .
prior to 1 February 1973 ; whereas importers and
exporters in the new Member States cannot do this,
whereas the necessary measures should be taken to                 2 . Section 20 of the advance fixing certificate for
ensure that the changeover from the old to the new                levies, section 18 of the advance fixing certificate for
system takes place as smoothly as possible ;                      refunds and section 12 of the advance fixing certificates
                                                                  for ' Community Aid' referred to in paragraph 1 shall
Whereas if a new Member State has issued advance                  contain one of the following endorsements :
fixing certificates for levies , refunds and Community
aid before 1 February 1973 under a national system                     'Document valid only in (issuing Member State)'
meeting the same requirements as those which apply
in the Community, the use of these licences and certi­                 'Dokument der kun er gyldigt i (den udstedende
ficates after 1 February 1973 in the issuing Member                   medlemsstat)'
State should be allowed ;
                                                                  3 . Paragraph 1 shall not apply to certificates issued :
 Whereas this arrangement cannot be extended to
 licences or certificates issued in accordance with
                                                                  — in connection with an invitation to tender in an
particular procedure ;
                                                                      importing third country or by armed forces
                                                                      stationed on the territory of a Member State but
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                  not coming under its flag, provided that the period
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management                  of validity of the licences and certificates exceeds
Committees for Cereals, for Poultrymeat and Eggs,                     the normal period ;
for Oils and Fats, for Sugar, for Milk and Milk Products,
for Beef and Veal, and for Products processed from                — subsequent to an invitation to tender for the
Fruit and Vegetables ;                                                exportation of sugar ;
                                                                  — in accordance with the procedures laid down in
                                                                      Article 24, the second subparagraph of Article 35
 C) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.                                   (2), and Article 55a of Regulation (EEC) No
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                                2637/70 .
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                       Article 2                                  lations on the common organization of agricultural
                                                                  markets, of the fact that this notification and the
The application of Article 1 shall be subject to :                conditions laid down in Article 1 are observed .
— notification by the new Member States to the
   Commission of the date from which they intend to                                    Article 3
   implement the arrangements laid down by Article 1 ;
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
— establishment by the Commission, in accordance             of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
   with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of             Communities.
   Regulation No 120/67/EEC or, as the case may
   be, in the corresponding Articles of the other Regu­      It shall be applicable from 1 February 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