OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.97 L356/48 IEN
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2648/97
of30December 1997
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainmilkproductsexportedin
theformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,WhereasArticle11(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesforthepaymentofaidforCommunity-produced
skimmedmilkprocessedintocaseinifsuchmilkandthe
caseinmanufactured fromitfulfilcertainconditionsset
outinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No987/68
of15July1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingaid
forskimmedmilkprocessedintocaseinorcaseinates(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1435/90(*);
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No2571/97of15
December1997onthesaleofbutteratreducedprices
andthegrantingofaidforcream,butterandconcentrated
butterforuseinthemanufactureofpastryproducts,ice­
creamandotherfoodstuffs(J),laysdownthatbutterand
creamatreducedpricesshouldbemadeavailableto
industrieswhichmanufacturecertaingoods;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inmilkandmilkproducts('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1587/96(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
1909/97(4),specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedinthe
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No804/68;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;Article1
1.Theratesoftherefundsapplicabletothebasic
productsappearinginAnnexAtoRegulation(EC)No
1222/94andlistedinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No
804/68,exportedintheformofgoodslistedintheAnnex
toRegulation(EEC)No804/68,areherebyfixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation.
2.Noratesofrefundarefixedforanyoftheproducts
referredtointheprecedingparagraphwhicharenot
listedintheAnnextothisRegulation. WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,wherenecessary,ofproduction
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalenteffect
applicableinallMemberStatesinaccordancewiththe
Regulationonthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
theproductinquestiontothebasicproductslistedin
AnnexAtothatRegulationortoassimilatedproducts;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1998.
(')OJL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJL206,16.8.1996,p.21.
(3)OJL136,31.5.1994,p.5.b)OJL268,1.10.1997,p.20.0OJL169,18.7.1968,p.6.
(6)OJL138,31.5.1990,p.8.nOJL350,20.12.1997,p.3.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1997.
FortheCommission
HansVANDENBROEK
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof30December1997fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainmilkproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexII
totheTreaty
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode DescriptionRateof
refund
ex04021019Powderedmilk,ingranulesorothersolidforms,not
containingaddedsugarorothersweeteningmatter,withafat
contentnotexceeding1,5%byweight(PG2):
(a)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode3501
(b)Onexportationofothergoods 68,00
ex04022119Powderedmilk,ingranulesorothersolidforms,not
containingaddedsugarorothersweeteningmatter,withafat
contentof26%byweight(PG3):
(a)Wheregoodsincorporating ,intheformofproducts
assimilatedtoPG3,reduced-price butterorcream
obtainedpursuanttoRegulation (EEC)No2571/97are
exported 64,59
(b)Onexportationofothergoods 102,60
ex040510Butter,withafatcontentbyweightof82%(PG6):
(a)Wheregoodscontainingreduced-pricebutterorcream
whichhavebeenmanufactured inaccordancewiththe
conditionsprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No2571/97
areexported 45,00
(b)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode21069098
containing40%ormorebyweightofmilkfat 177,25
(c)Onexportationofothergoods 170,00