31973R2856

No L 293 / 24 20 . 10 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 2856/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 1 9 October 1973 . amending Regulation (EEC) No 133/73 as regards the period of validity of export licences for rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN order to limit the effect of the chase rising prices on COMMUNITIES , the marketing of the last harvest, the quantity likely to be placed on the export market should be regulated Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European by reducing the period of validity of export licences ; Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 67/EEC (') of 25 July 1967 on the common organiza­ ment Committee for Cereals ; tion of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act of Accession (2), and in particular Article 10(2) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas under Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regula­ Article 1 tion (EEC) No 1 33/73 (3) of 19 January 1973 dero­ gating from Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 as regards The second subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regula­ the period of validity of export licences for cereals and tion (EEC) No 133/73 is replaced by the following : rice, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No ' By way of derogation from Article 22(1 ) and 1455/73 (4), an export licence for the products speci­ 22 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70, export fied in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation 359/67/ EEC is to be valid from its date of issue within the licences for products referred to in those para­ graphs shall be valid for 30 days following their meaning of Article 8(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No date of issue within the meaning of Article 8 ( 1 ) of 1373/70 until the end of the second following month ; Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 .'

Whereas the last harvest has now been put on the Article 2 market, increasing Community rice availabilities to such an extent that it has become possible to autho­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its rize exportation once again ; whereas world market publication in the Official Journal of the European Comm unities. prices till show an upward trend however ; whereas in

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

Done at Brussels, 19 October 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(■) OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1 967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73, 27 . 3. 1972, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 17 , 20 . 1 . 1973 , p. 22. {*) OJ No L 144, 31 . 5. 1973, p. 73 .