CELEX: 31973R1940
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1940/73 of the Commission of 17 July 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 in respect of the period of validity of licences for the export of white sugar in small consignments

No L 199/26                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             19 . 7. 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1940/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 17 July 1973
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 in respect of the period of validity of
                           licences for the export of white sugar in small consignments
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     where no refund has been fixed, is inconsistent with
COMMUNITIES,                                                        the object pursued ; whereas, accordingly, a derogation
                                                                    from the rule at present obtaining appears to be neces­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               sary ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                    Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                        not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by
67/EEC ( 1) of 18 December 1967 on the common                       its Chairman :
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/73 (2), and in particular
Article 1 1 (2) thereof ;                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of
                                                                                            Article 1
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 (3) of 23
December 1970 on special detailed rules for the appli­              Subparagraph 2 of Article 32 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
cation of the system of import and export licences                  No 2637/70 is amended by addition of the following :
and advance fixing certificates for agricultural
products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        'These provisions shall not apply to exports of
775/73 (4), the period of validity of export licences for               white sugar falling within heading No 17.01 B I of
sugars which have not been put up for tender is at                      the Common Customs Tariff, effected under
present 14 days, if no refund was fixed at the time of                  export licences which were issued for a quantity
application ;                                                           not exceeding 200 kilogrammes.'
Whereas there is a certain flow of exports of white                                         Article 2
sugar in small consignments, the weight of which is
mostly not more than 200 kilogrammes ; whereas, as                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
regards these small consignments, the shortness of the              following its publication in the Official Journal of
period of validity of the export licences, in cases                  the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 17 July 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ No  308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No  L 106, 20 . 4. 1973 , p . 1 .
(} ) OJ No  L 283 , 29 . 12. 1970 , p . 15 .
(4)  OJ No  L 74, 22 . 3 . 1973 , p. 11 .