Commission Regulation (EC) No 467/2008 of 28 May 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas
Date: 2008-05-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, import licence, import policy, milk product, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 467/2008

of 28 May 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council
Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products
and opening tariff quotas

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 29(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

autonomous

Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 of
trade
21 January 2008 introducing
preferences for the Republic of Moldova and amending
Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 and Commission Decision
2005/924/EC (2) provides for a tariff quota for dairy
products. That
tariff quota should be managed in
accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No
2535/2001 (3).

Article 26 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 of
20 December 2007 applying the arrangements
for
products originating in certain States which are part of
the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of States
provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the
establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements (4)
has repealed Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 of
10 December 2002 on the arrangements applicable to
agricultural products and goods
resulting from the
processing of agricultural products originating in the
African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1706/98 (5). Relevant adap-
tations
in Regulation (EC) No
2535/2001.

should be made

(3)

The Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation
between the European Community and its Member States
(TDCA), of the one part, and the Republic of South

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1152/2007 (OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 3). Regulation
(EC) No 1255/1999 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008.

(2) OJ L 20, 24.1.2008, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1565/2007 (OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 37).

(4) OJ L 348, 31.12.2007, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.

Africa, of the other part, approved by Council Decision
2004/441/EC (6) entered into force on 1 May 2004. That
Agreement provides for cheese quotas to be opened by
both parties on a yearly base. In the context of nego-
tiations on accelerated trade liberalisation of cheeses
between the European Community and South Africa, it
has been convened that the cheese quotas by both parties
should be managed on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, in
accordance with Articles 308a to 308c(1) of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying
the implementation of Council
down provisions for
Regulation
the
Community Customs Code (7).

establishing

(EEC) No

2913/92

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is amended as follows:

1. Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a) points (c) and (e) are deleted;

(b) the following point (j) is added:

‘(j) the quota No 09.4210 provided for in Annex I to

Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 (*).

___________
(*) OJ L 20, 24.1.2008, p. 1.’

2. Paragraph 2 of Article 13 is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Licence applications shall relate to at least 10 tonnes
and no more than the quantity available under the quota for
the six-month period as referred to in Article 6.

(6) OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 109.
(7) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).

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However, in the case of the quotas referred to in Article 5(a),
licence applications shall relate to no more than 10 % of the
quantity available.’

‘4.
Application of the reduced rate of duty shall be
subject to the presentation of proof of origin issued in
accordance with:

3. Article 19 is amended as follows:

(a) Annex III to the Agreement with Chile;

(a) points (b) and (d) are deleted;

(b) Protocol 4 to the Agreement with Israel;

(b) the following point (i) is added:

‘(i) the provisions referred to in Article 2(1)(a) of Regu-

lation (EC) No 55/2008.’

(c) Protocol 1 to the Agreement with South Africa (*).
___________
(*) OJ L 311, 4.12.1999, p. 298.’

4. Article 19a is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.
Articles 308a to 308d(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 shall apply to the quotas given in Annex VIIa
and provided for in:

(a) Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 (*);

(b) Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 (**);

5. In Article 20(1), point (a) is deleted.

6. In Article 22, point (a) is deleted.

7. Annex I is amended as follows:

(a) Parts I.C and I.E are deleted;

(b) the text in Annex I to this Regulation is added as Part I.J.

8. In Annex II, Part A is deleted.

(c) Annex IV, List 4 to the Agreement on Trade, Deve-
lopment and Cooperation with South Africa (***).

___________

(*) OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 1.
(**) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2.
(***) OJ L 311, 4.12.1999, p. 1.’

9. In Annex VIIa, a Part 3, the text of which is set out in Annex

II to this Regulation, is added.

Article 2

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

(b) Paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

It shall apply from 1 June 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 May 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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