Commission Regulation (EC) No 1840/2001 of 19 September 2001 amending for the third time Regulation (EC) No 23/2001 laying down special measures for the beef sector that depart from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88, Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 and Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82
Date: 2001-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beef, customs regulations, export licence, quantitative restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1840/2001

of 19 September 2001

amending for the third time Regulation (EC) No 23/2001 laying down special measures for the beef
sector that depart from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, Regulation (EEC) No
3719/88, Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 and Regulation (EEC) No 1964/82

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

view of
extended, although not beyond 31 December 2001.

this situation, certain time limits must be

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
and veal (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1512/
2001 (2), and in particular Article 29(2)(a), Article 33(12) and
Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The health protection measures adopted by the authori-
ties of certain non-member countries regarding exports
of bovine animals and the meat of those animals in
response to bovine spongiform encephalopathy have
had serious economic consequences for exporters.

The cases of foot-and-mouth disease that have occurred
in several Member States have led to adoption of protec-
tive measures under Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26
June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical
checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain
live animals and products with a view to the completion
of the internal market (3), as last amended by Directive
92/118/EEC (4), and in particular Article 10 thereof, and
under Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December
1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community
trade with a view to the completion of the internal
market (5), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC,
and in particular Article 9 thereof.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 23/2001 (6), as last
intro-
amended by Regulation (EC) No 908/2001 (7),
duces measures to limit the serious consequences of
those measures.

The health protection measures adopted by certain non-
member countries regarding Community exports are still
in force and in certain cases have been strengthened. In

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 201, 26.7.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(5) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 7.
(7) OJ L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 33.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 23/2001 is replaced by the
following:

‘Article 2

1.
At the holder's request, export licences issued under
Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 that were applied for by 30
March 2001 shall, if their validity did not expire before 1
November 2000, be cancelled and the security released.

On application by the exporter in the case of prod-

2.
ucts for which by 30 March 2001:

— the customs export formalities had been completed or
which had been placed under one of
the customs
control procedures referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of
Regulation (EEC) No 565/80, the 60-day time limit for
leaving the Community's customs territory referred to
in Article 32(1)(b)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000
and Article 7(1) and Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No
800/1999 is extended to 31 December 2001,

— the customs export formalities had been completed but
which had not yet left the Community's customs terri-
tory or which had been placed under one of
the
customs control procedures referred to in Articles 4
and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80, the exporter
shall repay any refund paid in advance and the various
securities pertaining to the operations shall be released,

— the customs formalities had been completed and which
had left the Community's customs territory, they may
be brought back and released for free circulation in the
Community. The exporter shall repay any refund paid
in advance and the various securities pertaining to the
operations shall be released,

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— the customs formalities had been completed and which had left the Community's customs territory,
they may be brought back to be placed under a suspensive procedure in a free zone, free warehouse
or customs warehouse until 31 December 2001 before reaching their final destination; this shall not
affect payment of the refund for the actual final destination or the security lodged in respect of the
licence.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply to operations for which a final decision has not yet been adopted.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission