CELEX: 32006R1993
Language: en
Date: 2006-12-21 00:00:00
Title: 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

30.12.2006        EN                Official Journal of the European Union                     L 413/1
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                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                            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,
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 products1 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 origin2. Notably, the products must be prepared in an approved establishment
        and comply with the health marking requirements specified in Articles 4 and 5 of
        Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
(2)     Commission Decision 2006/…/EC (C(2006) 7028) of 22 December 2006 laying down
        transitional measures for the marketing of certain products of animal origin obtained in
        Bulgaria and Romania3 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 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
1
        OJ L 234, 29.8.2006, p. 4.
2
        OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55. Corrected version in OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22. Regulation as last
        amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83).
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        Not yet published in the Official Journal.
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         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.
(3)      It is appropriate to derogate from Regulation (EC) No 1282/2006 and provide that
         products which comply with Article 3 of Decision 2006/…/EC (C(2006) 7028) and are
         authorised to be traded for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007 should be
         eligible for an export refund.
(4)      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 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 that
they meet the requirements of Article 3(a) of Decision 2006/…/EC (C(2006) 7028) and are
accompanied by the document set out in Annex II to Commission Decision 2004/438/EC 4 to
which the following particulars shall be added:
‘Produced before 1 January 2007, in conformity with Commission Decision 2006/7028/EC’.
                                                   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.
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
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4
         OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 72. Corrected version in OJ L 189, 27.5.2004, p. 57.