Commission Regulation (EC) No 2459/2001 of 14 December 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 departments
Date: 2001-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: French overseas department and region, agro-industry, quantitative restriction, supply balance sheet, vegetable oil

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2459/2001

of 14 December 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 departments

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
the French overseas departments, amending
products
Directive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 525/
77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom) (1), and in particular
Article 3(6) thereof,

for

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 28/97 of 9 January
1997 laying down detailed rules for implementation of
specific measures for the supply of certain vegetable oils
for
the processing industry in the French overseas
departments and assessing supply requirements (2), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 127/2001 (3), estab-
lishes the supply requirements for those products for
2001.

For 2001 the supply requirements for vegetable oils
(other than olive oil) are assessed at 8 908 tonnes in the
case of the Department of Réunion. The information
supplied by the French authorities indicates that this
quantity will be insufficient to cover the requirements of
Réunion's processing industry.
It should therefore be
increased to 10 522 tonnes. The Annex to Regulation
(EC) No 28/97 should therefore be amended.

This Regulation will enter into force after the expiry of
for submitting licence applications in
the time limit
December 2001. To avoid a break in supplies to the
French overseas departments, provision should be made

for this month alone,

to derogate from Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC)
No 28/97 and to allow,
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.

(4)

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

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 from Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
28/97, December 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 (EC) No
28/97, in December 2001 licences shall be issued 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 of its publica-
tion 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, 14 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 6, 10.1.1997, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 22, 24.1.2001, p. 7.

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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

French Guiana

Martinique

Réunion

Guadaloupe

Total

Quantity
(in tonnes)

311

1 549

10 522

232

12 614’