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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1557/2000
of17July2000
amendingRegulation(EC)No800/1999layingdowncommondetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
thesystemofexportrefundsonagriculturalproducts
(OJ L 179, 18.7.2000, p. 6)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 272, 10.10.2002, p. 35 (1557/2000)
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1557/2000
of17July2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 laying down common
detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds
onagricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June
1992 on the common organisation of the market of cereals(1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/1999(2), and in particular Arti-
cles 13 and 21 thereof, and to the corresponding provisions of the otherregulations on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural
products,
Whereas:
(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000
laying down common detailed rules for the application of thesystem of import and export licences and advance fixing certifi-cates for agricultural products(
3) provides that no licence is
required upto the quantities of p roducts set out in Annex IIIthereto. For the sake of consistency, that approach implies the
need to adapt the reference to the specific rules waiving the
need for export licences in the first indent of the second subpar-agraph of Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 of 15 April 1999 laying down common detailed rules forthe application of the system of export refunds on agriculturalproducts(
4).
(2)Payment of refunds is subject as a general rule to production ofan export licence with advance fixing of the refund on the day of
lodging of the licence application. This implies that the situation
referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, inwhich two dates are to be considered for the purpose of deter-mining the rate of refund, will no longer arise. Thoseprovisions should accordingly be deleted.
(3)It should be made clear that the checks referred to in Article 5(7)of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 do not apply to deliveries forvictualling and other destinations treated as exports from theCommunity.
(4)Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 provides that a licence is notrequired and may not be produced for victualling and other
destinations treated as exports. Given that the new provisions of
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 no longer provide for the fixingof the refund in advance for such operations, Article 37(2) and(3) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 should be adapted accord-ingly.
(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordancewith the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 is amended as follows:
1. The first indent of the second subparagraph of Article 4(1) is
replaced by the following text:2000R1557 — EN — 25.07.2000 — 000.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.
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‘— where the quantities exported per export declaration are less
than or equal to the quantities set out in Annex III to Regulation(EC) No 1291/2000,’.
2. Article 14(2) is deleted.
3. Article 36(4) is replaced by the following text:
‘►
C14. The provisions of Article 5(7) shall not apply to deliv-
eries covered by this Article. However, the Member States may take
appropriate action to allow checks on the products. ◄’
4. Article 37 is amended as follows:
(a) the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the
following text:
‘For products loaded each month as provided for in this Article,
the last day of the month shall be used to determine the rate of
refund applicable.’;
(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. Where the refund is determined by invitation to tender,
the licence must be valid on the last day of the month.’
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
However, Article 1(1) shall apply from 1 October 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
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