Council Regulation (EC) No 2703/1999 of 14 December 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2596/97 extending the period provided for in Article 149(1) of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2703/1999
of 14 December 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 2596/97 extending the period provided for in Article 149(1) of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 149(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Whereas:
(1) The second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2596/97(3) extends until 31 December 1999 the period during which transitional measures may be adopted with regard to the fat content requirements for milk intended for human consumption in Finland and Sweden; the difficulties in adapting to the Community rules which necessitated those transitional measures could not be resolved before 31 December 1999;
(2) It is therefore necessary to make use of the possibility afforded by the 1994 Act of Accession to extend the period in question; an additional period of four years seems appropriate;
(3) There should also be a mid-term examination of the progress made by those Member States in applying the Community rules,