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"B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1498/1999
of 8 July 1999
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
"M1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2000 of 13 July 2000 L 175 79 14.7.2000
"M2 Commission Regulation (EC) No 732/2001 of 11 April 2001 L 102 34 12.4.20011999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 1
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1498/1999
of 8 July 1999
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
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 milk products (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 28
thereof,
(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 of 31 January
1969 on communications between Member States and the Commissionwith regard to milk and milk products (
3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 427/98 (4), has been substantially amended several
times; whereas, for the sake of clarity, that Regulation should be recast
since further amendments are 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 measures providedfor in Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, particularly with regard tochanges in stocks of the products concerned, both held by intervention
agencies and in private storage;
(3) Whereas aid for skimmed milk processed into casein and refunds can
be fixed only on the basis of information on changes in prices in
international trade;
(4) Whereas the accurate and detailed monitoring of trade flows to assess
the effect of refunds requires information on exports of products forwhich refunds are fixed, particularly the quantities awarded under
tendering procedures;
(5) Whereas the implementation of the Agreement on Agriculture
concluded under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negoti-ations (
5) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement on Agriculture’)
requires additional and more detailed information to be provided on
imports and exports, in particular with regard to licence applicationsand the way licences are used, in order to ensure compliance with
undertakings under the Agreement; whereas rapid information on
export trends is needed in order to make maximum use of thoseundertakings; whereas under that Agreement food-aid exports are notsubject to the constraints applying to subsidised exports; whereas it
should be provided that communications relating to export licence
applications must accordingly specify which licence applications coverfood-aid supplies;
(6) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 147/1999 (
6)l a y sd o w n
detailed rules for exports of cheese to Canada, Switzerland and the
United States; whereas provision should be made for the relevantinformation to be communicated;
(7) Whereas Regulation {EC) No 147/1999 introduces specific arrange-
ments for the grant of refunds on ingredients of Community origin inprocessed cheese manufactured under the inward processing arrange-ments; whereas provision should be made for the relevant information
to be communicated;
(8) Whereas Article 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 of the licence;!B
(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.
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whereas provision should be made for the relevant information to be
communicated;
(9) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 (1), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1339/1999 (2), provides for certain import quotas
to be administered by means of IMA 1 certificates issued by theauthorities of third countries; whereas the Member States inform the
Commission of the quantity of products for which import licences are
issued on the basis of IMA 1 certificates; whereas experience hasshown that such notification is not always sufficient to allow suchimports to be monitored closely at each stage; whereas provision
should be made for additional information to be communicated;
(10) Whereas the method of communicating certain information should be
changed; whereas the communication of that information is essential
in order to monitor compliance with certain import quotas starting on 1July 1999 under the Agreement on Agriculture; whereas, in order toensure the continuity of the management of the system, it is
accordingly necessary that this Regulation apply from that date;
(11) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk
and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
CHAPTER I
Stocks and intervention
Article 1
Member States shall 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 quantities of butter in storage at the end of the month concerned
and the quantities entering and leaving storage during that month, in
accordance with Annex I, Part A;
(b) a breakdown of the quantities of butter leaving storage during the
month concerned, according to the regulations by which they arecovered, in accordance with Annex I, Part B;
(c) a breakdown by age of the quantities of butter in storage at the end of
the month concerned, in accordance with Annex I, Part C;
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 quantities of butter and cream converted into butter equivalent
covered by storage contracts concluded during the month concerned;
(b) the quantities of butter and cream converted into butter equivalent
covered by storage contracts which expired during the monthconcerned;
(c) the total quantity of butter and cream converted into butter equivalent
covered by storage contracts at the end of the month concerned.
Article 2
In the case of intervention measures taken under Article 7(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68, the Member States shall communicate, not later than the
10th of each month for the month preceding the communication:
(a) the quantities of skimmed-milk powder in storage at the end of the month
concerned and the quantities entering and leaving storage during thatmonth, in accordance with Annex III, Part A;!B
(1) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 21.
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(b) a breakdown of the quantities of skimmed-milk powder leaving storage
during the month concerned, according to the regulations by which theyare covered, in accordance with Annex III, Part B;
(c) a breakdown by age of the quantities of skimmed-milk powder in storage
at the end of the month concerned, in accordance with Annex III, Part C.
Article 3
In the case of intervention measures taken under Article 8(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68, the Member States shall communicate, not later than the
10th of each month for the month preceding the communication:
(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 categories listed at (a);
(c) the quantities of cheese covered by storage contracts which expired
during the month concerned, broken down by the categories listed at (a);
(d) the quantities of cheese covered by storage contracts at the end of the
month concerned, broken down by the categories listed 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) ‘quantities leaving’ means quantities which have been removed or, if
taken over by the purchaser before removal, quantities taken over.
