NoL131/26ΠνΊOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.6.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No976/96
of31May1996
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainmilkproductsexportedin
theformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No570/88of16
February1988onthesaleofbutteratreducedpricesand
thegrantingofaidforbutterandconcentratedbutterfor
useinthemanufactureofpastryproducts,ice-creamand
otherfoodstuffsQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No531/96(8),laydownthatbutterandcreamatreduced
pricesshouldbemadeavailabletoindustrieswhich
manufacturecertaingoods;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93f),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95(I0),prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No462/96(u);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inmilkandmilkproducts('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No2931/95(2),andinparticularArticle17(3)
thereof,
WhereasArticle17(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesininterna­
tionaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle1(a),(b),(c),
(d),(e),and(g)ofthatRegulationandpriceswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;whereas
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/94of30May1994
layingdowncommonimplementing rulesforgranting
exportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treaty,andcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
229/96(4),specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedinthe
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No804/68;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation (EC)No1222/94
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,wherenecessary,ofproduction
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalenteffect
applicableinallMemberStatesinaccordancewiththe
Regulationonthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
theproductinquestiontothebasicproductslistedin
AnnexAtothatRegulationortoassimilatedproducts;
WhereasArticle11(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesforthepaymentofaidforCommunity-produced
skimmedmilkprocessedintocaseinifsuchmilkandthe
caseinmanufactured fromitfulfilcertainconditionsset
outinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No987/68
of15July1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingaid
forskimmedmilkprocessedintocaseinorcaseinates(5),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1435/90(6);HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theratesoftherefundsapplicabletothebasic
productsappearinginAnnexAtoRegulation(EC)No
1222/94andlistedinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No
804/68,exportedintheformofgoodslistedintheAnnex
toRegulation (EEC)No804/68,areherebyfixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation.
2.Noratesofrefundarefixedforanyoftheproducts
referredtointheprecedingparagraphwhicharenot
listedintheAnnextothisRegulation.
3.RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonly
whentheconditionslaiddowninamendedRegulation
(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No462/96are
observed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1996.
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL307,20.12.1995,p.10, 0OJNoL55,1.3.1988,p.31.
(8)OJNoL78,28.3.1996,p.13.0OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.HOJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(")OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.0OJNoL136,31.5.1994,p.5.
(4)OJNoL30,8.2.1996,p.24.
(4OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.6.
(')OJNoL138,31.5.1990,p.8.

1.6.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL131/27
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1996.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31May1996fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicableto
certainmilkproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode DescriptionRateof
refund
ex04021019Powderedmilk,obtainedbythesprayprocess,withafat
contentoflessthan1,5%byweightandwithawater
contentoflessthan5%byweight(PG2):
(a)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode3501
(b)Onexportationofothergoods 49,00
ex04022119Powderedmilk,obtainedbythesprayprocess,withafat
contentof26%byweightandawatercontentoflessthan
5%byweight(PG3):
(a)Wheregoodscontainingreduced-pricebutterorcream
whichhavebeenmanufactured inaccordancewiththe
conditionsprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No570/88
areexported 52,11
(b)Onexportationofothergoods 98,05
ex040510Butter,withafatcontentbyweightof82%(PG6):
(a)Wheregoodscontainingreduced-pricebutterorcream
whichhavebeenmanufactured inaccordancewiththe
conditionsprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No570/88
areexported 50,00
(b)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode21069098
containing40%ormorebyweightofmilkfat 182,25
(c)Onexportationofothergoods 175,00