31973R1722

No L 175/34 29 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1722/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 28 June 1973

amending Regulation (EEC) 518/72 of 8 March 1972 and Regulation (EEC) 582/69 of 26 March 1969 on certificates of origin and applications for such certificates

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 1973 in order to allow stocks of those forms to run COMMUNITIES , out ; and whereas this time limit appears to be insuffi­ cient, as considerable stocks of the old forms Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European remained on 31 March 1973 ; Economic Community ; Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) 802/ 68 (*) accordance with the Opinion of the Committee on of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the Origin ; concept of the origin of goods, and in particular Article 14 thereof ;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 of, and Annex HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : II to, that Regulation , Regulation (EEC) 582/69 (2) of 26 March 1969 prescribed the forms for certificates of Article 1 origin relating to goods originating in the Community or in one of the Member States, intended for exporta­ The text of the second indent of Article 1 of Regula­ tion from the Community, and for the applications tion (EEC) 518 /72 shall be replaced by the following for such certificates ; text : Whereas, with the aim of aligning these certificates of ' Nevertheless, forms which conform to the speci­ origin on the layout-key advocated by the Economic mens annexed to Regulation (EEC) 582/69 may be Commission for Europe in Geneva, Regulation 518 /72 used until 31 December 1973 '. of the Commission of 8 March 1972 (3) amended Regulation 582/69 by replacing the specimen of Article 2 certificate of origin as laid down by the latter Regula­ tion by a new specimen in accordance with the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day layout-key referred to above ; after its publication in the Official Journal of the Whereas Regulation 518 /72, referred to above, laid European Communities. It shall apply from 1 April down that the old forms could be used until 31 March 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 79, 31 . 3 . 1969, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 67, 20 . 3 . 1972, p . 25 .