Commission Regulation (EC) No 294/1999 of 9 February 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/98 laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87, (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EC) No 1372/95 as regards poultrymeat
Date: 1999-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, egg, export licence, export refund, poultrymeat

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Official Journal of the European Communities

10. 2. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 294/1999

of 9 February 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2334/98 laying down special measures derogating
from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87, (EEC) No 3719/88 and (EC) No 1372/95 as
regards poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

‘Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the
market in poultrymeat (1), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (2), and in particular
Article 3(2), Article 8(12) and Article 15 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2334/98 (3)
introduces special measures for regularising certain export
transactions in the wake of the problems arising on the
market in Russia since the second half of August 1998;

Whereas the difficulties on the market
in Russia are
continuing and whereas the situation thereby created has
seriously affected operators’ possibilities of exporting to
that destination; whereas the damaging consequences of
this must accordingly be limited by the adoption of
special measures enabling the export licences and certain
customs procedures already initiated to be cancelled and
certain time limits to be extended;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. On application by the holder submitted before 1
to
licences
March 1999, export
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 (*) and
applied for prior to 29 August 1998, with the exception
of licences the term of validity of which expired before
1 August 1998, are hereby cancelled and the securities
shall be released.

issued pursuant

2. On application by the operator, the latter shall
reimburse any refund paid in advance on products the
customs export formalities for which were completed
by 29 August 1998 at the latest but which have not yet
left the customs territory of the Community or which
have been placed under any of
the arrangements
provided for in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC)
No 565/80 and the various securities relating to such
operations shall be released.

(*) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 26.'

2. In Article 4,

‘150 days' is replaced by ‘210 days'.

3. Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

Each Thursday, Member States shall notify the quant-
ities of products covered during the preceding week by
the measures referred to in Article 2(1) and (2), speci-
fying the date of issue of the licences and the category
concerned.'

Regulation (EC) No 2334/98 is amended as follows:

Article 2

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 291, 30. 10. 1998, p. 15.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 9 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission