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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 921/1999
of 30 April 1999
providing for special measures to distribute fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market to
►M1 people originating in Kosovo ◄
(OJ L 114, 1.5.1999, p. 46)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2134/1999 of 7 October 1999 L 262 3 8.10.1999
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 921/1999
of 30 April 1999
providing for special measures to distribute fruit and vegetables
withdrawn from the market to ►M1 people originating in
Kosovo◄
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October
1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and veget-ables (
1), as lastamended by Regulat ion (EC) No 857/1999 (2), and in
particular Article 30(7) thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/97 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 729/1999 (4), lays down detailed
rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards inter-vention arrangements in the fruit and vegetables sector and espe-cially the free distribution of products withdrawn from the marketas humanitarian aid outside the Community;
(2) Whereas Article 14(3) and Article 16(2) of that Regulation laydown a number of conditions and require a Commission Decisionbefore each free distribution operation outside the Community;
(3) Whereas the urgent need to get food aid to the refugee victims ofthe Kosovo crisis and to their host families is well known;
(4) Whereas, to facilitate aid to these people, some provisions ofArticle 14(3) and Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 659/97should be derogated from, until further notice;
(5) Whereas the areas to which this derogation applies should bedemarcated;
(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the Management Committee forFresh Fruitand Veget ables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 14(3) and Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 659/97 shall not
apply to free distribution operations involving ►M1people originating
in Kosovo ◄and their host families in the territory of the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Albania, the formerYugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgariaand Romania.
For these operations, the Member States shall send to the Commission:
— on the first working day of each month, the information stipulated in
Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 659/97 on the operationscompleted,
— a copy of the notification sent to the FAO Subcommittee on Surplus
Disposal.
(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 100, 17.4.1997, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 93, 8.4.1999, p. 11.
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Article 1a
1. Notwithstanding the first sentence of the second subparagraph of
Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 659/97, in the case of the opera-tions referred to in Article 1 above, the distance to be considered formeeting the transport costs shall be the distance between the point ofwithdrawal and the point of delivery to people originating in Kosovoand their host families.
2. The Member States concerned shall notify the Commission of the
special measures adopted in application of Article 18 of Regulation(EC) No 659/97 in order to ensure that the operations referred to inArticle 1 are carried out correctly.
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.