COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1324/2007
of 12 November 2007
amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products
and opening tariff quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market inmilk and milk products (
1), and in particular Article 26(3) and
Article 29(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 14(1) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2535/2001 (2), import licence applications for quotas
managed according to the provisions of Chapter I of Title2 of that Regulation may only be lodged during the first10 days of each six-month period. No effective importscan be carried out during the application periods anduntil the Commission has determined the extent towhich licences shall be issued according to Article 7(2)of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31August 2006 laying down common rules for the admi-nistration of import tariff quotas for agricultural productsmanaged by a system of import licences (
3). In order to
enable imports to take place as from the beginning of the
quota subperiods, it is appropriate to anticipate thelicence applications periods and to adapt the provisionsconcerned, including those on the communication ofapproved importers.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore beamended accordingly.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is amended as follows:1. In Article 9, ‘1 June ’is replaced by ‘1M a y ’;
2. In Article 10, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Before 20 May each year, the Member States shall send
their lists of approved importers, in accordance withparagraph 3 below, to the Commission, which shallforward them to the competent authorities of the otherMember States.
Only importers included on a list shall be authorised to
apply for licences from 1 June following, for importsduring the period from 1 July to 30 June following, inaccordance with Articles 11 to 14. ’;
3. In Article 14, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. Licence applications may be lodged only:
(a) from 20 to 30 November, for imports during the period
from 1 January to 30 June following;
(b) from 1 to 10 June, for imports during the period from 1
July to 31 December following ’;
4. In Article 16, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3. By way of derogation from Article 23 of Regulation
(EC) No 1291/2000, import licences shall be valid onlyduring the subperiod for which they are issued. Importlicences shall contain in box 24 one of the entries listedin Annex XX. ’;
5. The Annex to this Regulation is inserted as Annex XX.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .EN L 294/14 Official Journal of the European Union 13.11.2007
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1152/2007 (OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 3).
(2) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 980/2007 (OJ L 217, 22.8.2007, p. 18).
(3) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13. Regulation as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 289/2007 (OJ L 78, 17.3.2007, p. 17).
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 November 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the CommissionEN 13.11.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 294/15
ANNEX
‘ANNEX XX
Entries referred to in Article 16(3):
—in Bulgarian: валидно от [дата на първия ден от подпериода ]до[дата на последния ден от подпериода ]
—in Spanish: válido desde el [fecha del primer día del subperíodo] hasta el [fecha del último día del
subperíodo]
—in Czech: platné od [první den podobdobí] do [poslední den podobdobí]
—in Danish: gyldig fra [datoen for den første dag i delperioden] til [datoen for den sidste dag i
delperioden]
—in German: gültig vom [Datum des ersten Tages des Teilzeitraums] bis [Datum des letzten Tages des
Teilzeitraums]
—in Estonian: kehtiv alates [alaperioodi alguskuupäev] kuni [alaperioodi lõpukuupäev]
—in Greek: ισχύει από [ημερομηνία της πρώτης ημέρας της υποπεριόδου ]έως [ημερομηνία της τελευταίας
ημέρας της υποπεριόδου ]
—in English: valid from [date of the first day of the subperiod] to [date of the last day of the subperiod]
—in French: valable du [date du premier jour de la sous-période] au [date du dernier jour de la sous-
période]
—in Italian: valido dal [data del primo giorno del sottoperiodo] al [data dell ’ultimo giorno del sotto-
periodo]
—in Latvian: spēkāno [apak šperioda pirm ās dienas datums] l īdz [apak šperioda p ēdējās dienas datums]
—in Lithuanian: galioja nuo [pirmoji laikotarpio diena] iki [paskutin ėlaikotarpio diena]
—in Hungarian: érvényes [az alid őszak els őnapja]-tól/t ől [az alid őszak utolsó napja]-ig
—in Maltese: Validu mid-[data ta ’l-ewwel jum tas-subperjodu] sad-[data ta ’l-aħħar jum tas-subperjodu]
—in Dutch: geldig van [begindatum van de deelperiode] tot en met [einddatum van de deelperiode]
—in Polish: ważne od [data –pierwszy dzie ńpodokresu] do [data –ostatni dzie ńpodokresu]
—in Portuguese: eficaz de [data do primeiro dia do subperíodo] até [data do último dia do subperíodo]
—in Romanian: valabil ăde la [data primei zile a subperioadei] pân ăla [data ultimei zile a subperioadei]
—in Slovak: platná od [dátum prvého d ňačiastkového obdobia] do [dátum posledného d ňačiastkového
obdobia]
—in Slovenian: velja od [datum prvega dne podobdobja] do [datum zadnjega dne podobdobja]
—in Finnish: voimassa [osajakson ensimmäinen päivä] –[osajakson viimeinen päivä]
—in Swedish: gäller från och med [delperiodens första dag] till och med [delperiodens sista dag] ’EN L 294/16 Official Journal of the European Union 13.11.2007