CHAPTER II
Aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder
Article 5
Member States shall 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 and covered by
aid applications submitted during the month concerned;
(ii) the quantities of skimmed milk used in feedingstuffs and for
which cream was delivered to dairies;
(iii) the quantities of skimmed milk used in the manufacture of
compound feedingstuffs covered by aid applications submitted
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 feedingstuffs
on the farms where it was produced and covered by aid applicationssubmitted under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 804/68;!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 4
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 later than the20th of each month for the month preceding the communication:
(a) the quantities of denatured skimmed-milk powder covered by aid
applications submitted during the month concerned, exluding the
quantities referred 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 quantities referred 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 quantities of
skimmed milk covered by aid applications submitted during the monthconcerned. Such quantities shall be broken down according to the qualityof the casein or caseinates produced.
CHAPTER III
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 territory for the
products listed in Annex IV , specifying the marketing stage (ex-factory,
wholesale, retail) and characteristics of the product;
(b) by fax: not later than the 25th of each month, the most recent prices for
casein and caseinates applied on the world market and in the Community,
specifying the marketing stage.
2. Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that their
communications on the prices applied in the Community are as recent,representative, accurate and complete as possible.
CHAPTER IV
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 previous month, the
quantities of products covered by import licences issued under Sections 1
and 3 of Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98, broken down by
Combined Nomenclature (CN) code and by country of origin code (IDEScomputer 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 under Section 2
of Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98, broken down by CN codeand by country of origin code (IDES computer code 7);
3. not later than the 10th of each month for the previous month, the
quantities of products covered by import licences issued under Chapter III!B
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of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98, including the products falling within CN
codes 0406 90 02 to 0406 90 06 referred to in Article 23 of thatRegulation, 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 previous month, the
quantities of products, broken down by CN code and by country of origincode, covered by import licences subject to the application ofnon-preferential duties as referred to in the common customs tariff
(IDES computer code 8);
6. not later than the 10th of each month for the previous month, the
quantities of products covered by import licences issued underCommission Regulation (EC) No 2414/98 (
2), broken down by Combined
Nomenclature (CN) code and by country of origin code (IDES computer
code 6);
7. not later than the 10th of each month for the previous month, the
quantities of products covered by import licences issued under CouncilRegulation (EC) No 2007/2000 (
3), broken down by Combined Nomen-
clature (CN) code and by country of origin code (IDES computer code 6).
Where applicable, the Member States shall inform the Commission that no
certificates have been issued for the previous month.
Article 7a
Member States shall send the Commission by 31 May 2001 the data referred
to in points 6 and 7 of the first paragraph of Article 7, broken down by month,for January, February and March 2001.
Article 8
Before 1 April in respect of the previous year, using the model in Annex V , the
Member States shall communicate the following data to the Commission,broken down by CN code, concerning the import licences issued on
presentation of an IMA 1 certificate, where such certificates ensure
compliance with a quota under Chapter II of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98,specifying the IMA 1 certificate numbers:
(a) the quantity of products covered 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 States shall 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 applications either where no refund is applied for or
where they are for supplies of food aid within the meaning of Article!B
(1) OJ L 345, 16.12.1997, p. 31.
(2) OJ L 299, 10.11.1998, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1.!M2
!B
!M2
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10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay
Round:
(a) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk products and by destination code, coveredby applications submitted that day for licences:
(i) as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, with
the exception of those referred to in Article 17 of that Regulation(IDES computer code 1);
(ii) as referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999
(IDES computer code 9);
where appropriate, the fact that none has been applied for;
(b) the quantities, broken down by application and code of the export
refund nomenclature for milk products and by destination code,
covered by applications for provisional licences as referred to inArticle 8 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 submitted on that day,indicating the closing date for submitting tenders and the quantity of
products covered by the invitation to tender or, in the case of an
invitation to tender opened by the armed forces within the meaningof Article 36(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (
1)
not specifying the quantity, the approximate quantity broken down as
specified above (IDES computer code 2);
(c) the quantities, broken down by application and code of the export
refund nomenclature for milk products and by destination code, forwhich provisional licences as referred to in Article 8 of Regulation
(EC) No 174/1999 were definitively issued or cancelled that day,
indicating the body issuing the invitation to tender, the date of theprovisional licence and the quantity it covers;
(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 previous month:
(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 Regulation
(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 beforeexpiry of the period of validity, indicating separately the quantitiescovered by definitive licences issued under Article 20 of Regulation
(EC) No 174/1999 and other quantities, with the relevant refund rate;
(c) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk products, not exported after expiry of theperiod of validity of the relevant licences, indicating separately the
unexported quantities covered 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 licences
issued under Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999;
(e) the quantities, broken down by code of the export refund
nomenclature for milk products and by destination code, coveredby export licence applications for supplies of food aid within the
meaning of Article 10(4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded
under the Uruguay Round;
(f) the quantities of milk products, broken down by CN code and by
code of the country of origin, which are not in one of the situations
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, inaccordance with the third indent of Article 11(6) of Regulation (EC)No 800/1999 and for which the authorisation referred to in Article
17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 has been granted;!B
(1) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11.!M1
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(g) the quantities for which application of Article 5(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 174/1999 has been accepted, indicating the export refundnomenclature for milk products entered in Section 16 of the exportlicence issued and that for the product actually exported;
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 formalities for 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 Regulation(EC) No 800/1999 has been applied, in so far as the refund rate
applied is different to that indicated on the licence, and the
differences between the refund for the destination indicated on thelicence and that actually applied;
4. before the 16th of each month for the previous month, the quantities,
broken down by CN code or, where applicable, by the code of the export
refund nomenclature for milk products, covered by licence applicationsand where no refund is applied for, as referred 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 or telex.
