Commission Regulation (EC) No 1729/1999 of 28 July 1999 laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87 and (EEC) No 3719/88 as regards milk and milk products, beef and veal, pigmeat, eggs, poultrymeat, agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty and certain cereal products

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1729/1999
of 28 July 1999
laying down special measures derogating from Regulations (EEC) No 3665/87 and (EEC) No 3719/88 as regards milk and milk products, beef and veal, pigmeat, eggs, poultrymeat, agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty and certain cereal products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96(2), and in particular Articles 13(3), 17(14) and 28 thereof, and the corresponding provisions of other Regulations on the common organisation of the market in agricultural products,
(1) Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80(3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2026/83(4) lays down general rules on the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricultural products;
(2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 604/98(6), lays down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products;
(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88(7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1127/1999(8), lays down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products;
(4) Whereas Commission Decision 1999/363/EC of 3 June 1999 on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of certain animal products intended for human or animal consumption(9) and Commission Decision 1999/368/EC of 4 June 1999 on protective measures with regards to contamination by dioxins of products intended for human consumption derived from bovine animals and pigs(10), as subsequently modified or replaced, notably provide for the prohibition for certain products to be exported to third countries;
(5) Whereas, following the appearance of contamination of certain products with dioxin, health measures taken by the authorities of certain third countries in respect of exports from the Community have seriously damaged the economic interests of exporters and whereas the situation thus created has adversely affected export possibilities for certain agricultural products;
(6) Whereas it is accordingly necessary to adopt special measures and to extend certain time limits laid down in Regulations (EEC) No 565/80, (EEC) No 3665/87 and (EEC) No 3719/88 so that export operations which have not been completed on account of the abovementioned circumstances can be regularised;
(7) Whereas only those operators who can prove, in particular on the basis of the documents referred to in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4045/89(11), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3235/94(12), that they were unable to carry out export operations due to the circumstances referred to above and notably that the licences were requested with a view to exports to those third countries which have taken measures as referred to above, should benefit from the derogations;
(8) Whereas, in the light of developments, this Regulation should enter into force immediately;
(9) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned,