Commission Regulation (EC) No 1472/2002 of 13 August 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special 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
Date: 2002-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, export licence, export refund, milk, milk product

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Official Journal of the European Communities

14.8.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1472/2002

of 13 August 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special 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

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:

(2)

(3)

lowest export refund rate for certain milk products (6)
should be extended to Hungary.

Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 fixes the term
of validity of the export licences. In order to comply
with the concessions granted, provision should be made
for limiting the licences’ term of validity, cancelling them
and releasing the securities lodged.

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

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29 July 2002
establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff
quotas for certain agricultural products and providing
for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional
measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Hungary (3),
introduces
concessions in the form of reciprocal tariff quotas invol-
ving the abolition of Community refunds on certain
products. In order to avoid disrupting trade with this
country and guarantee that only products which have
not benefited from refunds are exported to it, specific
arrangements for the issue of licences for this country
should be drawn up as soon as possible. To that end, by
supplementing Annex VIII to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 174/1999 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1368/2002 (5), the provisions applying by virtue
of Article 20b of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 and
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1369/2002 of 26 July
2002 derogating from Article 31(10) of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards proof of arrival at
destination in the case of differentiated refunds and
laying down detailed rules for the application of the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Licences for one of the products listed in Annex VIII to Regula-
tion (EC) No 174/1999, issued before the date of entry into
force of this Regulation and whose term of validity expires after
31 July 2002 and which refer to Hungary in box 7 shall be
cancelled at the interested party’s request and the securities shall
be released in proportion to the quantities not used.

Article 3

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, 13 August 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 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 33.

(6) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 37.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX VIII

Application of Article 20b

Country of destination

Poland

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Hungary

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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X

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Products

CN code

04 01

04 02

ex 04 03:

0403 90 11

0403 90 13

0403 90 19

0403 90 33

0403 90 51

0403 90 59

0404 90

ex 04 05:

0405 10 11

0405 10 19

0405 10 30

0405 10 50

0405 10 90

0405 20 90

0405 90 10

0405 90 90

X = Application of Article 20b.’