# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 410/2006

of 9 March 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products

## Preamble

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] , and in particular Article 26(3) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 of 26 January 1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products [^2] , provides that exports from the Community of products for which an export refund is requested shall be subject to the presentation of an export licence.

**(2)** However, the second subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 further lays down that an export licence must also be presented for the products referred to in category II of Annex I thereto, where no refund is applied for, except in the cases referred to in the first and fourth indents of Article 5(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 [^3] .

**(3)** Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 provides that a licence is not to be required and may not be produced for the purposes of exports with export refunds relating *inter alia* to small quantities not exceeding those set out in Annex III to that Regulation.

**(4)** It is appropriate, where exports without refunds of skimmed-milk powder, as referred to in category II of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 174/1999, relating to those small quantities, to exempt exporters from the obligation of an export licence.

**(5)** Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(6)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, at the end of product sector D, the following text is added:

|  | *Export licence without refund* (Article 1(1) second subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999) |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | ‘0402 10 |  | 150 kg’ |

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 March 2006. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_160_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ( [OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_307_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_020_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 ( [OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 20](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_337_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_152_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1856/2005 ( [OJ L 297, 15.11.2005, p. 7](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_297_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ().
[^2]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2107/2005 ().
[^3]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1856/2005 ().