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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1553/2000
of14July2000
opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for cheeses to be exported in 2001 to
theUnitedStatesofAmerica undercertain quotasresultingfromtheGATTAgreements
(OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 34)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 1795/2000 of 22 August 2000 L 212 3 23.8.2000
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EC)No1553/2000
of14July2000
opening the procedure for the allocation of export licences for
cheeses to be exported in 2001 to the United States of America
undercertain quotasresultingfromtheGATTAgreements
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May
1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milkproducts(
1), asamended by Regulation (EC) No 1040/2000(2), and in
particular Article 30 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26
January 1999 laying down special detailed rules of applicationfor export refundson milk and milk products(
3), asamended by
Regulation (EC) No 1596/1999(4), providesthat export licences
for cheese exported to the United States of America as part of
the additional quota under the Agreementsconcluded during the
Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations(hereinafterknown as‘the Agreements ’) may be allocated according to aspecial procedure by which preferred importers in the UnitedStatesmay be des ignated.
(2)That procedure should be opened for exports during 2001 andthe additional rulesrelating to it s hould be determined.
(3)For the administration of imports the competent authorities inthe USA make a distinction between the additional quota grantedto the European Community under the Uruguay Round and the
quotas resulting from the Tokyo Round. Export licences should
be allocated bearing in mind, where necessary, the distributionof certain groupsof productsaccording to the nature of thequota.
(4)In order to provide stability and security for operators lodgingdemandsunder thiss pecial regime, it isappropriate to fix theday on which applicationsare deemed to have been lodged for
the purposes of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999.
(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordancewith the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and
Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Export licencesfor productsfalling within CN code 0406 to be
exported in 2001 to the United Statesof America under the additional
quota resulting from the Agreements concluded during the UruguayRound (hereinafter known as‘the UR quota’) and the tariff quotasoriginally resulting from the Tokyo Round and granted to Austria,Finland and Sweden by the United Statesof America in Uruguay
Round list XX (hereinafter known as ‘the TR quota’) as referred to in
Annex I shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 20of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999.2000R1553 — EN — 24.08.2000 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 188, 21.7.1999, p. 39.
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Article 2
1. Applications for provisional licences shall be lodged with the
competent authorities ►M1from 18 to 22 September 2000 ◄at the
latest. They shall not be admissible unless they contain all the detailsreferred to in Article 20(2) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and thedocumentsmentioned therein.
2. Where, for the same group of products referred to in Annex I,
column 2, the available quantity isdivided between the UR quota and
the TR quota, licence applicationsmay cover only one of thos e quotasand must indicate the quota concerned, specifying the identification ofthe group and of the quota indicated in Annex I, column 3.
3. Licence applicationsmus t cover no more than 40 % of the quan-
tity available for the group of productsindicated in Annex I, column 4,and for the quota concerned.
4. Applications shall not be admissible unless applicants declare in
writing that they have not lodged other applicationsfor the s ame group
of products and the same quota and undertake not to do so. If an appli-
cant lodgesdifferent applicationsfor the s ame group of productsandthe same quota in one or more Member States, his applications shallbe deemed inadmissible.
5. The details referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be presented in
accordance with the model shown in Annex II.
6. For the purposes of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999,
all applicationslodged within the time limit s hall be deemed to havebeen lodged ►
M1on 18 September 2000 ◄. Article 10(4) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 174/1999 shall not apply to applications for provisional
licenceslodged purs uant to thisparagraph.
Article 3
Member States shall notify the Commission ►M1within four working
days◄of the end of the period for lodging applicationsof the appli-
cationslodged for each of the groupsof productsand, where
applicable, the quotasindicated in Annex I. All notifications , including
‘nil’ notifications, shall be made by telex or fax, on the model formshown in Annex III. Notification shall comprise for each group and,where applicable, for each quota:
— a list of applicants,
— the quantitiesapplied for by each applicant broken down by code of
the export refund nomenclature for milk productsand by theirdescription in accordance with the Harmonised Tariff Schedule ofthe United Statesof America (2000),
— the quantitiesof thos e productsexported by the applicant during the
previousthree years ,
— the name and address of the importer designated by the applicant
and whether the importer isa branch of the applicant.
Article 4
The Commission shall, pursuant to Article 20(3) to (5) of Regulation
(EC) No 174/1999, determine the allocation of licenceswithout delay
and shall notify the Member States thereof by ►
M131 October
2000◄at the latest.
Article 5
The information referred to in Article 5 hereto and in Article 20(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 shall be verified before the full licences
are issued and by 31 December 2000 at the latest.
Where it isfound that incorrect information hasbeen s upplied by an
operator to whom a provisional licence has been issued, the licenceshall be cancelled and the security forfeited.2000R1553 — EN — 24.08.2000 — 001.001 — 3
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Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.2000R1553 — EN — 24.08.2000 — 001.001 — 4
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ANNEXI
Cheese to be exported to the United States of America in 2001 under certain quotas resulting
fromtheGATTAgreements
Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1553/2000
Identification of group in accordance with Addi-
tional Notesin Chapter 4 of the Harmonis ed Tariff
Schedule of the United Statesof AmericaQuantity
available for
2001Maximum
quantity per
application
Note No GroupIdentification of group
and quotaTonnes Tonnes
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
16 Not specifically provided for
(NSPF)16 — Tokyo 908,877 363,550
16 — Uruguay 2 346,000 938,400
17 Blue Mould 17 300,000 120,00018 Cheddar 18 1 000,000 400,00019 American type 19 100,000 40,000
20 Edam/Gouda 20 1 000,000 400,000
21 Italian type 21 700,000 280,00022 Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese
other than with eye formation22 — Tokyo 393,006 157,202
22 — Uruguay 380,000 152,000
25 Swiss or Emmenthaler cheese
with eye formation25 — Tokyo 4 003,172 1 601,268
25 — Uruguay 1 220,000 488,0002000R1553 — EN — 24.08.2000 — 001.001 — 5
ANNEXII
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ANNEXIII
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