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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1498/1999
of8July1999
laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards
communications between the Member States and the Commission in the milk and milk products
sector
(OJ L 174, 9.7.1999, p. 3)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1498/1999
of8July1999
laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68 as regards communications between the Member
StatesandtheCommissioninthemilkandmilkproductssector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June
1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milkproducts(
1), aslas t amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96(2), and
in particular Article 28 thereof,
(1)Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 of 31January 1969 on communicationsbetween Member Statesandthe Commission with regard to milk and milk products(
3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 427/98(4), hasbeen
substantially amended several times; whereas, for the sake of
clarity, that Regulation should be recast since further amend-
mentsare to be made;
(2)Whereas appraisal of the production and market situation in the
milk and milk products sector necessitates a regular exchange of
information on the operation of the intervention measuresprovided for in Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, particularly withregard to changesin s tocksof the productsconcerned, bothheld by intervention agenciesand in private s torage;
(3)Whereas aid for skimmed milk processed into casein and refundscan be fixed only on the basis of information on changes inpricesin international trade;
(4)Whereasthe accurate and detailed monitoring of trade flowstoassess the effect of refunds requires information on exports ofproductsfor which refundsare fixed, particularly the quantities
awarded under tendering procedures;
(5)Whereasthe implementation of the Agreement on Agriculture
concluded under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade nego-tiations(
5) (hereinafter referred to as‘the Agreement on
Agriculture’) requiresadditional and more detailed information
to be provided on importsand exports , in particular with regardto licence applicationsand the way licencesare us ed, in order toensure compliance with undertakings under the Agreement;whereasrapid information on export trendsisneeded in order
to make maximum use of those undertakings; whereas under
that Agreement food-aid exportsare not s ubject to theconstraints applying to subsidised exports; whereas it should beprovided that communicationsrelating to export licence applica-tions must accordingly specify which licence applications coverfood-aid supplies;
(6)Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 147/1999(6) lays
down detailed rulesfor exportsof chees e to Canada, Switzerlandand the United States; whereas provision should be made for the
relevant information to be communicated;
(7)WhereasRegulation {EC) No 147/1999 introducess pecific
arrangementsfor the grant of refundson ingredientsof Commu-
nity origin in processed cheese manufactured under the inward
processing arrangements; whereas provision should be made forthe relevant information to be communicated;1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 28, 5.2.1969, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 53, 24.2.1998, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
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(8)WhereasArticle 5 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 provides
that, in certain cases, export licences can be valid for exportation
of a product with a code other than that entered in Section 16 ofthe licence; whereas provision should be made for the relevantinformation to be communicated;
(9)Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/98(1), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1339/1999(2), providesfor
certain import quotasto be adminis tered by meansof IMA 1certificates issued by the authorities of third countries; whereas
the Member States inform the Commission of the quantity of
products for which import licences are issued on the basis ofIMA 1 certificates; whereas experience has shown that such noti-fication is not always sufficient to allow such imports to bemonitored closely at each stage; whereas provision should be
made for additional information to be communicated;
(10)Whereasthe method of communicating certain informationshould be changed; whereas the communication of that informa-
tion is essential in order to monitor compliance with certainimport quotass tarting on 1 July 1999 under the Agreement onAgriculture; whereas, in order to ensure the continuity of themanagement of the system, it is accordingly necessary that thisRegulation apply from that date;
(11)Whereasthe meas uresprovided for in thisRegulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for
Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
CHAPTERI
Stocksandintervention
Article 1
Member Statess hall communicate the following information to the
Commission not later than the 10th of each month for the previous
month:
1. in the case of intervention measures taken under Article 6(1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68:
(a) the quantitiesof butter in s torage at the end of the month
concerned and the quantitiesentering and leaving s torage duringthat month, in accordance with Annex I, Part A;
(b) a breakdown of the quantitiesof butter leaving s torage during
the month concerned, according to the regulationsby whichthey are covered, in accordance with Annex I, Part B;
(c) a breakdown by age of the quantitiesof butter in s torage at the
end of the month concerned, in accordance with Annex I, PartC;
2. in the case of intervention measures taken under Article 6(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, in accordance with Annex II:
(a) the quantitiesof butter and cream converted into butter equiva-
lent covered by storage contracts concluded during the month
concerned;
(b) the quantitiesof butter and cream converted into butter equiva-
lent covered by storage contracts which expired during the
month concerned;
(c) the total quantity of butter and cream converted into butter
equivalent covered by storage contracts at the end of the monthconcerned.1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 159, 25.6.1999, p. 22.
