31999R0351

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 351/1999 of 17 February 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 on detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2067/92 on measures to promote and market quality beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2067/92 of 30 June 1992 on measures to promote and market quality beef and veal (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1849/97 (3), lays down the detailed rules for applying the above Regulation;

Whereas in order to allow the competent body to make a more thorough examination of the promotion programmes the time limit set in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 should be extended;

Whereas Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 does not set a time limit within which the Commission is to determine the successful applications;

Whereas, in the light of experience and in order to guarantee continuity in the implementation of measures, such a time limit should be set;

Whereas Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 should be amended accordingly;

Whereas 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 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1318/93 is hereby amended as follows:

1. in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

'1. The competent body shall draw up a list of all the applications for financing which it has received and send it to the Commission with a reasoned opinion on each of them before 30 April.`;

2. in Article 5(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

'2. Following scrutiny by the Management Committee for Beef and Veal in accordance with Article 28 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (*), the Commission shall determine the successful applications by 30 September at the latest.

(*) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 24.`

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1999.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 57.

(2) OJ L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 83.

(3) OJ L 264, 26. 9. 1997, p. 11.