CELEX: 31977R1125
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1125/77 of 27 May 1977 amending for the 11th time Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice

No L 134/56                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 28 . 5 . 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1125/77
                                                          of 27 May 1977
              amending for the 11th time Regulation ( EEC) No 2042/75 on special detailed
              rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals
                                                              and rice
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       applied to malt export licences with a long period of
COMMUNITIES,                                                         validity ; whereas the geographical groupings currently
                                                                     set out in Regulation (EEC) No 306/76 have proved
                                                                     unsuitable to the particular nature of the malt market ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                whereas zones specifically for malt have therefore
Economic Community,                                                  been defined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1124/77 of 27 May 1977 redefining the destination
                                                                     zones for export refunds or levies and for certain
                                                                     export licences for cereals and rice (6) ; whereas Article
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         9a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 should be
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                   amended accordingly ;
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3138 /76 (2), and in particular
Article 12 (2) and the second subparagraph of Article                Whereas, moreover, the period for indicating the desti­
26 (3) thereof,                                                      nation on an export licence, at present fixed at two
                                                                     months, has proved insufficient in the light of
                                                                     commercial practice ; whereas this period should be
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75                       extended to three months ;
of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for the appli­
cation of the system of import and export licences for
cereals and rice (3), as last amended by Regulation                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(EEC) No 2824/76 (4) provides that the export licence                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
for certain products falling within heading No 1 1 .07               ment Committee for Cereals,
of the Common Customs Tariff is valid until the end
of the 11th month following that of issue ;
Whereas experience has shown that speculative use
 may be made of a long period of validity ; whereas,                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 however, in accordance with international practice, a
 large proportion of delivery contracts are concluded
 for at least a year ; whereas, in order to enable malt
 exporters to continue to conclude such contracts, prov­
 ision should be made for a longer period of validity,                                          Article 1
 provided that certain conditions are fulfilled, in parti­
 cular as regards the destination of the exports and the
 period within which the destination must be indicated                Article 9a ( 1 ) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2042/7.5
 on the export licence ;                                              is hereby amended to read as follows :
                                                                           ' 1 . By way of derogation from Article 9, the
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 306/76 of                          export licence for products falling within subhead­
  12 February 1976 redefining the destination zones for                    ings 1 1.07 A I b), 1 1.07 A II b) and 1 1.07 B of the
 export refunds or levies on cereals and rice (5) defined                  Common Customs Tariff shall be valid from the
 zones which were distinguished according to the                           day of issue, within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) ol
 characteristics of the markets in cereals, flour and                       Regulation (EEC) No 193/75 until the end of the
 rice ; whereas under Article 9a ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)                  11th month following that of issue, where the
  No 2042/75, the geographical groupings referred to in                     application is made for export to a zone defined in
 the aforesaid Regulation ( EEC) No 306/76 have been                        Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1124/77. In this
                                                                            case, the destination shall be indicated in Section
 (!)  OJ No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .                                 13 of the licence, and the licence shall carry the
 (2)  OJ No L  354, 24. 12 . 1976, p . 1 .                                  obligation to export to the said destination .
 (3)  OJ No L  213 , 11 . 8 . 1975 , p . 5 .
 («)  OJ No L  325, 24. 11 . 1976, p . 5 .
 (5 ) OJ No L  38 , 13 . 2. 1976, p . 14 .                            (6) See page 53 of this Official Journal .
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     2.    However, entry of the destination as referred                               Article 2
     to in paragraph 1 may be made after the licence is
     issued . In this case, it must be entered not later       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1977.
     than three months from the day of issue of the
     licence within the meaning of Article 9 ( 1 ) of          It shall only apply to licences issued with effect from
     Regulation (EEC) No 193/75.'                              the day of its entry into force .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 27 May 1977.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                             Vice-President