Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1624/76 of 2 July 1976 concerning special arrangements for the payment of aid for skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in the territory of another Member State

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1624/76  of 2 July 1976  concerning special arrangements for the payment of aid for skimmed-milk powder denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in the territory of another Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in particular Articles 10 (3) and 28 thereof,
Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed-milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1530/76 (4), provides that a Member State may grant aid for skimmed-milk powder produced in its territory if it is denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs in the territory of another Member State ; whereas the Member States have informed the Commission that they wish to make use of this power with effect from 15 July 1976 with respect to skimmed-milk powder intended for the abovementioned use in Italy;
Whereas it is therefore necessary with respect to the payment of aid to lay down administrative provisions such as will satisfy the Member State granting aid that the skimmed-milk powder in question is in fact used in the Member State of destination in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 990/72 of 15 May 1972 on detailed rules for granting aid for skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs and for skimmed-milk powder for use as feed (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 804/76 (6) ; whereas for this purpose use should be made of the control copy referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2315/69 of 19 November 1969 on the use of Community transit documents for the purpose of applying Community measures for verifying the use and/or destination of goods (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 690/73 (8), and provision should be made that the Member State of destination subject the goods to a control involving the lodging of a security to be released when the skimmed-milk powder has been denatured or processed into compound feedingstuffs;
Whereas the control to which the skimmed-milk powder is subject after transfer to the territory of the Member State of destination is designed to ensure that it is used for the prescribed purpose ; whereas, therefore, payment of aid should be authorized in the consignor Member State as soon as proof has been provided that the goods have been subjected to the said control;
Whereas proof that the goods have been subjected to control by the Member State of destination should in principle be provided by production of the control copy referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2315/69 ; whereas, however, if the control copy cannot be produced through circumstances outside the trader's control, although the product has indeed been subjected to the abovementioned control, other documents should in such cases be recognized as equivalent;
Whereas to facilitate trade it would further seem appropriate to authorize the consignor Member State to pay the exporter an advance on the aid after a certain period has elapsed counting from the day when he completes customs export formalities and provides a security to be released on presentation of proof of control by the Member State of destination;
Whereas to avoid duplicating aid payments special arrangements should be made to cover the transition from the present system of aid to that provided for in this Regulation;
Whereas with respect to the application of monetary compensatory amounts in respect of skimmed-milk powder consigned to the Member State of destination under this Regulation, the amount of aid paid to the exporter should be taken into account;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman;  (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (2)OJ No L 67, 15.3.1976, p. 9. (3)OJ No L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 4. (4)OJ No L 170, 29.6.1976, p. 4. (5)OJ No L 115, 17.5.1972, p. 1. (6)OJ No L 93, 8.4.1976, p. 22. (7)OJ No L 295, 24.11.1969, p. 14. (8)OJ No L 66, 13.3.1973, p. 23.