Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1993/2006 of 21 December 2006 laying down transitional measures as regards exports of milk and milk products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union ( OJ L 413, 30.12.2006 )
Date: 2007-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, export, export refund, milk, milk product, transitional period (EU)

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1993/2006 of 21 December 2006 laying down transitional
measures as regards exports of milk and milk products pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006, by reason of
the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

(Official Journal of the European Union L 413 of 30 December 2006)

Regulation (EC) No 1993/2006 should read as follows:

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1993/2006

of 21 December 2006

laying down transitional measures as regards exports of milk and milk products pursuant to
Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European
Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 41 thereof,

legislation. According to Article 3 of that Decision, Member
States shall authorise trade from 1 January to 31 December
2007 in products which are obtained in establishments in
Bulgaria and Romania authorised to export milk products
to the Community before the accession date, provided that
the products bear the Community export health mark of
the establishment concerned and are accompanied by a
document certifying that they have been produced before
1 January 2007.

Whereas:

(1) Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006
of 17 August 2006 laying down special detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999
as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of
milk and milk products (1) provides that, for a refund to be
granted, the products must meet the requirements laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European
Parliament and the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (2). Notably,
the products must be prepared in an approved establish-
ment and comply with the health marking requirements
specified in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 853/
2004.

(2) Commission Decision 2007/…/EC of 22 December 2006
laying down transitional measures for the marketing of
certain products of animal origin obtained in Bulgaria and
Romania (3) lays down measures to facilitate the transition
from the existing regime in Bulgaria and Romania to that
resulting from the application of the Community veterinary

(1) OJ L 234, 29.8.2006, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55, corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004,
p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1662/2006 (OJ L 320, 18.12.2006, p. 1).

(3) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(3)

is appropriate to derogate from Regulation (EC)
It
No 1282/2006 and provide that products which comply
with Article 3 of Decision 2007/…/EC and are authorised
to be traded for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007 should be eligible for an export refund.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1282/2006, products obtained before the date of accession
in establishments of Bulgaria and Romania authorised to export
to the Community before the accession date and exported from
the Community in the period from the accession date to
31 December 2007 are eligible for an export refund, provided

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that they meet the requirements of Article 3(a) of Decision 2007/
…/EC and are accompanied by the document set out in Annex II
to Commission Decision 2004/438/EC (1) to which the following
particulars shall be added:

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the date
of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania.

‘Produced before 1 January 2007, in conformity with Commis-
sion Decision 2007/…/EC’.

It shall apply to export declarations accepted from its date of
entry into force to 31 December 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 72, corrected by OJ L 189, 27.5.2004, p. 57.