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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2877/88

of 16 September 1988

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2221/88 (2), and in particular Article 16 (6) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2167/88 (4), sets the term of validity of export licences; whereas in view of the unsettled state of the world cereal market the term of validity of export licences for the products indicated in Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 should be limited;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1315/88 (6), introduces from 1 January 1988 a new 'combined nomenclature' meeting both the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff and the Community's external trade statistics and replacing the existing nomenclature;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Section A of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 September 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 September 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.

(3) OJ No L 213, 11. 8. 1975, p. 5.

(4) OJ No L 190, 21. 7. 1988, p. 28.

(5) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.

(6) OJ No L 123, 17. 5. 1988, p. 2.

ANNEX

'Term of validity of export licences

A. Cereals

1.2.3 // // // // CN code // Description // Term of validity // // // // 0709 90 60 // Sweet corn, fresh or chilled // // 0712 90 19 // Sweet corn, dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder but not otherwise prepared, other than hybrids for sowing // // 1001 90 91 // Common wheat and meslin seed // // 1001 90 99 1002 00 00 // Spelt, common wheat and meslin, other than for sowing Rye // To the end of the second month following that of issue // 1003 00 // Barley // // 1004 00 // Oats // // 1005 10 90 // Maize seed other than hybrid // // 1005 90 00 // Maize other than seed // // 1007 00 90 // Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing // // 1008 // Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals // // 1001 10 // Durum wheat // // 1101 00 00 1102 10 00 // Wheat or meslin flour Rye flour Products listed in Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 // To the end of the fourth month following that of issue // 1103 11 // Groats and meal of wheat // To the end of the sixth month following that of issue' // // //