No L 77/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 3. 93 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 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 of 9 December 1992 (') on the export of cultural goods, and in particular Article 7 thereof, After consulting the Advisory Commitiee on Cultural Goods, Whereas it is necessary to adopt provisions for the imple- mentation of Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92, which provides, inter alia, for the establishment of an export licensing system for certain categories of cultural goods defined in the Annex to that Regulation; Whereas in order to ensure that the export licences provided for by the said Regulation are uniform it is necessary to lay down rules governing the drawing up, issuing and use of the form; whereas to that end a specimen licence should be drawn up; Whereas export licences must be made out in one of the official languages of the Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : SECTION 1 Form of licence Article 1 1. Licences for the export of cultural goods shall be made out on a form conforming to the specimen shown in the Annex hereto. Export licences shall be issued and used in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92, hereinafter referred to as ‘the basic Regulation’, and with this implementing Regulation. 2. Use of the export licence shall in no way affect obligations connected with export formalities or related documents. () OJ No L 395, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. Article 2 Export licence forms shall be provided on request by the competent authority or authorities referred to in Article 2 (2) of the basic Regulation. Article 3 1. The form shall be printed on white paper without mechanical pulp, dressed for writing purposes and weighing not less than $5 grams per square metre. 2. Forms shall measure 210 X 297 mm. 3. Forms shall be printed and filled out in an official language of the Communities designated by the compe- tent authorities of the issuing Member State. The compe- tent authorities of the Member State in which the form is presented may ask for it to be translated into the language, or one of the official languages, of that Member State. In this case, the translation costs shall be met by the licence holder. 4, Member States shall be responsible : — for having the forms printed, bearing the printer’s -name and address or identifying mark, — for taking any measure necessary in order to avoid the forging of forms. The means of identification adopted by Member States for this purpose shall be notified to the Commission, for communication to the compe- tent authorities of the other Member States. 5. Forms shall preferably be filled in by mechanical or electronic means. However, the application may be filled in legibly by hand ; in the latter case it shall be written in ink and in block capitals. Whatever the process used, forms shall not contain erasures, overwritten words or other alterations. SECTION II Use of licences . Article 4 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, a separate export licence shall be issued for each consignment of cultural goods. - 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 a consignment shall mean either a single cultural object of a number of cultural objects. 3. Where a consignment comprises of a number of cultural objects, it is for the competent authorities to determine whether one or several export licences should be issued for the consignment in question.