COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1171/96 of 27 June 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 on communications between Member States and the Commission with regard to milk and milk products

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 organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2931/95 (2), and in particular Article 28 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 587/96 (4), provides for information on the management of the market in milk products to be sent regularly to the Commission; whereas since July 1995 the implementation of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations requires additional or more detailed information to be provided on exports, in particular with regard to licence applications and the way licences are used, in order to ensure compliance with undertakings under the Agreement; whereas under that Agreement food-aid exports are not subject to the constraints applying to subsidized exports; whereas it should be stipulated that communications relating to export licence applications must accordingly specify which licence applications cover food-aid supplies;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 823/96 (6), lays down special detailed rules of application in particular governing exports of certain cheeses to Switzerland; whereas provision should be made for the relevant information to be forwarded;

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:

Article 1

Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 210/69 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The introductory phrase of point 1 is replaced by:

'1. by 6 p.m. on each working day, with the exception of quantities covered by export licence applications where no refund is applied for and for supplies of food aid within the meaning of Article 10 (4) of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay Round:`

2. The following point is added to point 2:

'(f) the quantities, broken down by the codes for milk products in the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds and by destination code, covered by 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:`

3. Point 4 is replaced by the following:

'4. before the 16th day of each month in respect of the preceding month, the quantities, broken down by combined nomenclature code or, where applicable, by the codes for milk products in the agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds, covered by licence applications and where no refund is applied for, as referred to in:

(a) Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95,

(b) Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95;`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 June 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 307, 20. 12. 1995, p. 10.

(3) OJ No L 28, 5. 2. 1969, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 84, 3. 4. 1996, p. 19.

(5) OJ No L 111, 4. 5. 1996, p. 9.

(6) OJ No L 144, 28. 6. 1995, p. 22.