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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1735/89
of 19 June 1989
on the recovery on export of aids granted in respect of skimmed-milk powder for use as feed and skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of the Council of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 763/89 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 of the Council of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1115/89 (4), provides that where skimmed milk or skimmed-milk powder is exported in the form of denatured skimmed-milk powder or compound feedingstuffs, an amount equal to the aid is to be collected; whereas the aim of that provision is basically to avoid aids being received twice over, as a result of the granting of a refund under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1476/89 (5) and the granting of aid under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3368/88 (7); whereas, in recent years, compliance with that requirement was ensured by reducing the refund applying to incorporated skimmed-milk powder and latterly by granting no refund for feedingstuffs which may qualify for aid under that Regulation;
Whereas at present the aid is distinctly higher than the refund; whereas, as a consequence, the measures in force no longer suffice to prevent certain feedingstuffs being exported at a price lower than the world market price; whereas measures should accordingly be laid down for the full recovery on export of aid granted in respect of skimmed-milk powder for use as feed and skimmed milk processed into compound feedingstuffs;
Whereas certain detailed rules of administrative procedure to be applied in that case and the control measures necessary must be adopted; whereas reference should be made to that end to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1062/87 (8) on the Community transit procedure, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1159/89 (9);
Whereas 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
1. The amounts of the aid to be recovered in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 968/68 shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
2. However, the amounts referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be charged where the aid provided for in Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 was not granted in respect of skimmed milk or skimmed-milk powder exported in the form of products shown in the Annex by reason of the fact that its composition did not comply with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1725/79.
The Member States shall take all measures necessary to verify in the case referred to in the first subparagraph that the aid was not granted previously in respect of the skimmed milk or skimmed-milk powder.
Article 2
1. For the purposes of Article 1, the export declaration for products listed in the Annex must contain all the necessary information regarding the description and exact composition of the product. Such declaration shall be accepted subject to the presentation of a certificate issued by the competent agency as provided for in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 of the Member State on whose territory those formalities are completed or by another agency designated by the Member State in question. The certificate shall certify, as the case may be:
- that the said agency has collected the amount to be recovered pursuant to Article 1 (1) in respect of the products concerned, or
- that the products concerned are exempted from such recovery pursuant to Article 1 (2).
2. The certificate referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain in particular:
- a description of the product,
- a breakdown of the quantities involved,
- details of the amount recovered or, where appropriate, reasons enabling such quantities to be exempted.
3. The certificate referred to in paragraph 1 shall be valid for 30 days calculated from the day of issue.
Article 3
1. Movement within the Community of products listed in the Annex shall be subject to the conditions laid down in Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 1062/87.
2. A security equal to 110 % of the corresponding amount laid down in the Annex hereto shall be lodged in respect of products listed in the Annex moving as provided for in Article 24 or 25 of Regulation (EEC) No 1062/87 in order to ensure that the primary requirement relating to the recovery of the amount resulting from the application of Article 1 is ensured where the product in question does not re-enter the Community within six months.
The security shall be released, in proportion to the quantities in respect of which such proof is furnished, as soon as it has been established in the Member State of dispatch that the product has re-entered the Community.
3. Where a product listed in the Annex is placed under the procedure provided for in Chapter I of Title IV of Regulation (EEC) No 1062/87 for carriage to a station of destination within the territory of the Community, the office of departure may not authorize any variation of the contract of carriage which would enable carriage to end outside the Community unless the consignor has produced a certificate as specified in Article 2.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1989.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 June 1989.