31973R1455

31 . 5 . 73 No L 144/73 Official Journal of the European Communities

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 ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ are in accordance with the Opinion of Management 67/ EEC (•), of 13 June 1967, on the Common organi­ 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 By derogation from Article 22 ( 1 ) and 22 (2) of 2637/70 were justified principally by considerable Regulation ( EEC) No 2637/70, export licences for price increases existing on the world market for most products referred to in those paragraphs shall be basic cereals ; whereas since then the development of valid from the date of issue, within the meaning of prices on the world market for some important cereals Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70, has shown an increasing instability, resulting in until the end of the second month following that certain cases in an increase in prices exceeding 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 .