31978R3020

No L 359 / 22 22 . 12 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3020/78 of 21 December 1978 extending the validity of export authorizations issued under Regulation (EEC) No 1249/ 78

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it is therefore necessary to extend the period COMMUNITIES, of validity of the authorizations beyond the 1978 calendar year ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, After obtaining the opinion of the Quota Administra­ tion Committee, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common proce­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : dure for administering quantitative quotas ( ! ), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Article 1 Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 1249/78 of 9 June 1 . Export authorizations and customs export docu­ 1978 (2), the Commission allocated the Community ments issued before 1 January 1979 under Regulation quantitative export quotas for certain types of copper ( EEC) No 1249/78 may remain valid until 30 April ash and residues and for certain types of copper, alumi­ 1979 . nium and lead waste and scrap ; 2. The quantities exported shall be set against the Whereas the above Community export quotas were 1978 quotas, provided that these have not been fully not fixed and allocated for 1978 until May and June used . on account of the time needed to complete the review of the arrangements to be followed in 1978 ; Article 2 Whereas the export authorizations were therefore This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day issued belatedly ; whereas it will not be possible in following its publication in the Official Journal of every case to export the goods in question by 1 the European Communities. It shall apply until 30 January 1979 , the expiry date of the quotas ; April 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1978 . For the Commission

Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-President

(>) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6 . 1970, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 155, 13 . 6 . 1978 , p. 8 .