Commission Regulation (EC) No 127/2001 of 23 January 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 28/97 and assessing requirements for the supply of certain vegetable oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry in the French overseas departments
Date: 2001-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: French overseas department and region, agro-industry, supply, supply balance sheet, vegetable oil

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 127/2001

of 23 January 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 28/97 and assessing requirements for the supply of certain vegetable
oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry in the French overseas departments

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 2(6) thereof,

sion 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.

(4)

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 28/97 of 9 January
1997 laying down detailed rules for implementation of
the specific measures for the supply of certain vegetable
oils for the processing industry in the French overseas
departments and assessing supply requirements (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2359/2000 (4),
establishes the supply requirements for those products
for 1999.

Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 requires that
supply requirements for agricultural products essential
for consumption and processing be established each
year; the supply requirements of vegetable oils intended
for
the processing industry in the French overseas
departments should therefore be established for 2001;
the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 28/97 should therefore
be amended.

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 (2) of Regulation (EC) No
28/97 and to allow, for that month alone, the submis-

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 28/97 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

By way of derogation form Article 4(1),
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),
in January 2001
licences shall be issued during January 2001 no later than 10
working days after entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 3

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 January 2001.

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 6, 10.1.1997, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 272, 25.10.2000, p. 17.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Assessment of supply requirements for vegetable oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry falling
within CN codes 1507 to 1516 (except 1509 and 1510) for the French overseas departments for 2001

Department

Quantity (in tonnes)

French Guiana

Martinique

Réunion

Guadeloupe

311

1 549

8 908

232

11 000’

Total