CELEX: 31971R1614
Language: en
Date: 1971-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1614/71 of the Commission of 26 July 1971 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity of import licences for round-grained rice

600                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
 No L 168 /34                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                27.7.71
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1614/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 26 July 1971
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of validity of import
                                               licences for round-grained rice
THE    COMMISSION         OF      THE EUROPEAN       COM­         Whereas the market in round-grained rice should be
 MUNITIES,                                                        distinguished from the market in long-grained rice
                                                                  since, for round-grained rice, forward quotations, if
                                                                  made at all, are limited to a period not exceeding two
                                                                  months :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;
                                                                  Whereas it is thus necessary to revise the period of
                                                                  validity of import licences for round-grained rice ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No                            whereas a period should be fixed which coincides in
359/67/EEC1 of 25 July 1967 on the common                         general with the period for which there may be repre­
organisation of the market in rice, as last amended by            sentative forward quotations on the world market;
Regulation (EEC) No 1553 /712 and in particular
Article 10 (2) thereof;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the
Whereas the period of validity of the import licence              Management Committee for Cereals ;
for the products listed in Article 1 (a) and (b) of
Regulation No 359/67/EEC was- fixed by Article 20
(2) of Regulation No 2637/703 of 23 December 1970                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
on special detailed rules for the application of the
system of import and export licences and advance
fixing certificates for agricultural products, as last                                    Article 1
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1391/71,4 as a
period extending from the date of issue of the licence            The following shall be substituted for Article 20 (2)
until the end of the third month following that of                of Regulation No 2637/70 :
issue; whereas experience during the first four years
of application of the common organisation of the                      '2. An import licence for products listed in
market in rice has shown that this long period of                     Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No
validity sometimes gives rise to serious disturbances ;               359/67/EEC shall be valid from its date of issue
                                                                      within the meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation
                                                                       (EEC) No 1373/70 until the end :
Whereas these disturbances are caused by the
possibility of fixing a levy in advance for imports to                ( a) of the second month following that of issue
be effected over a period for which it is not possible                     for round-grained products listed in (a),
to assess future market trends at the time of the
advance fixing or to fix premiums representative of                   (b) of the third month following that of issue for
the trends in market prices;                                               long-grained products listed in ( a) and for
                                                                           products listed in (b).'
                                                                                          Article 2
1 OJ  No  174, 31.7.1967, p. 1 .
2 OJ  No  L 164, 22.7.1971, p. 5 .
3 OJ  No  L 283, 29.12.1970, p. 15 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
4  OJ No  L 145, 1.7.1971, p . 44.                                1971 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 26 July 1971 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                    The President
                                                               Franco M. MALFATTI