Commission Regulation (EC) No 2399/1999 of 11 November 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector
Date: 1999-11-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, pigmeat

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2399/1999

of 11 November 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of
export licences in the pigmeat sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2),
and in particular Article 8(2), Article 13(12) and Article 22
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1719/98 (4), lays down
detailed rules for implementing the system of export
licences in the pigmeat sector;

the present provisions on the term of validity of export
licences lead to an artificial increase in applications for
licences at the beginning of each month, which complic-
ates the weekly administration of the arrangements. The
term of validity should accordingly be fixed in days
rather than months;

any special measures taken by the Commission where
applications are made for abnormal quantities should be
adjusted according to the category of the products and
the destination;

in the light of experience gained, the procedure provided
for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 for
issuing licences immediately should be simplified and
guarantees provided as regards the issuing to operators
and the validity of such licences. However, such licences
should be restricted to short-term commercial transac-
tions in order to prevent the mechanism provided for in
Article 3 of that Regulation from being circumvented;

the rules on communications between the Member
States and the Commission should be brought into line
with the amendments to the arrangements on licences
issued immediately;

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Pigmeat,

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 215, 1.8.1998, p. 58.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.
Export licences shall be valid for 90 days from their
actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 21(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88.’

2. The last subparagraph of Article 3(4)

is replaced by the

following:

‘These measures may be adjusted according to the category
of products and the destination.’

3. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

On application by the operator, licence applications for up
to 25 tonnes of products shall not be subject to any special
measures as referred to in Article 3(4) and the licences
applied for shall be issued immediately.

In such cases, notwithstanding Article 2(1), the term of
validity of the licences shall be limited to five working days
from their actual day of issue within the meaning of Article
21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 and Section 20 of
licence applications and of licences shall show at least one
of the following:
— Certificado válido durante cinco días hábiles y no utiliz-
able para la aplicación del artículo 5 del Reglamento
(CEE) no 565/80,

— Licens, der er gyldig i fem arbejdsdage, og som ikke kan
benyttes til at anvende artikel 5 i forordning (EØF) nr.
565/80,

— Fünf Werktage gültige und für die Anwendung von
Artikel 5 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 565/80 nicht
verwendbare Lizenz,

— Πιστοποιητικό που ισχύει για πέντε εργάσιµες ηµέρες και
δεν χρησιµοποιείται για την εφαρµογή του άρθρου 5 του
κανονισµού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 565/80,

— Licence valid for five working days and not useable for
application of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80,
— Certificat valable cinq jours ouvrables et non utilisable
pour l'application de l'article 5 du règlement (CEE) no
565/80,

— Titolo valido cinque giorni lavorativi e non utilizzabile ai
regolamento

fini dell'applicazione dell'articolo 5 del
(CEE) n. 565/80,

— Certificaat met een geldigheidsduur van vĳf werkdagen
en niet te gebruiken voor de toepassing van artikel 5 van
Verordening (EEG) nr. 565/80,

— Certificado de exportação válido durante cinco dias
úteis, não utilizável para a aplicação do artigo 5.o do
Regulamento (CEE) n.o 565/80,

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— Todistus on voimassa viisi arkipäivää eikä sitä voi
käyttää sovellettaessa asetuksen (ETY) N:o 565/80 5 ar-
tiklaa,

— Licensen är giltig fem arbetsdagar men gäller inte vid
tillämpning av artikel 5 i förordning (EEG) nr 565/80.

The Commission may, where necessary,
application of this Article.’

suspend the

4. Article 7(1) is replaced by the following:

Each Friday from 13.00 hours, Member States shall
‘1.
send the Commission the following by fax in respect of the
preceding period:

(a) the applications for export licences as referred to in
Article 1 lodged from Monday to Wednesday of the
same week, stating whether they fall within the scope of
Article 4 or not;

(b) the quantities covered by export licences issued on the
preceding Wednesday, not including those issued imme-
diately under Article 4;

(c) the quantities covered by export licence applications
withdrawn pursuant to Article 3(6) during the preceding
week.’

5. Annex II is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

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

It shall apply to export licences applied for from 22 November
1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 November 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1370/95

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES — DG VI/D/2 — Pigmeat sector

Application for export licences — Pigmeat

Sender:

Date:

Period: Monday . . . to Friday . . .

Member State:

Person to contact:

Telephone:

Fax:

Addressee: DG VI/D/2 — fax: (32-2) 296 62 79 or 296 60 27

— Part A — Weekly notification (to be completed separately for each category)

Category

Quantity

Article 4

Other

Rate of refund
(EUR/100 kg)

Total amount of prefixed refunds

Total per category

Category

Total quantities applied for by categories

— Part B — Weekly notification

Category

Total quantities issued by categories on Wednesday

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— P a r t C — W e e k l y n o t i f i c a t i o n

Category

Total quantities withdrawn by category during the previous week

— P a r t D — M o n t h l y n o t i f i c a t i o n

Category

Unused quantities’