EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.8.2000 L195/30
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1706/2000
of 31 July 2000
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not
covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market ineggs(
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1516/96(2), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 provides
that the difference between prices in international tradefor the products listed in Article 1(1) of that RegulationandpriceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport refund where these goods are exported in theform of goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1520/2000of13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules fortheapplicationofthesystemofgrantingexportrefundson certain agricultural products exported in the form ofgoods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and thecriteria for fixing the amount of such refunds(
3), speci-
fies the products for which a rate of refund should befixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsareexportedinthe form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation(EEC) No 2771/75.
(2)In accordance Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000,therateoftherefundper100kilogramsforeachof the basic products in question must be fixed for aperiod of the same duration as that for which refunds
are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.
(3)Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concludedunder the Uruguay Round lays down that the exportrefund for a product contained in a good may notexceed the refund applicable to that product whenexported without further processing.
(4)Itisnecessarytoensurecontinuityofstrictmanagementtaking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-able in the budget.
(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 andlistedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2771/75,exportedin the form of goods listed in the Annex I to Regulation (EEC)No 2771/75, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 July 2000.
For the Commission
Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 189, 30.7.1996, p. 99.
(3) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.8.2000 L195/31
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 2000 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks
exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
(EUR/100 kg)
CN
codeDescriptionDestination
(1)Rate
of
refund
040700 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked:
–Of poultry:
04070030 ––Other:
a) On exportation of ovalbumin of CN codes 35021190 and
35021990 02 10,00
03 12,50
04 5,00
b) On exportation of other goods 01 5,00
0408 Birds' eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked bysteaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwisepreserved,whetherornotcontainingaddedsugarorothersweeteningmatter:
–Egg yolks:
040811 ––Dried:
ex 04081180 –––Suitable for human consumption:
not sweetened 01 55,00
040819 ––Other:
–––Suitable for human consumption:
ex 04081981 ––––Liquid:
not sweetened 01 25,00
ex 04081989 ––––Frozen:
not sweetened 01 25,00
–Other:
040891 ––Dried:
ex 04089180 –––Suitable for human consumption:
not sweetened 01 41,00
040899 ––Other:
ex 04089980 –––Suitable for human consumption:
not sweetened 01 10,50
(1) The destinations are as follows:
01 Third countries,02 Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Hong Kong SAR and Russia,03 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Egypt,04 All destinations except Switzerland and those of 02 and 03.