EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.4.2000 L 81/40
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 690/2000
of 31 March 2000
fixingthe rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of g oods
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 (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milkand milk products (
1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 31 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999
provides 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 of30 May 1994 laying down common implementing rulesfor granting export refunds on certain agricultural prod-ucts exported in the form of goods not covered byAnnex Ito the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amountof such refunds (
2), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 238/2000 (3), specifies the products for which a rate
of refund should be fixed, to be applied where theseproducts are exported in the form of goods listed in theAnnex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
(2) In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of therefund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic productsin question must be fixed for each month.
(3) Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 providesthat, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, accountshould be taken, where necessary, of production refunds,aids or other measures having equivalent effect applic-able in all Member States in accordance with the Regula-tion on the common organisation of the market in theproduct in question to the basic products listed inAnnex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products.(4) Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if suchmilk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certainconditions.
(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced pricesand the granting of aid for cream, butter and concen-trated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry prod-ucts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (
4), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 494/1999 (5), lays down that
butter and cream at reduced prices should be madeavailable to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(6) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict managementtaking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-able in the budget.
(7) Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and MilkProducts has not delivered an opinion within the timelimit set by its chairman,
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 (EC) No 1255/1999, exportedin the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No1255/1999, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to thisRegulation.
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 April 2000.
(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5. (4) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 24, 29.1.2000, p. 45. (5) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 17.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.4.2000 L 81/41
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.
For the Commission
Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 2000 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 orother sweetening matter, with a fat content not exceeding 1,5 % by weight (PG2):
(a) On exportation of goods of CN code 3501 —
(b) On exportation of other goods 68,95
ex 0402 21 19 Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not containing added sugar orother 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 (EC) No2571/97 are exported 72,38
(b) On exportation of other goods 98,94
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(EC) No 2571/97 are exported 67,35
(b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98 containing 40 % or more
by weight of milk fat 169,60
(c) On exportation of other goods 162,35