2.7. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 178/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1816/83 of 1 July 1983 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 as regards the period of validity of export licences for cereal-based feedingstuffs and cereal- and rice-based processed products 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 organi- zation of the market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1451/82 (3, and in particular Article 12 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1418/76 of 21 June 1976 on the common organization of the market in rice (*), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof, Whereas Article 9d (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 of 25 July 1975 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences for cereals and rice (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 537/83 (%), provides that the period of validity of export licences for cereal-based compound feedingstuffs is to be calculated as from their actual date of issue ; whereas, under this provi- sion, the period of validity of licences requested at the end of the month is greater than that applicable to other licences; whereas this provision should be amended to indicate that the period of validity of export licences for compound feedingstuffs is to be calculated as from the day on which the application is lodged ; Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 lays down that, in the case of an invitation to tender opened in an importing non-member country, the export licence’s period of validity must correspond to the obligations deriving from such an invitation to tender ; whereas Article 11 of the said Regulation provides for the possibility of obtaining a special period of validity for the export licence in the case of transactions of a certain scale, subject to a commit- ment to export a minimum quantity; () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 1. OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1. OJ No L 213, 11. 8. 1975, p. 5. OJ No L 63, 9. 3. 1983, p. 10. Whereas the possibilities described above have been made available in the case of certain cereals and first- stage processing products excluding cereal-based compound feedingstuffs ; whereas both the current feed-grain surplus in the Community and the structure of the world market in compound feedingstuffs justify allowing these possibilities to apply in the case of cereal-based compound feedingstuffs ; whereas cereal- based compound feedingstuffs should therefore be added to the list of products eligible under Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75; Whereas the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 should be updated to take account of changes in the Common Customs Tariff ; Whereas, according to Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75, the period of validity of export licences is fixed for maize flour until the end of the second month following the month of issue of the licence, and for certain cereal- and rice-based processed products until the end of the third month following the month of issue of the licence ; whereas the period of validity of export licences for those products should be aligned with that laid down in respect of other cereal products in a similar situation and account should be taken of the new conditions of competition obtaining on the world market; whereas it seems appropriate, therefore, to amend the Annex by pro- viding for a longer period of wvalidity for export licences for the products in question ; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 2042/75 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 9d (2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. The period of validity of export licences issued in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be calculated as from their date of issue within the meaning of Article 21 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80.