Commission Regulation (EC) No 1119/2007 of 27 September 2007 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain types of butter and from Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for exports refunds concerning skimmed milk powder
Date: 2007-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export refund, skimmed milk powder

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1119/2007

of 27 September 2007

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export
refunds concerning certain types of butter and from Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 opening a
standing invitation to tender for exports refunds concerning skimmed milk powder

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(a)

for October 2007 the tendering period shall begin on 9 and
end on 16 October;

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 31(3)(b)
and 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The present situation on the market for milk and milk
products has allowed Commission Regulation (EC) No
660/2007 of 14 June 2007 fixing the export refunds
for milk and milk products (2) not
to provide for
export refunds from 15 June 2007. This situation is
likely to remain for some months.

tender export

Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
581/2004 (3) and Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 582/2004 (4), lay down the application period
for butter and
for
refund certificates
skimmed milk powder. Given the
current market
situation and with a view to avoid unnecessary adminis-
trative procedures and charges it
is appropriate and
found sufficient to have one single tender application
period per month in the last quarter of 2007.

It is therefore necessary to derogate from Regulations
(EC) No 581/2004 and (EC) No 582/2004.

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 2(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 581/2004, the tendering periods for the months October
to December 2007 shall be the following:

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

(2) OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as

last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 276/2007 (OJ L 76, 16.3.2007, p. 16).

(4) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 67. Regulation as

last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 276/2007.

(b) for November 2007 the tendering period shall begin on

6 and end on 13 November;

(c)

for December 2007 the tendering period shall begin on
4 and end on 11 December.

If the starting date is a public holiday, the period shall begin on
the following working day. If the end date is a public holiday, it
shall end on the previous working day.

Tendering periods shall start and end at 13:00 (Brussels time).

Article 2

By way of derogation from Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 582/2004, the tendering periods for the months October
to December 2007 shall be the following:

(a)

for October 2007 the tendering period shall begin on 9 and
end on 16 October;

(b) for November 2007 the tendering period shall begin on

6 and end on 13 November;

(c)

for December 2007 the tendering period shall begin on
4 and end on 11 December.

If the starting date is a public holiday, the period shall begin on
the following working day. If the end date is a public holiday, it
shall end on the previous working day.

Tendering periods shall start and end at 13:00 (Brussels time).

Article 3

Member States shall inform the operators of the new dates by
the means which they consider the most appropriate.

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

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission