EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 9. 1999 L 231/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1877/1999
of 31 August 1999
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products 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 804/68 of 27
June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milkand milk products (
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3) thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68provides that the difference between prices in inter-national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b),(c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices withinthe Community may be covered by an export refund;whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30May 1994 laying down common implementing rules forgranting export refunds on certain agricultural productsexported in the form of goods not covered by Annex Ito the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of suchrefunds (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1702/1999 (4), specifies the products for which a rate of
refund should be fixed, to be applied where these prod-ucts are exported in the form of goods listed in theAnnex to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;
(2) Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph ofArticle 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate ofthe refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basicproducts in question must be fixed for each month;
(3) Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed,account should be taken, where necessary, of productionrefunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effectapplicable in all Member States in accordance with theRegulation on the common organization of the marketin the product in question to the basic products listed inAnnex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products;
(4) Whereas Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if suchmilk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain
conditions set out in Article 1 of Council Regulation(EEC) No 987/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down generalrules for granting aid for skimmed milk processed intocasein or caseinates (
5), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1435/90 (6);
(5) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reducedprices and the granting of aid for cream, butter andconcentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastryproducts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (
7), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 494/1999 (8), lays
down that butter and cream at reduced prices should bemade available to industries which manufacture certaingoods;
(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 andlisted in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, exported inthe form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No804/68, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula-tion.
2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not listed inthe Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1999.
(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (5) OJ L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21. (6) OJ L 138, 31.5.1990, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5. (7) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 201, 31.7.1999, p. 30. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 17.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 9. 1999 L 231/16
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 August 1999.
For the Commission
Karel VAN MIERT
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1999 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk
products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
(EUR/100 kg)
CN code DescriptionRate of
refund
ex 0402 10 19 Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, with a fat content not exceeding 1,5 % by weight (PG
2):
(a) On exportation of goods of CN code 3501 —
(b) On exportation of other goods 90,00
ex 0402 21 19 Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, with a fat content of 26 % by weight (PG 3):
(a) Where goods incorporating, in the form of products assimilated to PG 3,
reduced-price butter or cream obtained pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
2571/97 are exported 85,94
(b) On exportation of other goods 120,00
ex 0405 10 Butter, with a fat content by weight of 82 % (PG 6):
(a) Where goods containing reduced-price butter or cream which have been
manufactured in accordance with the conditions provided for in Regulation
(EEC) No 2571/97 are exported 61,00
(b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98 containing 40 % or more
by weight of milk fat 177,25
(c) On exportation of other goods 170,00