Commission Regulation (EC) No 168/1999 of 25 January 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products
Date: 1999-01-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, export licence, import licence, tariff preference

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 1. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 168/1999

of 25 January 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 laying down common detailed rules for
the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing
certificates for agricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in cereals (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 923/96 (2), and in particular Articles
9(2) and 23 thereof and the corresponding provisions of
the other regulations on the common organisation of
markets in agricultural products,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 15 of Commission Regula-
tion (EEC) No 3719/88 (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1044/98 (4), an application for a licence or certifi-
cate received by an issuing agency on a Saturday, Sunday
or public holiday is deemed to have been lodged on the
first following working day;

Whereas, in certain cases, provision is made for specific
periods for the lodging of applications for licences and
certificates; whereas the final day of such periods may fall
on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday; whereas, for the
sake of clarity, in such cases, provision should be made
for the period for the lodging of applications to be
extended to the first following working day; whereas, in
order to avoid any likelihood of speculation, it should be
specified that
the extension may not be taken into
account when calculating the amounts set in the licence
or certificate or when determining the period of validity
of the licence or certificate;

Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 is replaced by
the following:

‘Article 15

1.
The day an application for a licence or certificate
is lodged means the day on which it is received by the
competent agency, provided it is received not later
than 1 p.m., regardless of whether the application is
delivered direct
is
forwarded to the competent agency by letter, written
telecommunication or electronic mail.

to the competent agency or

a

An application for

2.
licence or certificate
received by the competent agency either on a
Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, or on a working
day but after 1 p.m., shall be deemed to have been
lodged on the first working day following the day on
which it was in fact received.

3. Where provision is made for an application for a
licence or certificate to be lodged within a specific
period, expressed as a number of days, and the final
day of that period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or
public holiday, the period shall end at 1 p.m. on the
first following working day.

this extension shall not be taken into
However,
account when calculating the amounts set
in the
licence or certificate or when determining the period
of validity of the licence or certificate.

The time limits specified in this Regulation are

4.
in Belgian local time.'

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the relevant manage-
ment committees,

Article 2

(1) OJ L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 126, 24. 5. 1996, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 149, 20. 5. 1998, p. 11.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 25 January 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission