Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2000 of 13 July 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards communications between the Member States and the Commission in the milk and milk products sector
Date: 2000-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, exchange of information, export licence, export refund, milk, milk product

14.7.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 175/79

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1535/2000

of 13 July 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999 laying down rules for the implementation of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards communications between the Member States and the
Commission in the milk and milk products sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1040/2000 (2), and in particular Article 40 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 9(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1498/
1999 of 8 July 1999 laying down rules for the imple-
mentation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as
regards communications between the Member States
and the Commission in the milk and milk products
sector (3), provides, inter alia, for the forwarding of data
on export licence applications lodged under invitations
to tender opened in third countries. It also provides for
communication of the quantity of products covered by
the invitation to tender. That quantity may be revised by
the body issuing the invitation to tender. As a result, in
order to have complete data and ensure proper adminis-
tration of licences, the Member States should be required
to inform the Commission of that revised quantity as
soon as it comes to their attention. Certain provisions
on the information to be provided on invitations to
tender should also be made more specific.

Article 1

Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1498/1999 is amended as
follows:

1. Points (b) and (c) are replaced by the following text:

‘(b) the quantities, broken down by application and code of
the export refund nomenclature for milk products and
by destination code, covered by applications for provi-
sional licences as referred to in Article 8 of Regulation
(EC) No 174/1999 submitted on that day, indicating the
closing date for submitting tenders and the quantity of
products covered by the invitation to tender or, in the
case of an invitation to tender opened by the armed
forces within the meaning of Article 36(1)(c) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (1) not spec-
ifying the quantity, the approximate quantity broken
down as specified above (IDES computer code 2);

(c) the quantities, broken down by application and code of
the export refund nomenclature for milk products and
by destination code, for which provisional licences as
referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999
were definitively issued or cancelled that day, indicating
the body issuing the invitation to tender, the date of the
provisional

licence and the quantity it covers;’.

2. The following point (d) is inserted:

‘(d) where applicable,

the revised quantity of products
covered by the invitation to tender referred to in point
(b) above.’

Article 2

(2)

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

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, 13 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 174, 9.7.1999, p. 3.