31990R0893

7 . 4. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 92/37

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 893/90 of 6 April 1990 on an extension of the term of validity of certain export licences for common wheat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, months on application by the party concerned ; whereas, in order to avoid any undue advantage, provision should Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European however be made that in his application the party Economic Community, concerned should forego the payment of the monthly increases in the export refund provided for in Article 16 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 for that period ; of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are No 201 /90 (2), and in particular Articles 12 (2) and 16 (6) in accordance with the opinion of the Management thereof, Committee for Cereals,

Whereas export licences for common wheat were issued on 12 January 1990 with advance fixing of the refund HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : applicable to exports of common wheat to the USSR ; whereas the term of validity of those licences expires on Article 1 31 March 1990 ; whereas failure to effect export by that date entails a loss of the security ; On application by the party concerned, the term of vali­ dity of export licences for common wheat issued on 12 Whereas the whole very large quantity involved can not January 1990 with advance fixing of the refund applicable be exported before the expiry of the term of validity of to a destination in the Soviet Union shall be extended the licences owing to the quite unusual congestion in the until 31 May 1990. Applications for an extension shall Soviet ports of import ; whereas the Soviet Union is also a only be admissible if they are lodged no later than two major importer of cereals from the Community ; working days after the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities and if Whereas those quantities of common wheat can no the party concerned foregoes the adjustments in the longer be placed in a customs warehouse under satisfac­ refund provided for in Article 16 (4) of Regulation (EEC) tory conditions on expiry of the term of validity of the No 2727/75 for the duration of the extensions. licences in order to avoid loss of the security owing to a lack of storage capacity in customs warehouses, in view of Article 2 the major quantities of cereals placed in warehouses at the end of February 1990 as a result of the congestion in the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Soviet ports ; publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Whereas under these conditions and quite exceptionally the term of validity of licences should be extended by two It shall apply from 30 March 1990.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 April 1990.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 281 , 10. 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 22, 27. 1 . 1990, p. 7.