31973R0464

26 . 2 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 53 /35

REGULATION (EEC) No 464/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 January 1973 on a transitional measure arising from Accession and relating to the cancellation of im­ port licences for milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN enabling the obligation to import the remaining quan­ COMMUNITIES , tities to be cancelled and the relevant security to be returned ;

Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Ac­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ces sion of new Member States to the European Econo­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management mic C ommunity and to the European Atomic Energy Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Article 63 of the Act ( 2) annexed thereto ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas under Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ( 3) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiz­ Article 1 ation of the market in milk and milk products , as last amended by the Act, the importation into the Com­ In the case of an import licence issued for one of the munity of any of the products listed in Article 1 of the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) said Regulation is made conditional upon the sub­ No 804/68 , which shows a new Member State as mission of an import licence ; whereas the issue of that country of origin in space No 13 and which is still licence is made conditional on the giving of security valid on 1 February 1973 , the obligation to import guaranteeing an undertaking to import during shall, on application from the holder, be cancelled by the period of validity of the licence, such security the competent agency of the issuing Member State. becoming forfeit in whole or in part if the importation is not effected or is only partially effected during that In such a case the security shall be returned immediately. period ;

Whereas from 1 February 1973 import licences will Article 2 no longer be used for imports from the new Member States into the Community as originally constituted ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day whereas certain importers have applied for import following its publication in the Official Journal of the licences in respect of import operations which they European Communities . have only been able to effect partially before that date ; whereas transitional measures should be taken It shall apply from 1 February 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 31 January 1973 . For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

o OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . (3) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .