Commission Regulation (EC) No 1093/2004 of 10 June 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: 2004-06-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, export licence, export refund, milk, milk product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1093/2004

of 10 June 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,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

A close monitoring of both the internal and the world
market since 1 May 2004 has shown that a longer
the licences may be reestablished
validity period of
without any risk of destabilisation of the proper func-
tioning of
is
therefore appropriate to repeal Regulation (EC) No
606/2004.

the common market organisation.

It

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,

(4)

In light of a proper management of the GATT export
commitments it is appropriate to adapt the export licence
validity period for the groups of products concerned;
taking account of
remaining in the
the quantities
respective export quotas at the end of the GATT year
and with a view on an optimal use of the available
quantities.

Whereas:

(5)

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

(1)

(2)

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.

In order to take into account the potential impact of the
accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
to the Community on 1 May 2004, on the Community
milk market and the need to monitor developments in
the Community and world markets, Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 606/2004 (3) provided for that, by way of
derogation from Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, 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.

(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 810/2004 (OJ L 149, 30.4.2004, p. 138).

(3) OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 40.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

the term of validity of export

By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
174/1999,
licences with
advance fixing of the refund, which are applied for until 23
June 2004 in respect of the products referred to in points (a)
and (c) of that Article, shall expire on 30 June 2004.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 606/2004 is repealed.

Article 3

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

It shall apply to export licences applied for from that date.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 June 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission