Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431/2000 of 30 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreements between the Community and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia, and the Agreements on free trade between the Community and the Baltic States
Date: 2000-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic States, Central and Eastern Europe, free-trade agreement, milk, milk product

1.7.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1431/2000

of 30 June 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 laying down detailed rules for the application to milk and
milk products of the schemes provided for in the Europe Agreements between the Community and
the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic,
Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia, and the Agreements on free trade between the Community and
the Baltic States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000 of 19
June 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and
providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and trans-
itional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Estonia (1), and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 of 15
December 1997 laying down detailed rules for the
application to milk and milk products of the schemes
provided for in the Europe Agreements between the
Community and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic
of Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic,
Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia, and the Agreements on
free trade between the Community and the Baltic
States (2) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2631/
1999 (3),
inter alia, detailed rules for the
application to milk and milk products of the schemes

lays down,

provided for in the Europe Agreements between the
Community and certain central and eastern European
countries, including Slovenia. It should be amended to
implement the concessions provided for with effect from
1 July 2000 by Regulation (EC) No 1349/2000 as
regards milk products.

(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I(G) to Regulation (EC) No 2508/97 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 155, 28.6.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 345, 16.12.1997, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 321, 14.12.1999, p. 13.

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ANNEX

‘G. Products originating in Estonia

Order number

CN code

Description (1)

09.4578

0401 30

Cream, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6 %

09.4546

09.4579

09.4580

0402 10 19
0402 21 19

Skimmed-milk powder
Whole-milk powder

Yogurt, not flavoured

Milk and cream, fermented or acidified

0403 10 11
0403 10 13
0403 10 19

0403 90 59
0403 90 61
0403 90 63
0403 90 69

09.4547

0405 10 11
0405 10 19

Butter

09.4581

ex 0406

Cheese, not including curd

09.4582

ex 0406 10

Curd

Duty applicable
(% of MFN)

Annual quantities
(tonnes)

From 1.7.2000

Annual increase
from 1.7.2001

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

500

150

10 000

3 000

300

90

700

210

3 000

900

2 000

700

600

210’