NoL237/86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.9.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2537/90
of31August1990
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainmilkproductsexportedin
theformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,wherenecessary,ofproduction
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalenteffect
applicableinallMemberStatesinaccordancewiththe
Regulationonthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
theproductinquestiontothebasicproductslistedin
AnnexAtothatRegulationortoassimilatedproducts;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inmilkandmilkproducts('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3879/89(2),andinparticularArticle17(5)
thereof, WhereasArticle11(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesforthepaymentofaidforCommunity-produced
skimmedmilkprocessedintocaseinifsuchmilkandthe
caseinmanufactured fromitfulfilcertainconditionsset
outinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No987/68
of15July1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingaid
forskimmedmilkprocessedintocaseinorcaseinates(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1435/90(6);WhereasArticle17(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesininterna­
tionaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle1(a),(b),(c)
and(e)ofthatRegulationandpriceswithintheCommu­
nitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;whereas
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No3035/80of11November
1980layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexportedinthe
formofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty,and
criteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3209/88(4),specifies
theproductsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbefixed,to
beappliedwheretheseproductsareexportedintheform
ofgoodslistedintheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No
804/68:WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No442/84of21
February1984onthegrantingofdidforbutterfrom
privatestorageforuseinthemanufactureofpastry
products,ice-creamandotherfoodstuffsandamending
Regulation(EEC)No1245/83Q,aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No698/86(8),andCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No570/88of16February1988onthesaleof
butteratreducedpricesandthegrantingofaidforbutter
andconcentrated butterforuseinthemanufacture of
pastryproducts,ice-creamandotherfoodstuffs(9),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1048/89(10),laydown
thatbutteratreducedpricesshouldbemadeavailableto
industrieswhichmanufacturecertaingoods;
WhereastheapplicationofthesecondindentofArticle1
(2)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80leadstothegran­
ting,forcertainmilkproductsinpowerform,ofrefunds
thelevelofwhichisnotinconformitywiththeaimsset
outinArticle4(2)ofthatRegulation;whereasthereforea
specificratemustbefixedfortheseproducts,sotharthe
resultingrefundisequivalenttothatapplicabletosimilar
productsusedinliquidform;Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthatArticle,
thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticularreferenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustriesin
obtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinquestion
ontheCommunitymarketandthepricesrulingon
theworldmarkets;
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessedagri­
culturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
whicharemanufactured undersimilarconditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsandthose
whichusethird-country productsunderinward
processingarrangements ;Whereas,inviewofthepresentcircumstances inthe
GermanDemocraticRepublicandtheireffectsonthe
marketsituation,norefundshouldbefixedforproducts
tobeexportedtothatdestination ;
0OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.6.
(6)OJNoL138,31.5.1990,p.8.0OJNoL52,23.2.1984,p.12.
(8)OJNoL64,6.3.1986,p.12.0OJNoL55,1.3.1988,p.31.HOJNoL111,22.4.1989,p.24.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL378,27.12.1989,p.1.
(3)OJNoL323,29.11.1980,p.27.0OJNoL286,20.10.1988,p.6.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,toRegulation(EEC)No804/68,areherebyfixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation.
However,norefundshallbefixedforsuchproducts
exportedwithdestinationtheGermanDemocraticRepu­
blic.
2.Noratesofrefundarefixedforanyoftheproducts
referredtointheprecedingparagraphwhicharenot
listedintheAnnextothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1990.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theratesoftherefundsapplicabletothebasic
productsappearinginAnnexAtoRegulation(EEC)No
3035/80andlistedinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No
804/68,exportedintheformofgoodslistedintheAnnex
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31August1990.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
Vice-President

NoL237/88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.9.90
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31August1990fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainmilkproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexII
totheTreaty
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode DescriptionRateof
refund
ex04021019Powderedmilk,obtainedbythesprayprocess,withafat
contentoflessthan1,5%byweightandwithawater
contentoflessthan5%byweight(PG2):
a)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode3501
b)Onexportationofothergoods 70,00
ex04022119Powderedmilk,obtainedbythesprayprocess,withafat
contentof26%byweightandawatercontentoflessthan
5%byweight(PG3):
a)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcodes04031059,
04039079,18062090,18069090,19019090and
21069099containing40%ormorebyweightofmilkfat55,45
b)Onexportationofothergoods 115,00
ex-04050010Butter,withafatcontentbyweightof82%(PG6):
a)Onexportationofgoodscontainingreduced-pricebutter
andmanufactured undertheconditionslaiddownin
CommissionRegulations (EEC)No442/84,(EEC)No
2409/860,(EEC)No570/88,(EEC)No262/79(2)and
(EEC)No1932/81(3)
b)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode21069099contai­
ning40%ormorebyweightofmilkfat 181,00
c)Onexportationofothergoods 175,00
(')OJNoL208,31.7.1986,p.29.
(2)OJNoL41,16.2.1979,p.1.
}OJNoL191,14.7.1981,p.6.