Commission Regulation (EC) No 16/2000 of 5 January 2000 repealing Regulation (EC) No 2558/1999 derogating temporarily from certain provisions on the issuing of export licences with advance fixing of the refund for agricultural products
Date: 2000-01-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, derogation from EU law, export licence, export refund

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 16/2000

of 5 January 2000

repealing Regulation (EC) No 2558/1999 derogating temporarily from certain provisions on the
issuing of export licences with advance fixing of the refund for agricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

repealed and the status quo in force before its applica-
tion should be re-established as regards the periods for
reflection in force for the issuing of export licences,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 Articles 26, 31 and 42
thereof, and to the corresponding provisions of the other regu-
lations on the common organisation of markets in agricultural
products,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

To ensure proper administration of the arrangements for
issuing export licences with advance fixing of the refund
during the transition from 1999 to the year 2000 in the
face of possible disturbance in the transmission of data
from the Member States to the Commission. Article 2 of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2558/1999 (2) provides
for an extension of the periods of reflection, referred to
in Article 1 of that Regulation for the issuing of export
licences with advance fixing of the refund for products
as regards milk and milk products, beef and veal,
pigmeat, poultrymeat, eggs, fruit and vegetables, prod-
ucts processed from fruit and vegetables, wine, cereals,
rice, sugar, olive oil and agricultural products exported
as goods not falling within Annex I of the Treaty, to 10
days for applications submitted from 27 December
1999 to 10 January 2000.

However, since the extension of the periods of reflection
for the issuing of licenses is a temporary and exceptional
measure, Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2558/1999
also lays down that the Commission may repeal this
measure and re-establish the status quo in force before
its application as soon as it notes that no disturbance
has arisen in data transmission connected with the tran-
sition from 1999 to the year 2000 or that there is no
further disturbance.

(3)

In view of the fact that disturbances in the transmission
of data from the Member States to the Commission have
not arisen Regulation (EC) No 2558/1999 should be

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 310, 4.12.1999, p. 3.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2558/1999 is hereby repealed.

Provided that no special measures are taken by the Commis-
sion, the periods for reflection for the issuing of export licences
with advance fixing of the refund shall be the periods referred
to in the following provisions:

— Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/

1999 (3),

— Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/

95 (4),

— Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 (5),
— Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/95 (6),
— Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1372/95 (7),
— Article 2(4) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2190/96 (8),
— Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1429/95 (9),
— Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685/

95 (10),

— Article 7(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1162/

95 (11),

— Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/

95 (12),

— the second indent of Article 9(1) of Commission Regulation

(EC) No 1464/95 (13),

— Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1223/

94 (14).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

However, licences applied for prior to the entry into force of
this Regulation for which the periods for reflection referred to
in Article 1 have expired by that date shall be issued without
delay. For all other licence applications the periods for reflec-
tion referred to in Article 1 shall apply.

(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 26.
(8) OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 12.
(9) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 28.
(10) OJ L 161, 12.7.1995, p. 2.
(11) OJ L 117, 24.5.1995, p. 2.
(12) OJ L 260, 31.10.1995, p. 33.
(13) OJ L 144, 28.6.1995, p. 14.
(14) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 33.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 January 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission