Commission Regulation (EC) No 2399/1999 of 11 November 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector
L 290/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 11. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2399/1999 of 11 November 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Article 8(2), Article 13(12) and Article 22 thereof, Whereas: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1719/98 (4), lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of export licences in the pigmeat sector; the present provisions on the term of validity of export licences lead to an artificial increase in applications for licences at the beginning of each month, which complic- ates the weekly administration of the arrangements. The term of validity should accordingly be fixed in days rather than months; any special measures taken by the Commission where applications are made for abnormal quantities should be adjusted according to the category of the products and the destination; in the light of experience gained, the procedure provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 for issuing licences immediately should be simplified and guarantees provided as regards the issuing to operators and the validity of such licences. However, such licences should be restricted to short-term commercial transac- tions in order to prevent the mechanism provided for in Article 3 of that Regulation from being circumvented; the rules on communications between the Member States and the Commission should be brought into line with the amendments to the arrangements on licences issued immediately; the measures provided for in this Regulation are in the Management accordance with the opinion of Committee for Pigmeat, (1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. (3) OJ L 133, 17. 6. 1995, p. 9. (4) OJ L 215, 1. 8. 1998, p. 58. Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 2(1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. Export licences shall be valid for 90 days from their actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88. ’ 2. The last subparagraph of Article 3(4) is replaced by the following: ‘These measures may be adjusted according to the category of products and the destination. ’ 3. Article 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 On application by the operator, licence applications for up to 25 tonnes of products shall not be subject to any special measures as referred to in Article 3(4) and the licences applied for shall be issued immediately. In such cases, notwithstanding Article 2(1), the term of validity of the licences shall be limited to five working days from their actual day of issue within the meaning of Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 and Section 20 of licence applications and of licences shall show at least one of the following: — Certificado válido durante cinco días hábiles y no utiliz- able para la aplicación del artículo 5 del Reglamento (CEE) no 565/80, — Licens, der er gyldig i fem arbejdsdage, og som ikke kan benyttes til at anvende artikel 5 i forordning (EØF) nr. 565/80, — Fünf Werktage gültige und für die Anwendung von Artikel 5 der Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 565/80 nicht verwendbare Lizenz, — Πιστοποιητικό που ισχύει για πέντε εργάσιµες ηµέρες και δεν χρησιµοποιείται για την εφαρµογή του άρθρου 5 του κανονισµού (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 565/80, — Licence valid for five working days and not useable for application of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 565/80, — Certificat valable cinq jours ouvrables et non utilisable pour l'application de l'article 5 du règlement (CEE) no 565/80, — Titolo valido cinque giorni lavorativi e non utilizzabile ai regolamento fini dell'applicazione dell'articolo 5 del (CEE) n. 565/80, — Certificaat met een geldigheidsduur van vĳf werkdagen en niet te gebruiken voor de toepassing van artikel 5 van Verordening (EEG) nr. 565/80, — Certificado de exportação válido durante cinco dias úteis, não utilizável para a aplicação do artigo 5. o do Regulamento (CEE) n. o 565/80, 12. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 290/19 — Todistus on voimassa viisi arkipäivää eikä sitä voi käyttää sovellettaessa asetuksen (ETY) N:o 565/80 5 ar- tiklaa, — Licensen är giltig fem arbetsdagar men gäller inte vid tillämpning av artikel 5 i förordning (EEG) nr 565/80. The Commission may, where necessary, application of this Article. ’ suspend the 4. Article 7(1) is replaced by the following: Each Friday from 13. 00 hours, Member States shall ‘1. send the Commission the following by fax in respect of the preceding period: (a) the applications for export licences as referred to in Article 1 lodged from Monday to Wednesday of the same week, stating whether they fall within the scope of Article 4 or not; (b) the quantities covered by export licences issued on the preceding Wednesday, not including those issued imme- diately under Article 4; (c) the quantities covered by export licence applications withdrawn pursuant to Article 3(6) during the preceding week. ’ 5. Annex II is replaced by the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply to export licences applied for from 22 November 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 November 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission L 290/20 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 11. 1999 ANNEX ‘ANNEX II Application of Regulation (EC) No 1370/95 COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES — DG VI/D/2 — Pigmeat sector Application for export licences — Pigmeat Sender: Date: Period: Monday. to Friday. Member State: Person to contact: Telephone: Fax: Addressee: DG VI/D/2 — fax: (32-2) 296 62 79 or 296 60 27 — Part A — Weekly notification (to be completed separately for each category) Category Quantity Article 4 Other Rate of refund (EUR/100 kg) Total amount of prefixed refunds Total per category Category Total quantities applied for by categories — Part B — Weekly notification Category Total quantities issued by categories on Wednesday 12. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 290/21 — P a r t C — W e e k l y n o t i f i c a t i o n Category Total quantities withdrawn by category during the previous week — P a r t D — M o n t h l y n o t i f i c a t i o n Category Unused quantities’