31973R0217

31 . 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 26/15

REGULATION (EEC) No 217/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 26 January 1973 concerning the transitional measures for the free circulation of goods

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Member State of the Community as origi­ COMMUNITIES, nally constituted, where they satisfied the neces­ sary conditions for the issue of the document, to Having regard to the "Treaty establishing European a new Member State ; Economic Community ; Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Acces­ (b) a document T3L issued retroactively if the pro­ sion of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, and the ducts or goods were exported from a new Mem­ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire­ ber State, where they satisfied the necessary con­ land ito the European Economic Community and to ditions for the issue of the document, to another the European Atomic Energy Community ; Member State . Having regard to the Act (2) concerning the condi­ 2. Goods other those referred to in paragraph 1, tions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Trea­ which on 1 April 1973 are in transit, awaiting clear­ ties, and in particular Article 45 ( 1 ) thereof ; ance or in a bonded warehouse or free zone, may be covered by : Whereas on the 1 February 1973 , certain products and goods subject to the system of compensatory (a) a . document T2L or T3L issued retroactively if amounts as prescribed in Article 55 of the Act of the goods were exported from a new Member Accession will be in transit, awaiting clearance or in State of the Community as originally constituted, a bonded warehouse or free zone in the Commu­ where they satisfied the necessary conditions for nity ; whereas this situation will also apply on 1 the 'issue of the document, to a new Member April 1973 as regards other goods ; whereas such State ; products and goods should not be excluded from the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Acces­ ( b) a document T3L issued retroactively if the go6ds were exported from a new Member State, where sion ; whereas seeing that it is necessary to make transitional measures to this effect : they satisfied the necessary conditions for the issue of the document, to another Member State.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 Article 1 The T2L or T3L document referred to in the preced­ 1 . Agricultural products and goods processed ing Article must be produced to the customs authori­ from agricultural products which on 1 February ties of the Member State where the goods are lo­ 1973 are in transit, awaiting clearance or in a cated at the latest by 31 July 1973 . bonded warehouse or free zone in the Community may be covered by : Article 3 ( a) a document T2L issued retroactively if the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February products or goods were exported from a 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 26 January 1973 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 , 1972, p . 14.