26.9. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 272/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2729/81 of 14 September 1981 laying down special rules implementing the system of import and export licences and the advance fixing of refunds in respect of milk and milk products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 13 (3) and 17 (4) thereof, Whereas rules implementing the system of import and export licences and advance fixing of refunds in respect of milk and milk products were laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2044/75 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3474/80 (%); whereas this Regulation has been amended on numerous occasions; whereas for the sake of clarity and efficient administration it should be consolidated, the special rules for certain products harmonized and the licence security rates adjusted; Whereas experience of advance fixing of refunds in the milk and milk products sector has, moreover, revealed the need for an improvement in the decision mechanisms operating when the refund is altered; whereas the examination of given situations and decision-making will be facilitated and can proceed more smoothly if the exact quantities in respect of which applications for advance fixing at the rate of refund then current have been made known by the Commission and the Member States as represented on the Management Committee, without the risk of increases as a result of the applications lodged, perhaps for speculative reasons, on the actual day of the deliberations in question; whereas on the day on which these deliberations normally take place there should therefore be no advance fixing of refunds and the rules in question should be supplemented accordingly; Whereas experience indicates that the interested parties should have a list of agencies which alone are entitled to issue, for the milk and milk products sector, invitations to tender within the meaning of Article 43 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 of 3 December 1980 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export (1) O] No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. (3) OJ No L 213, 11. 8. 1975, p. 15. (3) OJ No L 363, 31. 12. 1980, p. 50. licences and advance-fixing certificates for agricultural products (%); Whereas the provisions of this Regulation either supplement or derogate from the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80; Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: TITLE I GENERAL RULES CONCERNING IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENCES Article 1 1. The amount of the security in respect of import and export licences shall be, per 100 kilograms net of the product: — 1-00 ECU for products falling within heading No 04.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, — 300 ECU for products falling within heading No 04.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, — 4-00 ECU for products falling within heading No 04.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, — 2-00 ECU for the other products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68. 2. No security need be lodged, however, in.respect of export licences as referred to in Article 6 (1). Article 2 By way of derogation from the third indent of Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80, an import or export licence shall not be required and may not be presented for operations involving quantities not exceeding: — 500 kg in the case of products falling within heading Nos 04.03 or 04.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, — 1000 kg in the case of the other products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68. e (*) OJ No L 338, 13. 12. 1980, p. 1.