CELEX: 31973R1722
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1722/73 of the Commission of 28 June 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 518/72 of 8 March 1972 and Regulation (EEC) No 582/69 of 26 March 1969 on certificates of origin and applications for such certificates

No L 175/34                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            29 . 6. 73
                           REGULATION ( EEC) No 1722/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 28 June 1973
              amending Regulation (EEC) 518/72 of 8 March 1972 and Regulation (EEC) 582/69
                of 26 March 1969 on certificates of origin and applications for such certificates
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     1973 in order to allow stocks of those forms to run
COMMUNITIES,                                                       out ; and whereas this time limit appears to be insuffi­
                                                                   cient, as   considerable    stocks of the   old   forms
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              remained on 31 March 1973 ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) 802/68 (*)
of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the                    accordance with the Opinion of the Committee on
concept of the origin of goods, and in particular                  Origin ;
Article 14 thereof ;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 of, and Annex               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
II to, that Regulation, Regulation (EEC) 582/69 (2) of
26 March 1969 prescribed the forms for certificates of                                      Article 1
origin relating to goods originating in the Community
or in one of the Member States, intended for exporta­              The text of the second indent of Article 1 of Regula­
tion from the Community, and for the applications                  tion (EEC) 518 /72 shall be replaced by the following
for such certificates ;                                            text :
Whereas, with the aim of aligning these certificates of                'Nevertheless, forms which conform to the speci­
origin on the layout-key advocated by the Economic                     mens annexed to Regulation (EEC) 582/69 may be
Commission for Europe in Geneva, Regulation 518 /72                    used until 31 December 1973 '.
of the Commission of 8 March 1972 (3) amended
Regulation 582/69 by replacing the specimen of
certificate of origin as laid down by the latter Regula­                                    Article 2
tion by a new specimen in accordance with the
layout-key referred to above ;                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   after its publication in the Official Journal of the
Whereas Regulation 518 /72, referred to above, laid                 European Communities. It shall apply from 1 April
down that the old forms could be used until 31 March                1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 28 June 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            François-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 79, 31 . 3 . 1969, p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 67, 20 . 3 . 1972, p . 25 .