Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2000 of 21 September 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products, and Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 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
Date: 2000-09-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export policy, export refund, milk, milk product, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1998/2000

of 21 September 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import
arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products, and Regulation (EC) No
174/1999 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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

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
1670/2000 (2), and in particular Article 26 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 of
29 June 1998 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion of
the import arrangements and opening tariff
quotas for milk and milk products (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1491/2000 (4),
lays down the
quantities for which an import licence is not required.

Article 2 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 (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1961/2000 (6), stipulates the cases
where an export licence is not required.

sets 150 kg as

Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/
2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common detailed
rules for the application of the system of import and
export licences and advance fixing certificates for agri-
cultural products (7)
the maximum
quantity of milk products for which no licence need be
submitted. To clarify matters, the relevant provisions of
Regulations (EC) No 1374/98 and (EC) No 174/1999
should be adapted and special provisions should be
introduced for exports of milk products derogating from
some of the provisions of Regulations (EC) No 800/
1999 and (EC) No 1291/2000.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 168, 8.7.2000, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 234, 16.9.2000, p. 10.
(7) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 1

Without prejudice to Title II of Regulation (EC) 1291/2000,
all
imports into the Community of any of the products
referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999
(hereinafter referred to as “milk products”) shall be subject
to the presentation of an import licence.’

Article 2

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 2

Refunds shall be granted only on presentation of an export
licence, the one exception being the cases referred to in the
first and fourth indents of Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000.

in the refunds nomenclature as

For the purposes of the fourth indent of Article 5(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, where several separate
codes
laid down by
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (2) or in the
combined nomenclature are entered in an export declara-
tion, the particulars relating to each code shall be deemed
to constitute a separate declaration.’

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 September 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission