Commission Regulation (EC) No 1948/2003 of 4 November 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards export licences and export refunds for cheese intended for Croatia and Russia, and derogating from that Regulation
Date: 2003-11-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, Russia, cheese, export licence, export refund

5.11.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1948/2003

of 4 November 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards export licences and export refunds for cheese
intended for Croatia and Russia, and derogating from that Regulation

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

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

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 Regulation (EC) No
1787/2003 (2), and in particular Article 26(3) and Article
31(14) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

to permit

In order
special measures differentiated
according to destination to be adopted, Article 15 of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26
January 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 (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1392/2003 (4), stipulates that licences for
cheese exports are to be issued for one destination zone
only and are valid only for the countries in that zone.

Under the provisions of Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 174/1999 Croatia is one of the destination countries
in zone I. In order to stabilise trade flows in cheese to
that country Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/
2003 (5) lays down special measures including a restric-
tion on the period of validity of export licences. For the
purpose of following market developments more closely,
Croatia should be made a separate zone so that special
measures can be taken for that destination. In addition,
so as not to jeopardise the effectiveness of the measures
the period of validity of the export licences issued for
the destination Croatia should be limited.

In Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, paragraph 3 is
replaced by the following:

The following zones shall be defined for the purposes

‘3.
of paragraph 1:

(a) zone I: destination codes 070, 091 and 093 to 096

inclusive;

(b) zone II: destination code 092;

(c) zone III: destination code 400;

(d) zone IV: destination code 075;

(e) zone VI: all other destination codes.’

Article 2

the period of validity of export

By derogation from point (c) in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
174/1999,
licences with
advance fixing of the refund which are issued from 1 December
2003 to 31 December 2003 to cover products falling within
CN code 0406 with destination Croatia, shall expire on 31
December 2003.

Under the same provisions, Russia is one of the destina-
tion countries in zone VI. In view of the development of
exports and export licence applications for cheese to
Russia, that country should be made a separate zone so
that special measures can be taken for that destination.

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 951/2003 is hereby repealed.

Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 should be amended and
derogated from accordingly, and Regulation (EC) No
951/2003 should be repealed.

Article 4

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 121.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 197, 5.8.2003, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 133, 29.5.2003, p. 82.

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

Articles 2 and 3 shall apply from 1 December 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 November 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission