Commission Regulation (EC) No 128/2001 of 23 January 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2826/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific measures for supplying the French overseas departments with products from the egg, poultrymeat and rabbit sectors
Date: 2001-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: French overseas department and region, breeding animal, egg, poultry, rabbit, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 128/2001

of 23 January 2001

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2826/92 laying down detailed implementing rules for the specific
measures for supplying the French overseas departments with products from the egg, poultrymeat
and rabbit sectors

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16
December 1991 introducing specific measures in respect of
certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French over-
seas departments (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1257/1999 (2), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The aid and the quantities for supplying the French
overseas departments with eggs for hatching, breeding
chicks and breeding rabbits originating in the rest of the
Community were fixed in Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 2826/92 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 897/
97 (4). That aid must be fixed taking account in partic-
ular of the costs of supply from the world market, the
conditions resulting from the geographical situation of
the French overseas departments and the basis of the
the
current prices on export
animals or products concerned.

to third countries of

The application of those rules and criteria to the current
situation on the markets for eggs, poultrymeat and
rabbits calls for the quantities to be adjusted.

Provision should also be made for the aid for supplies of
pure bred breeding rabbits to apply to that category of
animals as a whole.

This Regulation will enter into force after the expiry of
the time limit
for submitting licence applications in
January 2001. To avoid a break in supplies to the French
overseas departments, provision should be made to
derogate from Article 4(1) and 4(2) of Regulation (EEC)

No 2826/92 and to allow, for that month alone, the
submission of licence applications in the five working
days following the entry into force of this Regulation
and to set the time limit for the issue of such licences at
10 working days following the entry into force of this
Regulation.

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2826/92 is hereby replaced
by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

By way of derogation from Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2826/92,
in January 2001 applications for licences shall be
submitted to the competent authority no later than the fifth
working day following the entry into force of this Regulation.

By way of derogation from Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2826/92,
in January 2001 licences shall be issued during
January 2001 no later than 10 working days after the entry
into force of this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 23 January 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 356, 24.12.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 285, 30.9.1992, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 128, 21.5.1997, p. 10.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Breeding material originating in the Community and supplied to the French overseas departments each calendar
year

CN code

Description

Number

Aid

ex 0105 11

Parent and grandparent stock chicks (1)

ex 0407 00 19

Eggs for hatching intended for the production
of parent and grandparent stock chicks (1)

80 000

5 000

EUR per 100 units

30

24

EUR per unit

ex 0106 00 10

Pure-bred breeding rabbits

500

60

(1) In accordance with the definition in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2782/75 (OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 100).’