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 products as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No804/68 intended for the manufacture of products as referred to in that Articleor of goods as referred to in the Annex to that 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).
CHAPTER V
General and final provisions
Article 11
The Commission shall keep available for the Member States the data
transmitted by them.
Article 12
Regulation (EC) No 210/69 is hereby repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this
Regulation.
Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 shall continue to apply to the monthly
transmission of data relating to the period before the application of thisRegulation.
Article 13
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1999.!B
(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 8
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 9
ANNEX I
A. Application of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DG VI/D/1 — ‘MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS’
PUBLIC STORAGE OF BUTTER
Member State: ................................................................................................................... ...........
Month: ......................................................................................................................... ..............
Physical stocks: ................................................................................................................ .............
(tonnes)
Summary
Month In Out Quantity in storage at the end of the month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 10
B. Application of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DG VI/D/1 — ‘MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS’
PUBLIC STORAGE OF BUTTER
Member State: ................................................................................................................... ...........
Month: ......................................................................................................................... ..............
Breakdown of quantities leaving storage
(tonnes)
Regulation Quantity
(EEC) No 2315/76 Article 1
Article 3a
Article 4a
(EEC) No 2571/97 Formula A
Formula B
(EEC) No 3149/92
...
...
Rejects
Losses
Total quantity!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 11
C. Application of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DG VI/D/1 — ‘MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS’
PUBLIC STORAGE OF BUTTER
Member State: ................................................................................................................... ...........
Month: ......................................................................................................................... ..............
Breakdown by age
(tonnes)
Month of entry into storage Quantity
Total in storage at end of month!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 12
ANNEX II
Application of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DG VI/D/1 — ‘MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS’
PRIVATE STORAGE OF BUTTER
Member State: ................................................................................................................... ...........
Month: ......................................................................................................................... ..............
Physical stocks: ................................................................................................................ .............
(tonnes of butter equivalent)
Summary — Butter
Month In Out Quantity in storage at end of month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Summary — Cream
Month In Out Quantity in storage at end of month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 13
ANNEX III
A. Application of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DG VI/D/1 — ‘MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS’
PUBLIC STORAGE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER
Member State: ................................................................................................................... ............
Month: ......................................................................................................................... ..............
Physical stocks: ................................................................................................................ ..............
(tonnes)
Summary
Month In Out Quantity in storage at end of month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 14
B. Application of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DG VI/D/1 — ‘MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS’
PUBLIC STORAGE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER
Member State: ................................................................................................................... ............
Month: ......................................................................................................................... ..............
Breakdown of quantities leaving storage
(tonnes)
Regulation Quantity
(EEC) No 2213/76
(EEC) No 3149/92
(EEC) No 3398/91
...
...
Rejects
Losses
Total leaving storage!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 15
C. Application of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DG VI/D/1 — ‘MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS’
PUBLIC STORAGE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER
Member State: ................................................................................................................... ............
Month: ......................................................................................................................... ..............
Breakdown by age
(tonnes)
Month of entry into storage Quantity
Stocks at end of month!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 16
ANNEX IV
List of products referred to in Article 6(1)(a)
1. Whey powder
2. Skimmed-milk powder
3. Whole-milk powder4. Unsweetened condensed milk
5. Sweetened condensed milk
6. Butter7. Butter oil
8. Emmental
9. Blue-veined cheese10. Grana Padano
11. Parmigiano Reggiano
12. Other Grana cheeses13. Pecorino (Romano, Sardo)
14. Other Pecorino cheeses
15. Manchego16. Cheddar
17. Provolone
18. Asiago19. Gouda
20. Edam
21. Danbo, Samsø, Svenbo22. Kasseri
23. Mozzarella
24. Havarti, Tilsit
25. Butterkäse
26. Esrom27. Italico
28. Saint-Paulin
29. Cantal30. Salted Ricotta
31. Feta
32. LactoseNote:
indicate as appropriate 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.!
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ANNEX V
Member State: Calendar year:
Information required under Article 8
Quota:No of Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1374/98: .........................................................................................TARIC serial No: ................................................................................................................. ..........
Quantity: ...................................................................................................................... ..............
Country of origin: ............................................................................................................... ...........
CN codeIMA 1
certificate NoQuantities in tonnesDate of issue of
import
licenceQuantities in respect of which
securities have been released!B1999R1498 — EN — 01.05.2001 — 002.001 — 18