Commission Regulation (EC) No 594/2001 of 27 March 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products

• Published date: 28 March 2001
• Subject Matter: Milk products,Customs duties: Community tariff quotas
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 88, 28 March 2001

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 594/2001 of 27 March 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products

Official Journal L 088 , 28/03/2001 P. 0007 - 0009

Commission Regulation (EC) No 594/2001

of 27 March 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000(2), and in particular Article 26(3) and Article 29(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 3(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 of 29 June 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1998/2000(4), lays down that the classification of certain cheeses is subject to the presentation of a licence issued in accordance with Article 23. Article 23(3) and (4) clearly state that the headings concerned are reserved exclusively for preferential imports from Switzerland under the special arrangements that the Community has concluded with that country. Given that IMA 1 certificates are no longer used when those products are imported, Article 3(b) no longer makes any sense. In the interests of clarity, Article 3 should therefore be updated.

(2) Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 permits operators to submit a licence application for each CN code under the "minimum access" quotas referred to in Annex II. This has resulted in excessive numbers of applications, leading to a heavy workload for the competent departments of the Member States and the Commission and financial costs to operators. The provisions concerned should be amended to restrict operators to just one application per serial number.

(3) Article 21 of Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1374/98, which lays down the detailed rules for the application of the non-quota preferential import arrangements, lists the products covered by those arrangements. CN codes 0406 90 02 to 0406 90 06, which are covered...