Commission Regulation (EC) No 1248/2004 of 7 July 2004 laying down transitional measures for certain import and export licences for trade in agricultural products between the Community as constituted on 30 April 2004 and the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
Date: 2004-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, agricultural product, export licence, import licence, transitional period (EU)

8.7.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 237/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1248/2004

of 7 July 2004

laying down transitional measures for certain import and export licences for trade in agricultural
products between the Community as constituted on 30 April 2004 and the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

As regards import and export licences and advance-fixing certi-
the
lodged shall, at
ficates,
interested parties, be released, provided that:

the request of

the securities

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 41 thereof,

— the country of destination, origin or provenance marked in
these licences or certificates is the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia
or Slovakia,

Whereas:

— their validity had not expired on 1 May 2004,

(1)

(2)

(3)

Until 30 April 2004,
trade in agricultural products
between the Community and the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia was subject to the presen-
tation of an import or export licence. As of 1 May 2004,
these licences can no longer be used for such trade.

Certain licences that are still valid after 30 April 2004
have not been used at all or have been used only
partially. Commitments entered into in connection with
these licences must be fulfilled, failing which the security
lodged would be forfeited. Given that such commitments
are no longer applicable, they should be cancelled and
the securities lodged should be released.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinions of all
the Management
Committees concerned,

— they had been used only partially or not at all by that date.

for which the

The first subparagraph shall also apply to licences and certi-
ficates
country of destination, origin or
provenance is marked as ‘CEEC’, providing the operator can
prove to the satisfaction of the competent authorities that this
was an operation to or from a Member State referred to in the
first subparagraph.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission