Commission Regulation (EC) No 471/2006 of 22 March 2006 derogating for 2006 from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 as regards the dates of issue of export licences in the beef and veal sector
Commission Regulation (EC) No 471/2006of 22 March 2006derogating for 2006 from Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 as regards the dates of issue of export licences in the beef and veal sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and vealOJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2)., and in particular Article 29(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 of 26 June 1995 on rules of application for import and export licences in the beef and veal sector and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2377/80OJ L 143, 27.6.1995, p. 35. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1118/2004 (OJ L 217, 17.6.2004, p. 10). provides that export licences are to be issued on the fifth working day following that on which the application is lodged, provided that the Commission has not taken any specific action during that period.(2)In view of the public holidays in 2006 and the irregular appearance of the Official Journal of the European Union during those holidays, the abovementioned period of five working days will be too short to guarantee proper administration of the market and should therefore be extended.(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1By way of derogation from Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95, for 2006 licences for which applications are lodged during the periods set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be issued on the corresponding dates indicated in that Annex.The derogation shall apply provided that no specific action referred to in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1445/95 has been taken prior to those dates of issue.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 March 2006.For the CommissionMariann Fischer BoelMember of the CommissionANNEX
Period for submission of licence applicationsDate of issue
from 10 to 13 April 200621 April 2006
from 22 to 24 May 20061 June 2006
from 17 to 18 July 200626 July 2006
from 30 to 31 October 20068 November 2006
21 December 200629 December 2006
from 28 to 29 December 20068 January 2007