Commission Regulation (EC) No 2157/98 of 7 October 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 2106/98 laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87 and (EEC) No 3719/88 as regards beef and veal
Date: 1998-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, beef, customs regulations, export, export licence

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2157/98

of 7 October 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 2106/98 laying down special measures derogating
from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87 and (EEC) No 3719/88 as regards beef and
veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Beef and Veal,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in beef and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1633/98 (2), and in particular Articles 13(12) and 25
thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2106/98 (3)
the regularisation of
lays down special measures for
certain export transactions due to the problems prevailing
on the market in Russia since the second half of August
1998;

Regulation (EC) No 2106/98 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. in Article 1 the following subparagraph shall be added:

Whereas experience has shown that it is necessary to
extend these measures to export licences where the oper-
ator has indicated any destination in the same refund
in order to enable export operations,
zone as Russia,
affected by the circumstances described above,
to be
completed; whereas Annex II to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1560/98 of 17 July 1998 fixing the export
refunds on beef and veal (4), provides for the different
refund zones;

Whereas this derogation shall be limited to operators that
can prove, in particular on the base of the documents
mentioned in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 4045/89 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
3235/94 (6) that the licences were intended to be used to
carry out exports to Russia;

Whereas, in the light of developments, this Regulation
should enter
into force immediately and should be
applicable from 17 August 1998;

(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 267, 2. 10. 1998, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 202, 18. 7. 1998, p. 58.
(5) OJ L 388, 21. 12. 1989, p. 18.
(6) OJ L 338, 28. 12. 1994, p. 16.

‘It shall also apply to the products mentioned above for
which export licences have been issued containing in
box 7 the mention of another country in the same
zone as Russia, as defined in Annex II to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1560/98 (*), on condition that the
operator shows, to the satisfaction of the competent
authority, the intention to use the licences with a view
to carry out exports to Russia.

The evaluation of the competent authority, shall be
based,
in particular, on the commercial documents
mentioned in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 4045/89 (**).

(*) OJ L 202, 18.7.1998, p. 58.
(**) OJ L 388, 21.12.1989, p. 18.';

2. the following sentence is added to Article 6:

‘It is applicable from 17 August 1998.'

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission