With the Presidency's agreement and off the meeting agenda, the Slovak delegation, supported by the Slovenian, Polish, Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Netherlands, French, German and Austrian delegations, wanted more flexible manage
ment of the list of products covered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1972/2003 on transitional measures to be adopted in respect of trade in agricultural products of the acceding countries. This Regulation provides in particular for a list of stocks of products that are surplus at 1 May 2004 on which the new Member States should levy charges to ensure that these products do not qualify for a double export refund,
...[+++] before 1 May 2004 if originating in the European Union of 15 Member States and after 1 May 2004, the date of enlargement, if exported from a new Member State.