22.11.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 324/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1081/2012 of 9 November 2012 for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 on the export of cultural goods (codification) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 of 18 December 2008 on the export of cultural goods (!), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 752/93 of 30 March 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 on the export of cultural goods (%) has been substantially amended several times (*). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified. (2)  Provisions are required for the implementation of Regu- lation (EC) No 116/2009, which provides, inter alia, for the establishment of an export licensing system for certain categories of cultural goods listed in Annex I to that Regulation. (3)  In order to ensure that the export licences provided for by the said Regulation are uniform, rules governing the drawing up, issuing and use of the form are necessary. To that end a specimen licence should be made available. (4)  In order to eliminate unnecessary administrative work, a concept of open licences for the temporary export of () OJ L 39, 10.2.2009, p. 1. () O] L 77, 31.3.1993, p. 24. (>) See Annex IV. cultural goods by responsible persons or organisations for use andfor for exhibition in third countries is required. (5)  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. The conditions to be fulfilled will differ from Member State to Member State. 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. (6)  Export licences should be made out in one of the official languages of the Union. (7). The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 116/2009, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: SECTION 1 FORM OF LICENCE Article 1 1. There shall be three types of licences for the export of cultural goods which shall be issued and used in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 and with this Regulation: (a) the standard licence; (b) the specific open licence; (c) the general open licence.