31973R1783

No L 179/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 7 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1783/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 July 1973 re-establishing the normal period of validity of import licences for rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, because of the circumstances of supply and COMMUNITIES , demand on the world market at the present time it is necessary, so as to guarantee stability of the supply of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European rice to the Community, to re-establish the period of Economic Community ; validity laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70, Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1614/71 (7); 67/EEC (J ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Act (2) annexed to the Treaty concerning the Acces­ ment Committee for Cereals : sion of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and in particular Article 1 0 (2) thereof ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 365/ Article 1 67/ EEC (3) of 25 July 1967 on rules for the advance fixing of levies on rice and broken rice, as last The provisions of Article 1 , paragraph 1 , second amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2435/70 (4), and in indent, and paragraph 2 of Regulation (EEC) No particular Article 8 thereof ; 2196/71 , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 538 /73 , are abolished. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2196/71 (5) of 13 October 1971 derogating from Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards the period of Article 2 validity of import licences for cereals and rice, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 538/73 (6), limited This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day the period of validity of import licences for certain following its publication in the Official Journal of products ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 July 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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