Commission Regulation (EC) No 2884/2000 of 27 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2884/2000
of 27 December 2000
amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 31(14) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2851/2000(3) establishes certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and provides for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Poland. One of those concessions results in a differentiation of refunds from 1 January 2001 for certain products falling within CN code 0405 as a result of the abolition of refunds on those products exported to Poland.
(2) The Polish authorities have undertaken to ensure that only consignments of Community butter on which no refund has been granted are allowed for import into Poland. To that end, an article should be inserted in Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2357/2000(5), providing for the obligation to present a certified copy of the export licence, including specific information guaranteeing that no export refund has been granted on the products referred to. To establish a link between the products imported and those indicated on the export licence, operators are required, on import into Poland, to present a certified copy of the export declaration bearing specific information referring to the export licence.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,