Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2004 of 31 March 2004 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards the term of validity of export licences in the milk and milk products sector
Date: 2004-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, milk, milk product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 606/2004

of 31 March 2004

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as regards the term of validity of export licences 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), and in particular Article 31(14) thereof,

2003 on the Community milk market and the need to
monitor developments in the Community and world
markets should be taken into account. It is therefore
appropriate to derogate from Regulation (EC) No 174/
1999 and to provide that the term of validity of export
licences for milk products for which an application has
been lodged from 15 April 2004 on should be limited
to 30 June 2004.

(4)

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its Chairman,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 6 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 (2) lays down the term of
validity of export licences.

the management of
the market

Commission Regulation (EC) No 67/2004 of 15 January
2004 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 as
regards the term of validity of export licences in the
milk and milk products sector (3) has limited the validity
period of export licences up to 30 April 2004. As the
export
measures
required for
refunds in the new situation of
in milk
products that will be created by the accession of the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the
Community on 1 May 2004 are not yet fully in place, it
is necessary to provide for continuity of applications for
export licences after 31 March 2004 and to maintain
the limit on their validity period. However, in order not
to compromise the successful functioning of the new
tender system provided for in Commission Regulation
(EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March 2004 establishing a
tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain
milk products (4), this limitation should not apply to
export licences issued in this context.

impact of

the Czech
The potential
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia on 1 May 2004,
subject to the entry into force of the Act of Accession of

the accession of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EC)
No 174/1999, the term of validity of export licences with
advance fixing of the refund, which are applied for in the
period from 1 to 14 April 2004, in respect of the products
referred to in points (a) to (d) of that Article, shall expire on 30
April 2004.

However, the term of validity of export licences with
2.
advance fixing of the refund, applied for in accordance with
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) 580/2004 shall expire on 30 June
2004.

Article 2

By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
174/1999, the term of validity of export licences with advance
fixing of the refund, which are applied for from 15 April 2004,
in respect of the products referred to in points (a) to (d) of that
Article, shall expire on 30 June 2004.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004, p.
6).

(2) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1948/2003 (OJ L 287, 5.11.2003, p. 13).

(3) OJ L 10, 16.1.2004, p. 13.
(4) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission