Commission Regulation (EC) No 1158/2000 of 30 May 2000 repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/1999 suspending the import quota for milk powder for the Dominican Republic and derogating from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products and Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products
Date: 2000-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Dominican Republic, agricultural product, common organisation of markets, export licence, export refund, import, powdered milk, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1158/2000

of 30 May 2000

repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/1999 suspending the import quota for milk powder for the
Dominican Republic and derogating from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export
licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products and Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88
laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences
and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products

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 markets in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1040/2000 (2), and in particular Article 26(3), Article 30(1)
and Article 31(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 20(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/
1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in
the case of milk and milk products (3), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1596/1999 (4), lays down the rules
for administering the milk powder quota for imports
into the Dominican Republic under the Memorandum of
Understanding between the European Community and
the Dominican Republic approved by Council Decision
98/486/EC (5). The application of that Article has been
suspended by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1781/1999 (6). The Dominican Republic having now
adopted the measures for applying the quota,
that
suspension should consequently be lifted.

The tariff quota covers periods of 12 months starting on
1 July. In consequence, in order to implement the tariff
quota for the year 2000/01, the period foreseen for
applying for special export licences for the year 2000/01
should also be adapted with urgency. This period should
start on 1 June 2000.

Exporters whose intention it is to export to the Domi-
nican Republic the products indicated in Article 20a(3)
of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and who may experi-
ence difficulties in doing so because of the implementa-
tion of the quota system, may request the cancellation of
the export licences in question without incurring any
loss of the licence security. In consequence, a derogation
should be made to Article 33 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down
common detailed rules for the application of the system
of import and export licences and advance fixing certi-

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 188, 21.7.1999, p. 39.
(5) OJ L 218, 6.8.1998, p. 45.
(6) OJ L 212, 12.8.1999, p. 18.

ficates for agricultural products (7), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999 (8), which, in particular,
for general conditions on the release of
provides
guarantees.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1781/1999 is hereby repealed.

Article 2

By way of derogation from Article 20a(7) of Regulation (EC)
No 174/1999, for the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June
2001, licence applications shall be lodged from 1 to 9 June
2000.

Article 3

1.
By way of derogation from Article 33 of Regulation (EEC)
No 3719/88, export licences with prefixation of the export
refund issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 174/1999
for the products indicated in Article 20a(3) thereof, showing
the Dominican Republic in box 7 and valid on 1 July 2000,
shall be cancelled at the request of the titular holder lodged, by
licence issuing
the latest, with the competent
15 June at
authority and the security shall be released.

2. Member States shall inform the Commission immediately
of such applications, indicating the quantity, the export refund
nomenclature (ERN) code and the amount of the refund applic-
able. Member States shall provide the Commission with a
summary of all the requests accepted by 16 June 2000 at the
latest,
indicating the total quantity by ERN code and the
amount of export refund concerned.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of
the European
Communities.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

(7) OJ L 331, 2.12.1988, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 135, 29.5.1999, p. 48.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission