Commission Regulation (EC) No 740/2000 of 7 April 2000 granting a temporary derogation from Regulations (EC) No 1371/95 and (EC) No 1372/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the egg and poultrymeat sectors
Date: 2000-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal breeding, derogation from EU law, egg, egg product, export licence, poultrymeat

8.4.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 87/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 740/2000

of 7 April 2000

granting a temporary derogation from Regulations (EC) No 1371/95 and (EC) No 1372/95 laying
down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the egg and poultrymeat
sectors

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
eggs (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1516/96 (2), and in particular Articles 3(2) and 8(13) and 15
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2916/95 (4), and in particular Articles 3(2) and 8(12)
and 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1371/
95 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2336/
1999 (6), and (EC) No 1372/95 (7), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2337/1999 (8), provides that export
licences are to be issued on the Wednesday following
the week in which the licence applications are lodged
provided that no specific action has been taken by the
Commission in the meantime.

the Official

Because of the public holidays in 2000 and the irregular
publication of
the European
Communities during those holidays, the period for reflec-
tion will be too brief to guarantee proper administration
of the market. It should therefore be extended tempor-
arily.

Journal of

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By derogation from Article 3(3) of Regulations (EC) No 1371/
95 and (EC) No 1372/95, licences for which applications are
lodged during the periods specified below shall be issued on
the corresponding dates provided that no specific action as
indicated in paragraph 4 of that Article has been taken prior to
those dates:

— from 17 to 21 April 2000, to be issued on 27 April 2000,
— from 24 to 28 April 2000, to be issued on 4 May 2000,
— from 1 to 5 May 2000, to be issued on 12 May 2000,
— from 5 to 9 June 2000, to be issued on 15 June 2000,
— from 7 to 11 August 2000, to be issued on 18 August

2000,

— from 18 to 22 December 2000,

to be issued on 29

December 2000,

— from 25 to 29 December 2000, to be issued on 5 January

2001.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 99.
(3) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77.
(4) OJ L 305, 19.12.1995, p. 49.
(5) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 16.
(6) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 26.
(8) OJ L 281, 4.11.1999, p. 21.