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Article 2
In the case of intervention measures taken under Article 7(1) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 804/68, the Member Statess hall communicate, notlater than the 10th of each month for the month preceding the commu-nication:
(a) the quantities of skimmed-milk powder in storage at the end of the
month concerned and the quantitiesentering and leaving s torageduring that month, in accordance with Annex III, Part A;
(b) a breakdown of the quantitiesof s kimmed-milk powder leaving
storage during the month concerned, according to the regulations
by which they are covered, in accordance with Annex III, Part B;
(c) a breakdown by age of the quantitiesof s kimmed-milk powder in
storage at the end of the month concerned, in accordance withAnnex III, Part C.
Article 3
In the case of intervention measures taken under Article 8(1) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 804/68, the Member Statess hall communicate, not
later than the 10th of each month for the month preceding the commu-nication:
(a) the quantities of the following cheeses:
— Grana Padano,
— Parmigiano Reggiano,
— Provolone,
covered by storage contracts at the beginning of the month
concerned;
(b) the quantities of cheese covered by storage contracts concluded
during the month concerned, broken down by the categorieslis tedat (a);
(c) the quantities of cheese covered by storage contracts which expired
during the month concerned, broken down by the categorieslis tedat (a);
(d) the quantities of cheese covered by storage contracts at the end of
the month concerned, broken down by the categorieslis ted at (a).
Article 4
For the purposes of this Chapter:
(a) ‘quantities entering’ means quantities physically placed in storage,
whether or not taken over by the intervention agency;
(b) ‘quantitiesleaving’ meansquantitieswhich have been removed or,
if taken over by the purchaser before removal, quantities takenover.
CHAPTERII
Aidforskimmedmilkandskimmed-milkpowder
Article 5
Member Statess hall communicate the following information to the
Commission:
1. in the case of aid granted under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 804/68 for skimmed milk used in feedingstuffs:
(a) not later than the 20th of each month for the month preceding
the communication:
(i) the quantities of skimmed milk produced and processed in
dairies and sold to farms for use in feedingstuffs andcovered by aid applicationss ubmitted during the monthconcerned;1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 4
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(ii) the quantities of skimmed milk used in feedingstuffs and
for which cream wasdelivered to dairies ;
(iii) the quantities of skimmed milk used in the manufacture of
compound feedingstuffs covered by aid applicationssubmitted during the month concerned;
(b) not later than 30 January each year for the year preceding the
communication, the quantities of skimmed milk used in feeding-stuffs on the farms where it was produced and covered by aidapplicationss ubmitted under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 804/68;
2. in the case of aid granted under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 804/68 for skimmed-milk powder used in feedingstuffs, not laterthan the 20th of each month for the month preceding the communi-
cation:
(a) the quantitiesof denatured s kimmed-milk powder covered by
aid applicationss ubmitted during the month concerned, exludingthe quantitiesreferred to at (c);
(b) the quantities of skimmed-milk powder used in the manufacture
of compound feedingstuffs covered by aid applications
submitted during the month concerned, excluding the quantitiesreferred to at (c);
(c) the quantities of skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed
into compound feedingstuffs under the third indent of Article
3(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68(
1), indicating the
Member State of processing;
3. in the case of aid granted under Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 for skimmed milk processed into casein, not later than the
20th of each month for the month preceding the communication,
the quantitiesof s kimmed milk covered by aid applicationssubmitted during the month concerned. Such quantities shall bebroken down according to the quality of the casein or caseinatesproduced.
CHAPTERIII
Prices
Article 6
1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission:
(a) via the ‘Interactive Data Entry System’ (IDES): not later than
Thursday each week, the prices (before tax) applied in their terri-tory for the products listed in Annex IV, specifying the marketingstage (ex-factory, wholesale, retail) and characteristics of theproduct;
(b) by fax: not later than the 25th of each month, the most recent
prices for casein and caseinates applied on the world market andin the Community, specifying the marketing stage.
2. Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that their
communicationson the pricesapplied in the Community are asrecent,representative, accurate and complete as possible.1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 5
(1) OJ L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 4.
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CHAPTERIV
Trade
SECTION 1
Imports
Article 7
The Member States shall communicate to the Commission, via IDES if
possible, otherwise by fax:
1. not later than the 10th of each month for the previousmonth, the
quantities of products covered by import licences issued underSections1 and 3 of Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98,
broken down by Combined Nomenclature (CN) code and by country
of origin code (IDES computer code 6);
2. not later than the 10th of the month following the month of issue,
the quantities of products covered by import licences issued underSection 2 of Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98, brokendown by CN code and by country of origin code (IDES computercode 7);
3. not later than the 10th of each month for the previousmonth, the
quantities of products covered by import licences issued underChapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98, including the productsfalling within CN codes0406 90 02 to 0406 90 06 referred to in
Article 23 of that Regulation, broken down by CN code and by
country of origin code (IDES computer code 6);
4. not later than the 10th of the month following the month of issue,
the quantities of products covered by import licences issued underCommission Regulation (EC) No 2508/97(
1), broken down by CN
code and by country of origin code (IDES computer code 5);
5. not later than the 10th of each month for the previousmonth, the
quantitiesof products , broken down by CN code and by country oforigin code, covered by import licencess ubject to the application ofnon-preferential dutiesasreferred to in the common cus tomstariff(IDES computer code 8).
Where applicable, the Member States shall inform the Commission that
no certificates have been issued for the previous month.
Article 8
Before 1 April in respect of the previous year, using the model in
Annex V, the Member Statess hall communicate the following data to
the Commission, broken down by CN code, concerning the importlicences issued on presentation of an IMA 1 certificate, where suchcertificatesens ure compliance with a quota under Chapter II of Regula-tion (EC) No 1374/98, specifying the IMA 1 certificate numbers:
(a) the quantity of productscovered by the certificate and the date of
issue of the import licence,
(b) the quantity of products in respect of which the security has been
released.
SECTION 2
Exports
Article 9
Member Statess hall communicate the following information to the
Commission:
1. by 6 p.m. on each working day, with the exception of quantities
covered by export licence applicationseither where no refund is1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 6
(1) OJ L 345, 16.12.1997, p. 31.
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applied for or where they are for supplies of food aid within the
meaning of Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agricultureconcluded under the Uruguay Round:
(a) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk productsand by des tination code, coveredby applications submitted that day for licences:
(i) asreferred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999,
with the exception of those referred to in Article 17 of thatRegulation (IDES computer code 1);
(ii) asreferred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999
(IDES computer code 9);
where appropriate, the fact that none hasbeen applied for;
(b) the quantities, broken down by application and code of the
export refund nomenclature for milk productsand by des tination
code, covered by applicationsfor provis ional licencesasreferred
to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 submitted onthat day, indicating the closing date for submitting tenders andthe quantity of productscovered by the invitation to tender or,in the case of an invitation to tender opened by the armed forces
within the meaning of Article 36(1)(c) of Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 800/1999(
1) not specifying the quantity, the
approximate quantity broken down ass pecified above (IDEScomputer code 2);
(c) the quantities, broken down by application and code of the
export refund nomenclature for milk productsand by des tinationcode, for which provisional licences as referred to in Article 8 ofRegulation (EC) No 174/1999 were definitively issued or
cancelled that day, indicating the body issuing the invitation to
tender, the date of the provisional licence and the quantity itcovers;
(d) where applicable, the revised quantity of products covered by
the invitation to tender referred to in point (b) above;
2. Before the 16th of each month for the previousmonth:
(a) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk products, covered by licence applicationscancelled under Article 10(3), first subparagraph (b), of Regula-
tion (EC) No 174/1999, indicating the refund rate;
(b) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk products, covered by licences returned
before expiry of the period of validity, indicating separately the
quantities covered by definitive licences issued under Article 20of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and other quantities, with therelevant refund rate;
(c) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk products, not exported after expiry ofthe period of validity of the relevant licences, indicating sepa-rately the unexported quantitiescovered by definitive licences
issued under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and
