17. 7. 98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 201/47 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1526/98 of 16 July 1998 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 752/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 on the export of cultural goods THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 of 9 December 1992 on the export of cultural goods ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2469/96 (3, and in par- ticular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Committee on Cultural Goods, Whereas it is advisable, in order to eliminate unnecessary administrative work, to introduce the concept of open licences for the temporary export of cultural goods by responsible persons or organisations for use and/or for exhibition in third countries; Whereas the Member States that wish to take advantage of such facilities should be able to do so in relation to their own cultural goods, persons and organisations, whereas the conditions to be fulfilled will differ from Member State to Member State; whereas the Member States should be able to opt for the use of open licences or not and lay down the conditions to be met for their issue; Whereas it is necessary to lay down provisions as to the appearance of such licences so that they can be readily recognised and used anywhere in the Community; Whereas the provisions of Article 10 relating to Common transit are no longer necessary; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 752/93 () shall be amended as follows: 1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: Article 1 1.  There shall be three types of licences for the export of cultural goods which shall be issued and () OJ L 395, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ L 335, 24. 12. 1996, p. 9. () OJ L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 24. used in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92, hereinafter called the “Basic Regulation”, and with this implementing Regulation: — the standard licence, — the specific open licence, — the general open licence. 2. The use of export licences shall in no way affect obligations connected with export formalities or related documents. . Article 2 shall become Article 1(3). . A new Article 2 shall be introduced: ‘Article 2 1. A standard licence shall normally be used for each export subject to the Basic Regulation. However each individual Member State concerned may decide whether or not it wishes to issue any specific or general open licences which may be used instead if the specific conditions relating to them are fulfilled as set out in Articles 10 and 13. 2. A specific open licence shall cover the repeated temporary export of a specific cultural good by a particular person or organisation as set out in Article 10. 3. A general open licence shall cover any tem- porary export of any of those cultural goods that form part of the permanent collection of a museum or other institution, as set out in Article 13. 4. A Member State may revoke any specific or general open licence at any time if the conditions under which it was issued are no longer met. It shall inform the Commission immediately if the licence issued is not recovered and could be used irregularly. The Commission shall immediately inform the other Member States. 5. Member States may introduce whatever reas- onable measures they deem necessary in their national territory to monitor the use of their own open licences.’ . A new Section II shall be introduced containing the existing Articles 3 to 9: