Commission Regulation (EC) No 128/2007 of 12 February 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds for certain milk products and Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for exports refunds concerning certain types of butter
Date: 2007-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export refund, milk product

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Official Journal of the European Union

13.2.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 128/2007

of 12 February 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export refunds
for certain milk products and Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender
for exports refunds concerning certain types of butter

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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(3)(b) and (14) thereof,

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

1

Article
(EC) No
of Commission Regulation
580/2004 (2) covers the products falling into the scope
of
It
the tender procedure for fixing export refunds.
appears that applications for export licences for butter
with a fat content of 80 % are negligible. For the sake of
simplification it is appropriate to abolish the procedure
for such products.

By way of derogation from Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1291/2000 of 9 June 2000 laying down common
detailed rules for the application of the system of import
and export licences and advance fixing certificates for
agricultural products (3), Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 580/2004 provides that export
licences obtained
under the tender procedure are not transferable. With a
view to simplification and to facilitate the trade under the
procedure, that derogation should be withdrawn.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 and Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 581/2004 (4)
amended
accordingly.

should be

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1814/2005 (OJ L 292, 8.11.2005, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1913/2006 (OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52).

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

lation (EC) No 1919/2006 (OJ L 380, 28.12.2006, p. 1).

‘(b) natural
butter
grams
net weight
ex 0405 10 19 9700;’.

in blocks of

falling

at
under

least 20 kilo-
code

product

2. In Article 7, paragraph 2 is deleted.

3. Point 2 of the Annex is deleted.

Article 2

In Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, point (a) is
replaced by the following:

‘(a) natural butter

in blocks of

at
under

least 20 kilo-
code

product

grams
net weight
ex 0405 10 19 9700;’.

falling

Article 3

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

Article 1(2) shall apply on licences issued as from its entry into
force.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission