CELEX: 31971R2196
Language: en
Date: 1971-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2196/71 of the Commission of 13 October 1971 on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity of import licences for cereals and rice

846                                   Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 231 /28                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               14.10.71
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2196/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 13 October 1971
              on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity of
                                              import licences for cereals and rice
THE    COMMISSION         OF    THE    EUROPEAN       COM­         listed in Article 1 ( a ) and ( b ) of Regulation No
MUNITIES ,                                                         120/67/EEC or in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a) and (b ) of
                                                                   Regulation No 359/67/EEC is valid from its date of .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       issue until the end of the third month following that
European Economic Community ;                                      of issue ; whereas, also in accordance with Article 20
Having regard to " Council Regulation No                           of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70, an import licence
120/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                          for the products listed in Article 1 ( c) of Regulation
organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended             No 120/67/EEC is valid from its date of issue until
by Regulation (EEC) No" 1550/71 ,2 and in particular               the end of the fourth month following that of issue ;
Article 12 (2) thereof:
                                                                   Whereas the actual world market prices resulting
Having      regard    to      Council     Regulation     No        from    the  international  situation  which   made   it
359/67/EEC3 of 25 July 1967 on the common                          necessary to suspend the advance fixing of the levy
organisation of the market in rice, as last amended by             for the products in question are still somewhat
Regulation (EEC) No 1553/71 4 and in particular                    unstable, and whereas the effect of the abnormal
Article 10 (2) thereof;                                            conditions which made it seem likely that imported
                                                                   products might reach the Community market at
Having      regard    to      Council     Regulation     No        prices lower than the threshold prices is less marked
140/67/EEC5 of 21 June 1967 on rules for the                       but has not entirely disappeared;
advance fixing of levies on cereals, as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2435/70° and in particular                  Whereas the international situation has not returned
Article 8 thereof;                                                 to normal and whereas the pressure of the new cereal
                                                                   harvest in major producer countries creates on the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 365 /67/EEC7                world market a situation characterised in particular
of 25 July 1967 on rules for the advance fixing of                 by substantial price variations the trend of which
levies on rice and broken rice, as last amended by                 cannot yet be adequately assessed; whereas the
Regulation (EEC) No 2435/70, and in particular                     resulting instability might prevent the common
Article 8 thereof;                                                  organisation of the markets in cereals and in rice
                                                                    from functioning properly ; whereas, indeed, the
Whereas, in accordance with . Article 20 of                        period of validity of import licences laid down in
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/708 of 23                     Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 is likely
December 1970 on special detailed rules for the                    to prolong ' unduly the effect on the Community
 application of the system of import and export                     market of the abnormal world market situation ;
licences and advance fixing certificates for
 agricultural products, as last amended by Regulation              Whereas in these circumstances the suspension of the
 (EEC) No 1614/71° an import licence for products                  advance fixing of levies may be ended by repealing
                                                                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1793/71 10 of 17
 1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p . 2269/67.                              August 1971 on the suspension of the advance fixing
 2 OJ No L 164, 22.7.1971 , p . 1 .                                of the levy on cereals and rice, and the period of
3  OJ No L 174, 31.7.1967, p . 1 .                                 validity of the import licences for those products may
 4 OJ No L 164, 22.7.1971 , p . 5 .                                temporarily be shortened to a period appropriate to
 5 OJ No 125 , 26.6.1967, p . 2456/67.                             the situation and reflecting the commercial 'interests
 6 OJ No L 262, 3.12.1970, p . 3 .                                  involved;
 7 OJ No 174, 31.7.1967, p. 32 .
 8 OJ No L 283 , 29.12.1970, p . 15 .
 9 OJ No L 168, 27.7.1971 , p. 13.                                     OJ No L 186, 18.8.1971, p. 11 .
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Whereas the measures provided for in this. Regulation       for after the entry into force of this Regulation shall
are in accordance with the Opinion of the                   be valid for thirty days from its date of issue within
Management Committee for Cereals;                           the meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                            1373 /70 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                   Article 2
                     Article 1                              Regulation (EEC) No 1793/71 is hereby repealed.
By way of derogation from Article 20 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2637/70, an import licence for the                                         Article 3
products listed in Article 1 (a) (b ) and (c) of
Regulation Nol20/67/EEC or in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a) and      This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 October
(b ) of Regulation No 359/67/EEC which is applied           1971 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 13 October 1971 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Franco M. MALFATTI