Commission Regulation (EC) No 1182/95 of 24 May 1995 laying down certain transitional measures concerning the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture in the beef and veal sector

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1182/95 of 24 May 1995 laying down certain  transitional measures concerning the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture  in the beef and veal sector
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 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the adjustments and  transitional arrangements required in the agriculture sector in order to implement the agreements  concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations  (1), and in particular  Article 3 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of  the market in beef and veal  (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 424/95  (3), and in  particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas, in order to ensure that a distinction is made between quantities exported before and  quantities exported after the date of entry into force of the Uruguay Round Agreement on  Agriculture, Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1521/94  (4) lays down that the period of  validity of licences issued under the current arrangements is limited to the day preceding the  entry into force of the said Agreement for the product concerned; whereas that provision could lead  to an interruption of export flows when the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture enters into  force; whereas, to avoid such a disruption of trade, transitional measures should be adopted to  permit the use of export licences issued before the date of entry into force of the Uruguay Round  Agreement on Agriculture after that date, except in special cases;
Whereas the Council has generally subjected the granting of any refund to the submission of an  export licece with the refund fixed in advance on the basis of the destination; whereas, where the  destination is changed, the refund applicable to the actual destination is paid up to the amount  applicable to the destination specified in advance; whereas, in order to prevent the systematic and  improper specification of those destinations with the highest refunds, a penalty should be  introduced where a change is made to a destination with a lower rate of refund than that applicable  to the destination originally specified;
Whereas, in order to ensure precise administration of the quantities to be exported, licences  should be issued after a period of consideration and the information to be notified to the  Commission and the method to be used for that notification should be specified; whereas derogation  should be made from the rules regarding tolerance;
Whereas quantities exported as international food aid within the meaning of Article 10 (4) of the  Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture should be identified;
Whereas deliveries in the Community for the purpose of victualling, for international organizations  and for armed forces, and exports of small quantities are of a highly specific nature and of minor  economic significance; whereas, for those reasons, provision has been made for a simplified  arrangement for paying export refunds the aim of which is to facilitate the export operation and to  avoid an unnecessary administrative burden on the economic operators and national authorities;  whereas, for that reason, the simplified arrangement for the payment of export refunds for the  abovementioned deliveries should be retained without making compulsory the submission of an export  licence with advance fixing of the refund;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Management Committee for Beef and Veal,