Commission Regulation (EC) No 1342/2001 of 3 July 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 795/2001 on special measures derogating from Regulations (EC) No 174/1999, (EC) No 800/1999 and (EC) No 1291/2000 in the milk and milk products sector
Date: 2001-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, health control, milk, milk product

4.7.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 181/15

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1342/2001

of 3 July 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 795/2001 on special measures derogating from Regulations (EC) No
174/1999, (EC) No 800/1999 and (EC) No 1291/2000 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
1670/2000 (2), and in particular Article 26(3) and Article 40
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

intro-
Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/2001 (3)
duces special measures with a view to regularising
it has not been possible to
export operations that
complete on account of
the lengthy procedures for
issuing animal health certificates in certain Member
States, connected with protective measures adopted
under the relevant decisions and certain measures taken
by some non-member countries that give rise to import
restrictions.

The animal health protective measures applied by the
authorities of certain non-member countries with regard
to Community exports are still in force and continue
adversely to affect the export possibilities for certain
products.

The impact on Community exporters should be limited
by extending the term of validity of the export licences
for certain products and certain time limits with
regarding the noti-
immediate effect. Requirements
fication by the Member States of information concerning
the licences in question should also be amended.

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

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 795/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Notwithstanding Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/
1999, the term of validity of export licences issued pursuant
to that Regulation and applied for by no later than 22
March 2001 shall be extended on application by the holder
by:
— five months for licences expiring on 31 March 2001,
— four months for licences expiring on 30 April 2001,
— three months for licences expiring on 31 May 2001,
— two months for licences expiring on 30 June 2001,
— one month for licences expiring on 31 July 2001.’

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

The Member States shall notify the Commission by fax
((32-2) 295 33 10):
— by no later than 10 July 2001 as regards the period 27

April to 30 June 2001, and

— by no later than the 10th day of each month as regards
the preceding month, as from the notification of data
for July,

of particulars relating to the products covered by each of
the measures laid down in this Regulation, the number and
date of issue of the licence, the code of the export refund
nomenclature and the code of the nomenclature of coun-
tries and territories for the external trade statistics of the
Community shown in box 7 of the licence, the quantity of
the products, the original term of validity and the extended
term of validity.’

Article 2

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, 3 July 2001.

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 116, 26.4.2001, p. 14.