Commission Regulation (EC) No 787/2002 of 13 May 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products, as regards exports to Switzerland
Date: 2002-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, export licence, export refund, milk, milk product

L 127/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.5.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 787/2002

of 13 May 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and
milk products, as regards exports to Switzerland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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 Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 509/2002 (2), and in particular Article 26(3) and
Article 31(14) thereof,
Whereas:

(1)

refunds

Article 19 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/
1999 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 156/
2002 (4), lays down that for the cheeses referred to in
Annex III to that Regulation, exported to Switzerland, an
export licence must be presented attesting that the prod-
ucts concerned originate in the Community and speci-
fying whether or not an export refund has been paid.
Following the abolition of export
for all
Community cheeses exported to Switzerland provided
for in the Bilateral Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in
agricultural products (hereafter referred to as ‘the Agree-
ment’), signed in Luxembourg on 21 June 1999, and
approved by Council Decision of 28 February 2002 (5),
and in the interests of the simplification of customs
formalities, the export of cheeses to Switzerland will be
allowed on the basis of a simple export declaration
accompanied by proof of origin,
in accordance with
Protocol No 3, concerning the definition of the concept
'of originating products' and methods of administrative
cooperation, to the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of
22 July 1972, as last amended by Decision No 1/2001
of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee of 24 January

2001 (6), approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No
2840/72 of 19 December 1972 (7). That provision
should therefore be amended and Annex III should be
deleted.

(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 is amended as follows:

1. Article 19 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 19

In order to qualify for a reduction in or an exemption from
customs duties on import into Switzerland of the cheeses
listed in Appendix 2 to Annex III to the Agreement between
the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on
trade in agricultural products, an export declaration accom-
panied by proof of origin issued pursuant to Protocol No 3
to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972
shall be required.’

2. Annex III is deleted.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 June 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 25, 29.1.2002, p. 24.
(5) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(6) OJ L 51, 21.2.2001, p. 40.
(7) OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 188.