Commission Regulation (EC) No 2800/1999 of 17 December 1999 establishing transitional arrangements for the aid payment provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 in respect of skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in another Member State and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, aid system, animal nutrition, export, skimmed milk powder

L 340/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

31. 12. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2800/1999

of 17 December 1999

establishing transitional arrangements for the aid payment provided for in Council Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999 in respect of skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed into compound feeding-
stuffs in another Member State and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

made for transitional arrangements for the period in
question, which refer to the provisions of Regulation
(EEC) No 1624/76;

(3)

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides
for aid for skimmed-milk powder intended for use as
feedingstuffs and replaces Council Regulation (EEC) No
986/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for
granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed milk
powder for use as feed (2), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (3). The third subpara-
graph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68
stipulates that a Member State may grant aid for
skimmed-milk powder produced on its territory if it is
denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in
another Member State;

experience shows that these particular payment arrange-
ments encumber application of the aid measure in ques-
tion and make it more vulnerable to fraud. It is therefore
appropriate to abolish these arrangements, the detailed
rules of which are laid down in Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 1624/76 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 3337/94 (5). They should continue to apply for
six months, however,
the Member States
concerned have sufficient time to introduce the normal
payment arrangements. Provision should therefore be

so that

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The aid payment provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999 for skimmed-milk powder produced in a
Member State and destined for another Member State for dena-
turing or processing into compound feedingstuffs there in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 (6) shall be
governed by Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 between 1 January
and 30 June 2000 inclusive.

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 is hereby repealed with effect
from 1 July 2000. It shall continue to apply to quantities of
skimmed-milk powder for which the administrative formalities
for their consignment to the Member State of destination are
completed before that date.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 174, 26.7.1995, p. 27.
(4) OJ L 180, 6.7.1976, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 350, 31.12.1999, p. 66.

(6) See page 3 of this Official Journal.