Commission Regulation (EC) No 1281/2006 of 28 August 2006 derogating for 2005/06 from Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 as regards the time limit by which purchasers and producers must pay the levy on milk and milk products
Date: 2006-08-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural levy, derogation from EU law, milk, milk product, regulation of agricultural production

29.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 234/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1281/2006

of 28 August 2006

derogating for 2005/06 from Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 as regards the time limit by which
purchasers and producers must pay the levy on milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29
September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk
products sector (1), and in particular Article 24 thereof,

view to consistency and so that the national adminis-
trations can introduce these new rules as efficiently as
possible, the date by which the amounts due by milk
purchasers must be paid should also be deferred for
2005/06, Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No
595/2004 notwithstanding. For administrative reasons a
different date should be fixed for the Member States
transferring national reference quantities.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March
2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council
Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in
the milk and milk products sector (2) fixes in particular
the timetable and conditions for collection of the levy.
Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 lays down
that, before 1 September each year, purchasers and, in
the case of direct sales, producers liable for the levy must
pay the
in
accordance with rules laid down by the Member State.
If this time-limit is not complied with, interest becomes
payable under Article 15(2).

authority the

amount due

competent

For the purposes of improving budget forecasting and
making budget management more flexible, Regulation
(EC) No 1788/2003 is currently being amended in
order to defer the date by which the Member States
must pay the levy referred to in Article 3(1) of the Regu-
lation and to allow some Member States to transfer
national reference quantities between direct sales and
deliveries for the twelve month period 2005/06 within
the meaning of Article 1(1) of the Regulation. With a

(3)

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

By way of derogation from Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation
(EC) No 595/2004, for the twelve month period 2005/06 the
Member States shall be authorised to defer the final date for
paying the due amounts:

(a)

to 1 November 2006 in the case of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia
and Slovakia;

(b) to 1 October 2006 in the case of all other Member States.

Article 2

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, 28 August 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 123. Regulation as amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2217/2004 (OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 22.