other quantities, with the relevant refund rate;
(d) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk products, covered by definitive licencesissued under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999;
(e) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk productsand by des tination code, coveredby export licence applicationsfor s uppliesof food aid within themeaning of Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agricultureconcluded under the Uruguay Round;1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 7
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(f) the quantitiesof milk products , broken down by CN code and
by code of the country of origin, which are not in one of thesituations referred to in Article 23(2) of the Treaty and are
imported for use in the manufacture of products falling within
CN code 0406 30, in accordance with the third indent of Article11(6) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 and for which theauthorisation referred to in Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No174/1999 hasbeen granted;
(g) the quantitiesfor which application of Article 5(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 174/1999 hasbeen accepted, indicating the export
refund nomenclature for milk productsentered in Section 16 ofthe export licence issued and that for the product actuallyexported;
3. before the 16th of each month for month n - 4:
(a) the quantities, broken down by CN code and destination code,
for which the formalitiesfor export without a refund have beencompleted;
(b) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk products, to which Article 18(3) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 800/1999 hasbeen applied, in s o far asthe
refund rate applied isdifferent to that indicated on the licence,and the differencesbetween the refund for the des tination indi-cated on the licence and that actually applied;
4. before the 16th of each month for the previousmonth, the quanti-
ties, broken down by CN code or, where applicable, by the code ofthe export refund nomenclature for milk products, covered by
licence applicationsand where no refund isapplied for, asreferred
to in:
(a) Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999;
(b) Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999.
5. The data referred to at point 1(a) and (b) shall be notified via IDES
if possible, otherwise by fax; other data shall be notified by fax ortelex.
SECTION 3
Inward processing traffic
Article 10
Before the 16th of each month for month n - 2, the Member States
shall inform the Commission of the quantity, broken down by CN
code and country of origin, of productsasreferred to in Article 1 ofRegulation (EEC) No 804/68 intended for the manufacture of productsasreferred to in that Article or of goodsasreferred to in the Annex tothat Regulation, under the inward processing arrangements defined in
Article 114 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92(
1), except for
the data referred to in Article 9(2)(f).
CHAPTERV
General andfinalprovisions
Article 11
The Commission shall keep available for the Member States the data
transmitted by them.
Article 12
Regulation (EC) No 210/69 ishereby repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references
to thisRegulation.1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 8
(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
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Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 shall continue to apply to the monthly
transmission of data relating to the period before the application ofthisRegulation.
Article 13
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the day of itspublication in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1999.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 9
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ANNEX I
A.ApplicationofArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No1498/1999
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B.ApplicationofArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No1498/1999
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C.ApplicationofArticle1ofRegulation(EC)No1498/1999
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ANNEX II
ApplicationofArticle 1ofRegulation(EC)No1498/1999
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ANNEX III
A.ApplicationofArticle2ofRegulation(EC)No1498/1999
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B.ApplicationofArticle2ofRegulation(EC)No1498/1999
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C.ApplicationofArticle2ofRegulation(EC)No1498/1999
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ANNEX IV
Listofproductsreferred toinArticle 6(1)(a)
1. Whey powder
2. Skimmed-milk powder
3. Whole-milk powder4. Unsweetened condensed milk
5. Sweetened condensed milk
6. Butter7. Butter oil8. Emmental
9. Blue-veined cheese
10. Grana Padano11. Parmigiano Reggiano
12. Other Grana cheeses
13. Pecorino (Romano, Sardo)14. Other Pecorino cheeses15. Manchego
16. Cheddar
17. Provolone18. Asiago
19. Gouda
20. Edam21. Danbo, Samsø, Svenbo22. Kasseri
23. Mozzarella
24. Havarti, Tilsit25. Butterkäse26. Esrom
27. Italico
28. Saint-Paulin29. Cantal
30. Salted Ricotta
31. Feta32. Lactose
Note: indicate asappropriate for the product concerned:
— composition (fat content, dry matter content, water content in the non-fatty
matter),
— quality class,
— age or maturing time,
— presentation and packaging,— other essential characteristics,— comments on the representativeness of the prices notified.1999R1498 — EN — 21.07.2000 — 001.001 — 17
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ANNEX V
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