COMMUNITY MEASURE : Commission Regulation 1667/2002/EC amending Regulation 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation 1255/1999/EC as regards the import of arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas, and derogating from that Regulation.
CONTENT : Commission Regulation 2535/2001, as last amended by Regulation 1165/2002/EC, lays down, inter alia, detailed rules for the application to milk and milk products of the import arrangements provided for in the Europe Agreements between the Community and certain central and eastern European countries.
It should be amended to implement the concessions provided for by Regulations 1151/2002/EC, 1361/2002/EC, 1362/2002/EC and 1408/2002/EC.
The new quotas should be opened on 1 October 2002 and the existing quotas reopened if the quantities resulting from the new quotas exceed the quantities opened in July 2002. The import quotas provided for by Regulation 2535/2001/EC normally being opened on 1 July, provision should be made for a derogation from Articles 6, 12 and 14 of that Regulation.
Certain new quotas involve limited quantities which render Article 13(2) of the Regulation 2535/2001/EC inapplicable. This provision should therefore be adjusted.
Repayment of import duties on products listed in parts 8 and 9 of Annex I to the Regulation 2535/2001 as it existed before the entry into force of this Regulation and imported under licences used from 1 July 2000 falls within the scope of Articles 878 to 898 of Commission Regulation 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation 2913/92/EEC establishing the Community Customs Code, as last amended by Regulation 444/2002/EC.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the management Committee for Milk and Milk Products.