Commission Regulation (EC) No 1814/2005 of 7 November 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 580/2004, establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products
Date: 2005-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, export licence, export refund, milk product

8.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 292/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1814/2005

of 7 November 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 580/2004, establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds
for certain milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 26(3) and Article
31(14) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

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 terms of
validity of export
including those issued in
respect of Commission Regulation (EC) No 581/2004
of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invitation to
tender for export refunds concerning certain types of
butter (3)
(EC) No
582/2004 of 26 March 2004 opening a standing invi-
tation to tender for export refunds concerning skimmed
milk powder (4).

Commission

Regulation

licences,

and

No 580/2004 (5),
licences are valid.

fixes

the day from which export

(3)

(4)

The scope of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999
in conjunction with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No
580/2004 has at times been misinterpreted. To avoid
any possible grounds for such misinterpretation, Article
8 of the latter Regulation should be amended.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 580/2004, point (d) is
replaced by the following:

‘(d)

the period of validity of the export licence referred to in
Article 6 of that Regulation shall start on the closing
date for the submission of tenders.’

Article 2

(2)

By way of derogation from Article 6 of Regulation (EC)
No 174/1999, Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC)

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

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

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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 1513/2005 (OJ L 241, 17.9.2005, p. 45).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1239/2005 (OJ L 200, 30.7.2005, p. 32).

(4) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 67. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(5) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as amended by Regulation

lation (EC) No 1239/2005.

(EC) No 2250/2004 (OJ L 381, 28.12.2004, p. 25).