CELEX: 31973R0469
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 469/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 on transitional measures to be taken in view of Accession with regard to provisions for implementing the systems of import levies, export refunds, export licences and advance fixing certificates

26. 2. 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 53 /49
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 469/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 31 January 1973
              on transitional measures to be taken in view of Accession with regard to provisions for
              implementing the systems of import levies, export refunds, export licences and advance
                                                     fixing certificates
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    1 February 1973 , will have undergone customs
COMMUNITIES ,                                                     formalities for exportation or will have been placed
                                                                  under one of the systems referred to in Articles 2 and
                                                                  3 of Regulation No 441 /69 ( 3) of 4 March 1969 laying
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             down additional general rules for granting export
Economic Community ;                                              refunds on products subject to a single price system,
                                                                  exported unprocessed or in the form of certain
Having regard to the Treaty ( 1) concerning the Acces­            goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, as last
sion of new Member States to the European Eco­                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1181 /72 ( 4), but
nomic Community and the European Atomic Energy                    will not have been imported by that date into a new
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                 Member State ; whereas provision should be made
and in particular Article 63 ( 1 ) of the Act (2) annexed         for products exported from the Community as
thereto ;                                                         originally constituted to a new Member State to be
                                                                  subject in the new Member State to the levy applicable
Whereas it follows from the Act concerning the Con­               to products imported from third countries where the
ditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the                   export refund has been paid in respect of these products
Treaties that, as from 1 February 1973 , it will no longer        in the Member State of departure ; whereas provision
be possible to use import licences, export licences, and          should be made for similar measures for products
advance fixing certificates in trade in agricultural pro­         exported, under the same conditions , from one new
ducts between the Community as originally constituted             Member State to another new Member State or to
and the new Member States ;                                       the Community as originally constituted ;
Whereas the notice published by the Commission in
the Official Journal of the European Communities of               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
15 July 1972 (No C 77) draws the atention of importers            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management
and exporters to the consequences of the Act concer­              Committees for Cereals, for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
ning the conditions of Accession and the Adjustments              for Oils and Fats , for Sugar, for Milk and Milk
to the Treaties as regards the use of the afore­                  Products, for Beef and Veal, and for Products processed
mentioned licences and certificates ;                             from Fruit and Vegetables ;
Whereas it is possible, however, that importers and
exporters may, before this notice was brought to                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
their attention, have applied in good faith for licences
and certificates for effecting exports to the new
Member States after 31 January 1973 ; whereas, to                                          Article 1
avoid difficulties, transitional measures should be
taken to enable these exports to be effected under the            Export licences involving advance fixing of the refund
conditions laid down by the advance fixing ;                       and advance fixing certificates issued within the
                                                                   meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the provisions of the Act concerning the                   1373/70 before 18 July 1972 and bearing an expiry
Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the                 date later than 31 January 1973 may be used in the
Treaties apply to agricultural products only from 1                Community as originally constituted to effect exports
February 1973 ; whereas the existing provisions on                to the new Member States up to their date of expiry,
the systems of levies , refunds, export licences and              which may not, however, be later than 30 June 1973 .
advance fixing certificates should be adjusted to take             Exports effected in accordance with the provisions
account of the situation of products which, before                 of the first subparagraph shall enjoy the advantages
O OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.                                 (3) OJ No L 59, 10. 3 . 1969, p. 3 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                              (4) OJ No L 130, 7. 6. 1972, p. 15 .
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conferred by licences and certificates and shall be                 copy referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
subject on importation into the new Member States                   No 2315/69 ;
to arrangements applicable to products imported from
third countries .                                              — on importation into the new Member States, to
                                                                   the arrangements applicable to products imported
                                                                   from third countries .
                         Article 2
Products for which the customs formalities for
                                                                                         Article 3
exportation referred to in Article 1 of Regulation No
1041/67/EEC have been completed or which have                  The provisions of Article 2 shall apply by analogy
been placed under one of the systems referred to in            to products exported from one new Member State
Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 441/69 not             to another new Member State or to the Community
later than 31 January 1973 in the Community as                 as originally constituted .
originally constituted and which are imported into
the new Member States after this date, shall be
subject :                                                                                Article 4
— to the provisions applicable up to 31 January                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
    1973 as regards the system of refunds and, where           of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
    appropriate, of export licences and advance                Communities .
    fixing certificates, including those provisions
    relating to the use in this connection of the control      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
                                                                                 Francios-Xavier ORTOLI