Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down temporary provisions concerning the notification of licence applications provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables
Date: 2004-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, export licence, export refund, fruit, vegetable

31.3.2004

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 589/2004

of 30 March 2004

laying down temporary provisions concerning the notification of licence applications provided for
by Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation
(EC) No 2200/96 as regards export refunds on fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001
of 8 October 2001 laying down detailed rules for imple-
menting Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards
export refunds on fruit and vegetables (2), and in particular
Article 7(3)(b) thereof,

1.
The notification, referred to in Article 7(3)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1961/2001, of licence applications submitted on
Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 April 2004 shall be made no later
than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Wednesday 7 April 2004 rather
than on Thursday 8 April 2004.

2.
The notification, referred to in Article 7(3)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1961/2001, of licence applications submitted
from Wednesday 7 to Monday 12 April 2004 shall be made no
later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Tuesday 13 April 2004
rather than on Monday 12 April 2004.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1961/2001 lays down that Member
States are to notify licence applications to the Commis-
sion on Mondays and Thursdays each week.

Article 2

Thursday 8, Friday 9 and Monday 12 April 2004 are
Commission holidays. The notification of licence appli-
cations submitted on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 April
2004 should
to
Wednesday 7 April 2004 while the notification of
licence applications submitted from Wednesday 7 to
Monday 12 April 2004 should be put back to Tuesday
13 April 2004.

therefore

brought

forward

be

therefore

Thursday 20, Friday 21 and Monday 31 May 2004 are
Commission holidays. The notification of licence appli-
cations submitted on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 May
2004 should
to
Wednesday 19 May 2004 while the notification of
licence applications submitted from Wednesday 19 to
Saturday 22 May 2004 should be put back to Monday
24 May 2004 and the notification of licence applications
submitted from Thursday 27 to Monday 31 May 2004
should be put back to Tuesday 1 June 2004,

brought

forward

be

1.
The notification, referred to in Article 7(3)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1961/2001, of licence applications submitted on
Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 May 2004 shall be made no later
than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Wednesday 19 May 2004 rather
than on Thursday 20 May 2004.

2.
The notification, referred to in Article 7(3)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1961/2001, of licence applications submitted
from Wednesday 19 to Saturday 22 May 2004 shall be made
no later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Monday 24 May 2004.

3.
The notification, referred to in Article 7(3)(b) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1961/2001, of licence applications submitted
from Thursday 27 to Monday 31 May 2004 shall be made no
later than 12.00 (Brussels time) on Tuesday 1 June 2004.

Article 3

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p.
64).

(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 8. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1176/2002 (OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 69).

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

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31.3.2004

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

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission