Commission Regulation (EC) No 833/2003 of 14 May 2003 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 milk and milk products sector
Date: 2003-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, milk, milk product

L 120/18

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Official Journal of the European Union

15.5.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 833/2003

of 14 May 2003

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 milk and
milk products sector

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)

(2)

Council Decisions 2003/298/EC (3) and 2003/299/EC (4)
concluding protocols adjusting the trade aspects of the
Europe Agreements establishing an association between
the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and the Czech Republic and the Slovak
Republic, respectively, of the other part, include provi-
sions on concessions in the form of reciprocal tariff
quotas involving the abolition of Community refunds on
certain products.

In order to avoid disrupting trade with these countries
and guarantee that the products concerned are exported
without refunds, specific arrangements for the issue of
licences to these countries should be drawn up as soon
as possible. To that end, the provisions applying by
virtue of Article 20b of Commission Regulation (EC) No
174/1999 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
754/2003 (6), and Commission Regulation (EC) No

1369/2002 of 26 July 2002 derogating from Article
31(10) of Council Regulation (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 lowest export refund rate for
certain milk products (7), should be extended to the
Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 should be amended
accordingly.

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

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 16 May 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2003.

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 107, 30.4.2003, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 36.
(5) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 5.

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

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX VIII

Application of Article 20b of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999

Products

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