31973R2574

22. 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 266/ 13

REGULATION (EEC) No 2574/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 September 1973 temporarily varying the period of validity of the advance fixing of the export refund on olive oil

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN product, it is necessary, at the present time when the COMMUNITIES, 1972/ 1973 oil year ends and the new one begins, to reduce the period of validity of certain export licences Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European for which the refund is fixed in advance ; Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 66/EEC (1) of 22 September 1966 on the establish­ ment Committee for Oils and Fats : ment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1707/73 (2), and in particular Articles 17 (3) and 18 (3) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation No 162/ 66/EEC (3) of 27 October 1966 on trade in oils and By way of derogation from Article 5 (3) of Regulation fats between the Community and Greece, and in parti­ (EEC) No 2637/70, the period of validity of export cular Article 8 thereof ; licences with advance fixing of the refund for olive oil falling within subheading No 15.07 A of the Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 (4) of 23 December 1970 on special detailed Common Customs Tariff shall expire on 30 rules for the application of the system of import November 1973 ; this shall apply to licences for licences, export licences and advance fixing certifi­ which the application was lodged, within the meaning cates for agricultural products, as last amended by of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1 373/70 (6), as Regulation (EEC) No 2312/73 (5), provides in Article 5 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1796/73 (7), between 25 September and 31 October 1973 . that for olive oil an export licence with advance fixing of the refund is to be valid from its actual date of issue until the end of the second month following that of Article 2 issue ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Whereas, in view of the world trade situation for olive following its publication in the Official Journal of oil and in order to prevent speculative trade in that the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 September 1973 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No 172, 30 . 9 . 1966, p. 3025/66. (2) OJ No L 175, 29 . 6. 1973 , p . 5 . (3) OJ No 197, 29 . 10 . 1966, p . 3393/66. (4) OJ No L 283 , 29 . 12. 1970, p. 15 . (6) OJ No L 158 , 20 . 7. 1970 , p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 237, 25 . 8 . 1973 , p . 28 . ( 7) OJ No L 183 , 5 . 7. 1973, p. 1 .