CELEX: 31973R1986
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1986/73 of the Council of 24 July 1973 on export licences for oil seeds and oil-cake

25 . 7. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 204/ 1
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                                      REGULATION (EEC) No 1986/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                           of 24 July 1973
                                             on export licences for oil seeds and oil-cake
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas, for the advance fixing of export refunds
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           on colza, rape and sunflower seeds, a system of
                                                                        certificates of advance fixing was provided for in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     Article 4a of Council Regulation No 142/67/EEC (4)
 pean Economic Community ;                                              of 21 June 1967 on export refunds on colza, rape
                                                                         and sunflower seeds, as last amended by Regulation
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/                             (EEC ) No 2429/72 ( 5) ; whereas , in order to ensure
 66/EEC (*) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­                      proper administration, certificates of advance fixing
 ment of a common organization of the market in                          should, during the period of application of this
 oils and fats, as last amended by the Act (2 )
                                                                         Regulation, be replaced by the export licences intro­
concerning the Conditions of Accession and the                          duced under this Regulation ;
Adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular
 Articles 28 and 36 thereof ;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/
66/EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and
fats between the Community and Greece, and in
particular Article 8 thereof ;                                                                      Article 1
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
 sion ;                                                                  1 . From 26 July to 31 October 1973 all exports
                                                                        from the Community of oil seeds and oleaginous
Whereas the world market in oil seeds and oil-cake                     fruit, whole or broken , except those intended for
 is at present characterized by a considerable rise in                 sowing, falling within heading No 12.01 of the
 prices ; whereas this situation may have repercus­                     Common Customs Tariff, and of all products
 sions on the Community market in those products ;                     falling within subheading No 23.04 B of that Tariff,
                                                                       shall be subject to production of an export licence .
 Whereas it is not possible at the moment to keep
 under permanent observation the trend in exports                       2.     Member States shall issue the licence to all
 o'f oil seeds and oil-cake from the Community and                      those who apply for it irrespective of their place of
 thus assess developments in the market in those                        business in the Community. The licence shall be
products ; whereas, in order to overcome these diffi­                   valid throughout the Community .
 culties, export licences should be issued as an excep­
 tional and temporary measure, accompanied by a                         The issue of this licence shall be conditional upon
deposit guaranteeing that the exports for which the                     the giving of security in guarantee of the under­
licences were requested are actually effected ;                        taking to export within the period of validity of the
whereas such a measure would enable erroneous                          licence . The security shall be forfeited, in whole or
assessment of the real situation on the market in the                  in part, if exportation is not effected within that
products concerned to be avoided ;                                     period or is effected only in part .
Whereas the system of export licences should be                        3.      The period of validity of the licences and the
applied only for as long as appears necessary ;                        other rules for application of this Article shall be
(!) OJ No 172 , 30. 9 . 1966 , p . 3025 /66 .
( 2 ) OJ No L. 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .                             ( 4 ) OJ No 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2461 /67 .
(3) OJ No 197, 29 . 10. 1966, p . 3393 /66 .                           ( 5 ) OJ No L 264 , 23 . 11 . 1972 , p . 1 .
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determined in accordance with the procedure laid           issued in lieu of the certificates of advance fixing
down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC.            provided for in Article 4a of Regulation No 142/67/
                                                           EEC .
                      Article 2
                                                                                  Article 3
During the period of application of this Regulation,
the export licences provided for in Article 1 shall,       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
for the purposes of the advance fixing of export           following its publication in the Official Journal of
refunds on colza, rape and sunflower seeds, be             the European Communities .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 24 July 1973 .
                                                                     For the Council
                                                                       The President
                                                                       I. NØRGAARD