CELEX: 31973R1455
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1455/73 of the Commission of 30 May 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 133/73 as regards the period of validity of export licences for cereals

31 . 5 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 144/73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1455/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 30 May 1973
                amending Regulation (EEC) No 133/73 as regards the period of validity of export
                                                      licences for cereals
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     world market affecting the marketing of the new
COMMUNITIES,                                                       harvest in the Community ; whereas with this aim in
                                                                   view it is desirable to limit the validity of export
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              iicences to 30 days ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
67/ EEC (•), of 13 June 1967, on the Common organi­                are in accordance with the Opinion of Management
                                                                   Committee for Cereals ;
zation of the market in cereals, as last amended by the
Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession of
the new Member States to the European Community                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed
at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular
                                                                                            Article 1
Article 1 2 (2) thereof ;
Whereas under Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regula­                Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 133/73 shall be
 tion (EEC) No 1 33/73 (4) of 19 January 1973, dero­               replaced by the following :
gating from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards                     '1 .   By derogation from Article 21 ( 1 ) of Regula­
 the period of validity of export licences for cereals and             tion (EEC) No 2637/70, export licences for
 rice, the export licence for products referred to in                  products referred to in that paragraph, for which
 Article 1 (a) and 1 (b) of Regulation No 120/67/EEC is                requests are lodged after 30 May 1973, are valid for
 valid from the date of issue within the meaning of                    30 days from the date of their issue within the
 Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 , until                meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
 the end of the second month following that of issue ;                  1373 /70 .
 Whereas these derogations from Regulation (EEC) No
 2637/70 were justified principally by considerable                    By derogation from Article 22 ( 1 ) and 22 (2) of
 price increases existing on the world market for most                 Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70, export licences for
 basic cereals ; whereas since then the development of                 products referred to in those paragraphs shall be
 prices on the world market for some important cereals                 valid from the date of issue, within the meaning of
 has shown an increasing instability, resulting in                     Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70,
 certain cases in an increase in prices exceeding that                 until the end of the second month following that
                                                                       of issue .'
 which lead to the adoption of Regulation (EEC) No
  133 / 73 ;
                                                                                             Article 2
 Whereas this new situation requires, for the reasons
 advanced in the last mentioned Regulation , which still            The present Regulation shall enter into force on the
 remains valid, the adoption of measures designed, as               day of its publication in the Official Journal of the
 far as possible, to avoid the present instability of the           Eu ropea n Com m u n ities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 30 May 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
  (')  OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2269/ 67 .
  (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
  (3)  OJ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5.
  (4 ) OJ No L 17, 20 . 1 . 1973 , p. 22 .