Commission Regulation (EC) No 2705/2000 of 11 December 2000 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1492/2000
Date: 2000-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, animal nutrition, derogation from EU law, quantitative restriction, skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder

L 311/34

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

12.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2705/2000

of 11 December 2000

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk
powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 1492/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committtee 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 Articles 10 and 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

into

powder

processed

Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2799/1999 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2348/2000 (4), aid is granted for skimmed milk and
compound
skimmed-milk
feedingstuffs provided that at least 50 kg of powder is
incorporated in every 100 kg of finished product. In the
light of the development of the situation on the market
for skimmed-milk powder, Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1492/2000 (5) reduces the abovementioned rate of
incoporation temporarily for the period 1 July to 31
December 2000. For the same reason, the period of
application and the scope of that derogation should be
extended. For the sake of clarity, Regulation (EC) No
1492/2000 should be repealed and the new conditions
governing the derogation should be incorporated in a
new regulation.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Notwithstanding Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No
2799/1999, the minimum quantity referred to in paragraph
1(a)(i) of that Article for compound feedingstuffs manufactured
between the date of entry into force of this Regulation and 30
April 2001 shall be 25 kg and the content referred to in the
second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of that Article shall be
20 kg.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 1492/2000 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the fifth 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, 11 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 271, 24.10.2000, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 168, 8.7.2000, p. 13.