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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1706/1999
of 30 July 1999
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 (EEC) No 804/68 of 27
June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinmilkand 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-nationaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle1(a),(b),(c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices withinthe Community may be covered by an export refund;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/94of30May1994layingdowncommonimplementingrulesforgranting export refunds on certain agricultural productsexported in the form of goods not covered by Annex ItotheTreaty,andcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1352/98(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 ofArticle4(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94,therateofthe 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 1222/94providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,accountshouldbetaken,wherenecessary,ofproductionrefunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effectapplicable in all Member States in accordance with theRegulation on the common organization of the marketintheproductinquestiontothebasicproductslistedinAnnex 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 andconcentratedbutterforuseinthemanufactureofpastryproducts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (
7), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 494/1999(8), lays
downthatbutterandcreamatreducedpricesshouldbemade 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,areherebyfixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegula-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 August 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 184, 27.6.1998, p. 25. (8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 17.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 July 1999.
For the Commission
Karel VAN MIERT
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulation 30July1999fixingtheratesoftherefunds applicable tocertainmilkproducts
exported inthe form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
(EUR/100 kg)
CNcode DescriptionRateof
refund
ex04021019 Powderedmilk,ingranulesorothersolidforms,notcontainingaddedsugaror
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
ex04022119 Powderedmilk,ingranulesorothersolidforms,notcontainingaddedsugaror
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
ex040510 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) OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode21069098containing40%ormore
by weight of milk fat 177,25
(c) On exportation of other goods 170,00